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| name             = Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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| caption          = Museum pavilion, 2014, prior to demolition
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| established      = 1910<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lacma.org/info/AboutLACMA.aspx |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080730061235/http://www.lacma.org/info/AboutLACMA.aspx |title=About LACMA |archivedate=July 30, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.artinfo.com/galleryguide/20183/6719/about/los-angeles-county-museum-of-art-los-angeles/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924194029/http://www.artinfo.com/galleryguide/20183/6719/about/los-angeles-county-museum-of-art-los-angeles/ |title=Artinfo.com |archivedate=September 24, 2008 |website=www.artinfo.com}}</ref>
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| location    = 5905 [[Wilshire Boulevard]]<br/>Los Angeles<br/>United States
| type        = Encyclopedic, [[Art museum]]
| visitors    = 1,592,101 (2016)<ref name="artnewspaper">{{cite web |url=https://www.museus.gov.br/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/20170406-CPAI-Ranking2016Pub-Comp-.pdf |title=Visitor Figures 2016 |page=14 |publisher=[[The Art Newspaper]] Review |date=April 2017 |access-date=23 March 2018 |archive-date=September 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903071806/https://www.museus.gov.br/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/20170406-CPAI-Ranking2016Pub-Comp-.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
| director    = [[Michael Govan]]
| architect   = [[William Pereira]] (1965)<br>Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates (1986)<br>[[Bruce Goff]] (1988)
| publictransit = '''Bus''': [[Metro Local#20|20]], [[Metro Local#20|217]], [[Metro Rapid#720|720]] or [[Metro Rapid#780|780]] to Wilshire Bl and Fairfax Av
Future '''Rail''': [[Wilshire/Fairfax (Los Angeles Metro station)|Wilshire/Fairfax]] (service to begin in 2025)
| website = {{URL|http://www.lacma.org}}
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The '''Los Angeles County Museum of Art''' ('''LACMA''') is an [[art museum]] located on [[Wilshire Boulevard]] in the [[Miracle Mile, Los Angeles, California|Miracle Mile]] vicinity of Los Angeles. LACMA is on Museum Row, adjacent to the [[La Brea Tar Pits]] (George C. Page Museum).

LACMA was founded in 1961, splitting from the [[Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art]]. Four years later, it moved to the Wilshire Boulevard complex designed by [[William Pereira]]. The museum's wealth and collections grew in the 1980s, and it added several buildings beginning in that decade and continuing in subsequent decades.

LACMA is  [[list of largest art museums|the largest art museum]] in the western United States. It attracts nearly a million visitors annually.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lacma.org/overview |title=Overview |publisher=LACMA |date=2011-06-30 |access-date=2013-05-10 |archive-date=September 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913200420/http://www.lacma.org/overview |url-status=live }}</ref> It holds more than 150,000 works spanning the history of art from ancient times to the present. In addition to [[Art exhibition|art exhibits]], the museum features film and concert series.

==History==
===Early years===
[[File:Los Angeles County Museum of Art on Wilshire Boulevard, 1965.jpg|thumb|550px|center|{{center|[[Wilshire Boulevard]] and the Art Museum in 1965}}]]
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art was established as a museum in 1961. Prior to this, LACMA was part of the [[Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County|Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art]], founded in 1913 in [[Exposition Park (Los Angeles)|Exposition Park]] near the [[University of Southern California]].

[[Edward W. Carter]] helped orchestrate the fundraising effort for LACMA in response to [[J. Paul Getty]]'s increasing reluctance to donate any more artworks to Los Angeles County.<ref name="MargaretLeslieDavis">{{cite book|last1=Davis|first1=Margaret Leslie|title=The Culture Broker: Franklin D. Murphy and the Transformation of Los Angeles|date=2007|publisher=University of California Press|location=Berkeley|isbn=9780520925557|page=[https://archive.org/details/culturebrokerfra00davi/page/29 29]|url=https://archive.org/details/culturebrokerfra00davi|url-access=registration|access-date=August 30, 2016}}</ref>  Getty had donated a few excellent artworks such as the [[Ardabil Carpet]] and [[Rembrandt]]'s ''Portrait of Martin Looten'', but then became aware of their shabby and disorganized presentation in the county's aging multipurpose museum and chose to establish his [[Getty Villa|own art museum]] next to his house.<ref name="MargaretLeslieDavis" />

[[Howard F. Ahmanson, Sr.]], [[Anna Bing Arnold]] and [[Bart Lytton]] were the first principal patrons of the new county art museum. Ahmanson made the lead donation of $2 million, convincing the museum board that sufficient funds could be raised to establish the new museum. In 1965 the museum moved to a new Wilshire Boulevard complex as an independent, art-focused institution, the largest new museum to be built in the United States after the [[National Gallery of Art]].

