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LACMA secures ‘critical’ city vote to build new campus
The new museum will be "a showcase for the world to see."
County unanimously approves $117M for contested LACMA redesign
Supervisors and celebrities defended the redesign: "LACMA must be allowed to chart its path, lead its growth, and protect its collection."
LACMA should scrap its watered-down redesign
Two Curbed critics chat about the plan to completely rebuild one of LA’s most popular museums.
LACMA’s new building design tweaked yet again
Construction on the museum’s new building is expected to begin in late 2019 and wrap up by the end of 2023.
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Mapped: 44 museums offering free admission this weekend
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Q&A with Robert Winter, author of LA’s seminal architecture guidebook
A historian and professor, Robert Winter, age 92, has watched the city evolve.
Even Peter Zumthor wasn’t impressed by renderings of his LACMA redesign
The redesign will bulldoze existing buildings, replacing them with one building spanning Wilshire Boulevard. The architect behind the redesign says he's working to produce new renderings that will "explain the building better."
More details on LACMA's redesign to be shown at Wednesday 'scoping' meeting
Architect Peter Zumthor is designing an entirely new look for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The meeting is the place to be for those looking for more than just a few renderings of his plans.
LACMA's Peter Zumthor Redesign is Actually Moving
Two donors have just contributed $75 million to LACMA's huge renovation project, putting it nearly halfway toward its $600-million goal. Meanwhile, the designs are headed toward a review process, with groundbreaking planned for 2018.
Purple Rain Falling For Prince in LACMA 'Rain Room'
Artists Random International made the request on Twitter last night and the museum was happy to oblige. Today the rain falls purple in honor and memory of Prince and it's sexy and ethereal just like he would've wanted.
LACMA's 'Urban Light' Will Be Shut Off For Two Months
On May 1, "Urban Light," the iconic Chris Burden lamppost sculpture that serves as the entryway to he Los Angeles County Museum of Art, is going to be closed to the public and dark for two months. Its gray paint is fading and it needs a rehab.
How Chris Burden's 'Urban Light' became an LA icon
It's hard to imagine Los Angeles before Urban Light, the 202 symmetrically-arranged lampposts, mostly collected from around Los Angeles, that serve as the entrance to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