===William Pereira Buildings===
The museum, built in a style similar to [[Lincoln Center]] and the [[Los Angeles Music Center]], consisted of three buildings: the Ahmanson Building, the Bing Center, and the [[Bart Lytton|Lytton]] Gallery (renamed the Frances and [[Armand Hammer]] Building in 1968). The board selected LA architect [[William Pereira]] over the directors' recommendation of [[Ludwig Mies van der Rohe]] for the buildings.<ref name="LACMAartspaces">{{Citation |last=Hackman |first=William |author-link=William Hackman |title=Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Art Spaces |publisher=Scala Publishers Limited |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-85759-481-2}}</ref> According to a 1965 ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' story, the total cost of the three buildings was $11.5 million.<ref name="LACMA then, now and in the future">Doug Stevens (April 10, 2015), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-ca-g-lacma-campus-20150410-htmlstory.html LACMA then, now and in the future] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928042441/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-ca-g-lacma-campus-20150410-htmlstory.html |date=September 28, 2021 }} ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> Construction began in 1963, and was undertaken by the [[Del E. Webb Construction Company|Del E. Webb Corporation]]. Construction was completed in early 1965.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://delwebbsuncitiesmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1963-1964.pdf |title=Webb Spinner 1963-1964 |access-date=October 12, 2018 |archive-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227002106/https://delwebbsuncitiesmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1963-1964.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> At the time, the [[Los Angeles Music Center]] and LACMA were concurrent large civic projects which vied for attention and donors in Los Angeles. When the museum opened, the buildings were surrounded by reflecting pools, but they were filled in and covered over when tar from the adjacent La Brea Tar Pits began seeping in.<ref name="LACMA then, now and in the future"/>

===1980s===
[[Image:Mcgeegarage.jpg|thumb|left|Former [[LACMA]] [[parking garage]] mural by [[Barry McGee]]]]
[[Image:Kilgallengarage.jpg|thumb|right|Former [[LACMA]] [[parking garage]] mural by [[Margaret Kilgallen]] (2000)<ref>[[Mike Boehm|Boehm, M.]], [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-nov-12-et-garageart12-story.html "There's nowhere else to park this art exhibit"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928042440/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-nov-12-et-garageart12-story.html |date=September 28, 2021 }}, ''Los Angeles Times'', November 12, 2005.</ref>]]
Money poured into LACMA during the boom years of the 1980s, a reportedly $209 million in private donations during director Earl Powell's tenure.<ref>William Wilson (July 3, 1986), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-07-03-ca-1180-story.html New Building Plan For County Museum Of Art]  ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> To house its growing collections of modern and contemporary art and to provide more space for exhibitions, the museum hired the architectural firm of Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates to design its $35.3-million,<ref>Christopher Knight (April 29, 1992), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-04-29-ca-852-story.html The Impact of County Art Museum's Earl Powell]  ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> {{convert|115000|ft2|m2|adj=on}} [[Robert O. Anderson]] Building for 20th-century art, which opened in 1986 (renamed the Art of the Americas Building in 2007). In the far-reaching expansion, museum-goers henceforth entered through the new partially roofed central court, nearly {{convert|1|acre|ha|adj=on}} of space bounded by the museum's four buildings.<ref>Mary Lou Loper (November 7, 1986), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-11-07-vw-15531-story.html Plenty of News at County Art Museum]  ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>

The museum's [[Pavilion for Japanese Art]], designed by maverick architect [[Bruce Goff]], opened in 1988, as did the [[B. Gerald Cantor]] Sculpture Garden of [[Auguste Rodin|Rodin]] [[bronze]]s.

In 1999, the [[Hancock Park, Los Angeles|Hancock Park]] Improvement Project was complete, and the LACMA-adjacent park (designed by landscape architect [[Laurie Olin]]) was inaugurated with a free public celebration. The $10-million renovation replaced dead trees and bare earth with picnic facilities, walkways, viewing sites for the [[La Brea Tar Pits|La Brea tar pits]] and a 150-seat red granite amphitheater designed by artist [[Jackie Ferrara]].<ref>[[Suzanne Muchnic]] (July 17, 1999), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jul-17-ca-56785-story.html Museums Rediscover Beauty, Right in Their Own Backyard]  ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>

Also in 1994, LACMA purchased the adjacent [[May Company Building (Wilshire, Los Angeles)|former May Company department store building]], an impressive example of [[Streamline Moderne|streamline moderne]] architecture designed by [[Albert C. Martin Sr.]] LACMA West increased the museum's size by 30 percent when the building opened in 1998.<ref name=lat-1998oct22>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-oct-22-me-34973-story.html |title=May Co. Building to Reopen as LACMA West |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=October 22, 1998 |access-date=April 16, 2020 |archive-date=September 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915051140/http://articles.latimes.com/1998/oct/22/local/me-34973 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Renzo Piano Buildings===
In 2004 LACMA's board of trustees unanimously approved a plan for LACMA's transformation by architect [[Rem Koolhaas]], who had proposed razing all the current buildings and constructing an entirely new single, tent-topped structure,<ref>{{Citation |last=Singely |first=Paulette |author-link=Paulette Singely |title=LACMA on fire |date=April 2005 |url=http://www.laforum.org/programs/pub/online/lacma/the_curator_against |publisher=Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215034254/http://laforum.org/programs/pub/online/lacma/the_curator_against |archive-date=February 15, 2009 |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="latimesZumthor">{{Citation |last=Hawthorne |first=Christopher |title=Peter Zumthor, Michael Govan plot LACMA's future |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=December 7, 2009 |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/12/for-those-of-you-keeping-score-at-home-were-up-to-three-architectural-saviors-for-the-los-angeles-county-museum-of-art.html |access-date=December 8, 2009 |archive-date=March 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302235345/https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/12/for-those-of-you-keeping-score-at-home-were-up-to-three-architectural-saviors-for-the-los-angeles-county-museum-of-art.html |url-status=live }}</ref> estimated to cost $200 million to $300 million.<ref name="Muchnic">Suzanne Muchnic (December 3, 2002), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-dec-03-et-muchnic3-story.html LACMA finds itself in two funding worlds]  ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> Kohlhaas edged out French architect [[Jean Nouvel]], who would have added a major building while renovating the older facilities.<ref name="Los Angeles Times">[[Suzanne Muchnic]] (December 6, 2001), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-dec-06-mn-12222-story.html L.A. Art Museum Decides to Radically Reshape Itself]  ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> The list of candidates had previously narrowed to five in May 2001: Koolhaas, Nouvel, [[Steven Holl]], [[Daniel Libeskind]] and [[Thom Mayne]].<ref name="Los Angeles Times"/>

However, the project soon stalled after the museum failed to secure funding.<ref>Christopher Reynolds (December 26, 2002), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-dec-26-me-lacma26-story.html The Rise and Stall of LACMA's Planned Reinvention]  ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> In 2004 LACMA's board of trustees unanimously approved plans to transform the museum, led by architect [[Renzo Piano]]. The planned transformation consisted of three phases.

Phase I started in 2004 and was completed in February 2008. The renovations required demolishing the parking structure on Ogden Avenue and with it LACMA-commissioned [[graffiti art]] by street artists [[Margaret Kilgallen]] and [[Barry McGee]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Chang |first=Jade |author-link=Jade Chang |title=Art/Shop/Eat Los Angeles |publisher=[[Somerset Books]] |year=2005 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/artshopeatlosang0000chan/page/90 90–98] |isbn=1-905131-06-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/artshopeatlosang0000chan/page/90}}</ref> The entry pavilion is a key point in architect Renzo Piano's plan to unify LACMA's sprawling, often confusing layout of buildings. The BP Grand Entrance and the adjacent [[Broad Contemporary Art Museum]] (BCAM) comprise the $191 million (originally $150 million) first phase of the three-part expansion and renovation campaign. BCAM is named for [[Eli Broad|Eli and Edy Broad]], who gave $60 million to LACMA's campaign; Eli Broad also served on LACMA's board of directors.<ref>{{Citation |last=Boehm |first=Mike |author-link=Mike Boehm |title=BP gives $25 million to LACMA: The BP donation will go toward a solar entrance that the British oil firm hopes will invoke energy innovation. |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=March 6, 2007 |url=http://www.calendarlive.com/printedition/calendar/cl-et-lacma6mar06,0,1254648.story?coll=cl-calendar }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> BCAM opened on February 16, 2008, adding {{convert|58000|sqft|m2}} of exhibition space to the museum. In 2010 the Lynda and Stewart Resnick Exhibition Pavilion opened to the public, providing the largest purpose-built, naturally lit, open-plan museum space in the world.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Finkel |first1=Jori |last2=Times |first2=Los Angeles |date=2010-09-25 |title=Opening of LACMA's Lynda and Stewart Resnick Exhibition Pavilion brings L.A.-area art patrons and their collection to light |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-sep-25-la-et-resnicks-profile-20100925-story.html |access-date=2024-04-30 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

The second phase was intended to turn the May building into new offices and galleries, designed by SPF Architects. As proposed, it would have had flexible gallery space, education space, administrative offices, a new restaurant, a gift shop and a bookstore, as well as study centers for the museum's departments of costume and textiles, photography and prints and drawings, and a roof sculpture garden with two works by [[James Turrell]]. However, construction of this phase was halted in November 2010.<ref name="ConstHalt">Rachel Lee Harris (November 25, 2010), [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/26/arts/design/26arts-CONSTRUCTION_BRF.html?ref=losangelescountymuseumofart Construction Has Halted at Los Angeles Museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117164938/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/26/arts/design/26arts-CONSTRUCTION_BRF.html?ref=losangelescountymuseumofart |date=January 17, 2020 }} ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref> Phase two and three were never completed.

[[Image:Highsmithmaycompanywilshire.jpg|thumb|left|LACMA West, the [[May Company Building (Wilshire, Los Angeles)|former May Company building]] on the corner of [[Wilshire Boulevard]] and [[Fairfax Avenue]], which is currently home to [[The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures]]]]

===Zumthor Building===
Specifics about the third phase, which initially was to involve renovations to older buildings, long remained undisclosed.<ref name="ConstHalt" /> In November 2009, plans were made public that LACMA's director Michael Govan was working with Swiss architect and [[Pritzker Prize]] laureate [[Peter Zumthor]] on plans for rebuilding the eastern section of the campus, the Perreira Buildings between the two new Renzo Piano buildings and the tar pits.<ref name="latimesZumthor"/><ref>{{Citation |last=Lifson |first=Edward |title=A Bolt of Zumthor |newspaper=[[The Architect's Newspaper]] |date=November 24, 2009 |url=http://archpaper.com/e-board_rev.asp?News_ID=4084 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107094527/http://www.archpaper.com/e-board_rev.asp?News_ID=4084 |archive-date=January 7, 2011}}</ref> Architecture firm [[Skidmore, Owings & Merrill]] collaborated with Zumthor on the building's design.<ref name="Carolina A. Miranda 2020">Carolina A. Miranda (September 17, 2020), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-09-17/after-months-delay-lacma-reveals-gallery-plans-new-zumthor-building What will LACMA's new building look like inside? Here are the long-awaited gallery plans] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117095452/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-09-17/after-months-delay-lacma-reveals-gallery-plans-new-zumthor-building |date=November 17, 2021 }} ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> With an estimated cost of $650 million,<ref name="nytimes.com">Jori Finkel (June 24, 2014), [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/25/arts/design/los-angeles-museum-alters-plans-to-protect-la-brea-tar-pits.html A Contemporary Design Yields to the Demands of Prehistory] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112030858/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/25/arts/design/los-angeles-museum-alters-plans-to-protect-la-brea-tar-pits.html |date=November 12, 2020 }} ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref> Zumthor's first proposal called for a horizontal building along [[Wilshire Boulevard]]. It would have been wrapped in glass on all sides and its main galleries lifted one floor into the air. The wide roof would have been covered with solar panels.<ref>Christopher Hawthorne (May 1, 2013), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-lacma-plans-20130501,0,7229648.story LACMA draws up ambitious plans for a $650-million new look] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420062710/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-lacma-plans-20130501,0,7229648.story |date=April 20, 2014 }} ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> In a later concession to concerns raised by its neighbor, the [[Page Museum]], LACMA had Zumthor alter the shape of his proposed building to stretch across Wilshire Boulevard and away from the [[La Brea Tar Pits]].<ref name="nytimes.com"/><ref>Christopher Hawthorne et al. (June 24, 2014), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/architecture/la-et-cm-lacma-design-tar-pits-20140624-story.html LACMA changes building plan to accommodate La Brea tar pits] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141126160959/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/architecture/la-et-cm-lacma-design-tar-pits-20140624-story.html |date=November 26, 2014 }} ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>

In June 2014, the [[Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors]] approved $5 million for LACMA to continue its proposed plans to tear down the structures on the east end of its campus for a single museum building.<ref name="latimes.com">Mike Boehm (June 25, 2014), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-county-arts-budget-grand-park-20140625-story.html Supervisor Molina starts new foundation to oversee Grand Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305175739/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-county-arts-budget-grand-park-20140625-story.html |date=March 5, 2020 }} ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> Later that year, they approved in concept a plan that would provide public financing and $125 million toward the $600-million project.<ref>Mike Boehm (November 6, 2014), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-cm-lacma-county-20141106-story.html L.A. County supervisors embrace LACMA's financing plan for makeover] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414060256/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-cm-lacma-county-20141106-story.html |date=April 14, 2021 }} ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>

On April 8, 2019, the Zumthor-designed building was approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. The final approved building designed was scaled back from the original {{convert|387500|sqft}} to {{convert|347500|sqft}}, with gallery space shrinking from {{convert|121000|sqft}} to {{convert|110000|sqft}}. The new proposal also dropped the black form aesthetics, reducing it to a one-level, aboveground, glass-enclosed, sand-colored concrete building, to save costs. The design still calls for an arm above Wilshire Boulevard.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/los-angeles-county-board-of-supervisors-approves-usd650m-lacma-building-project |title=Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approves $650m Lacma building project |date=April 9, 2019 |access-date=April 11, 2019 |archive-date=March 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303154014/https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/los-angeles-county-board-of-supervisors-approves-usd650m-lacma-building-project |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/09/arts/design/lacma-design-peter-zumthor.html |title=Lacma's $650 Million Building by Peter Zumthor is Approved |newspaper=The New York Times |date=10 April 2019 |last1=Finkel |first1=Jori |access-date=April 11, 2019 |archive-date=November 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101031537/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/09/arts/design/lacma-design-peter-zumthor.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Other than necessary mechanical systems and bathrooms, the building's entire second story will be devoted to gallery space.<ref name="Carolina A. Miranda 2020"/> Arranged in four broad clusters around the building, each one of the twenty-six core galleries is designed in the form of a square or a rectangle at various scales.<ref name="Carolina A. Miranda 2020"/> Other services, among them the museum's education department, shop and three restaurants, will be at ground level, as will a 300-seat theater in the section of the building on the southern side of Wilshire Boulevard.<ref name="Carolina A. Miranda 2020"/>

The total cost was estimated to be at $650 million, with LA county providing $125 million in funds and the rest raised by fundraising. LACMA raised $560 million by 2019<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-cam-new-lacma-zumthor-architecture-renderings-20190329-story.html |title=In a new redesign LACMA experiences shrinkage — and shapeshifts yet again |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=29 March 2019 |access-date=April 11, 2019 |archive-date=November 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117094731/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-cam-new-lacma-zumthor-architecture-renderings-20190329-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and $700 million by 2022. The total estimate is now at $750 million by 2023.<ref name="Deborah Vankin 2022">Deborah Vankin (13 October 2022), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-10-13/lacma-funding-news-update-construction LACMA announces Zumthor building 50% complete; fundraising stands at $700 million] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>

In 2020, four buildings on the campus were demolished to make way for a reconstructed facility. His design drew strong community opposition and was lambasted by architectural critics and museum curators, who objected to its reduced gallery space, poor design, and exorbitant costs.<ref name="Demolition NYRB">{{cite news |last1=Giovannini |first1=Joseph |title=The Demolition of LACMA: Art Sacrificed to Architecture |url=https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2020/10/02/the-demolition-of-lacma-art-sacrificed-to-architecture/ |access-date=5 October 2020 |work=[[The New York Review of Books]] |date=2 October 2020 |language=en |archive-date=July 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702232122/https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2020/10/02/the-demolition-of-lacma-art-sacrificed-to-architecture/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NYT Zumthor approval">{{cite news |last1=Finkel |first1=Jori |title=Lacma's $650 Million Building by Peter Zumthor Is Approved |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/09/arts/design/lacma-design-peter-zumthor.html |access-date=5 October 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=9 April 2019 |archive-date=November 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101031537/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/09/arts/design/lacma-design-peter-zumthor.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="LAT shrinking">{{cite news |last1=Knight |first1=Christopher |author-link1=Christopher Knight (art critic) |title=LACMA, the Incredible Shrinking Museum: A critic's lament |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-lacma-shrinking-20190402-story.html |access-date=5 October 2020 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=2 April 2019 |archive-date=November 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117095201/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-lacma-shrinking-20190402-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The re-designed final building was criticized by some local architects, including the ''Los Angeles Times'' editorial architect [[Christopher Knight (art critic)|Christopher Knight]], calling the plans "half baked".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2019-11-14/lacma-new-building-fundraising-costs |title=Commentary: Fundraising for LACMA's new building has stalled as costs balloon |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=14 November 2019 |access-date=April 20, 2020 |archive-date=November 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117095449/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2019-11-14/lacma-new-building-fundraising-costs |url-status=live }}</ref> Antonio Pacheco called the plans an "affront to L.A.'s architectural and cultural heritage."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-09 |title=Zumthor's LACMA proposal is an affront to L.A.'s architectural and cultural heritage |url=https://www.archpaper.com/2019/04/zumthor-lacma-proposal-op-ed/ |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=The Architect's Newspaper |language=en-US}}</ref> Especially criticized was the plan's reduction in gallery space.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zumthor's Incredibly Shrinking Plan for the LA County Museum of Art {{!}} 2019-04-08 {{!}} Architectural Record |url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14007-zumthors-incredibly-shrinking-plan-for-the-la-county-museum-of-art |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=www.architecturalrecord.com |language=en}}</ref> The plans raised significant controversy from Angelenos as well, prompting a "Save LACMA" campaign.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Save LACMA {{!}} It's our LACMA |url=https://www.savelacma.org/ |access-date=2022-08-13 |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Los Angeles]] owns air rights above Wilshire, so the city council must give approval to the project, since part of the structure goes over the street.

Demolition of the Pereira buildings began in April 2020. The demolition was completed in October of that same year.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2020/05/04/monica-nouwens-photography-demolition-lacma-peter-zumthor/ |title=Photography reveals LACMA demolition during coronavirus pandemic |date=May 4, 2020 |website=Dezeen |access-date=July 3, 2020 |archive-date=April 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413215157/https://www.dezeen.com/2020/05/04/monica-nouwens-photography-demolition-lacma-peter-zumthor/ |url-status=live }}</ref> By 2021, construction slowed with the discovery of on-site fossil finds.<ref name="Deborah Vankin 2022"/> In the meantime, the Zumthor building opening was pushed back to 2024,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-lacma-supervisors-final-vote-20190409-story.html |title=LACMA's $650-million new building wins approval from county supervisors |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=9 April 2019 |access-date=April 11, 2019 |archive-date=November 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110181222/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-lacma-supervisors-final-vote-20190409-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and eventually, 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2024-09-10/lacma-new-building-david-geffen-galleries-opening |title=LACMA opening pushed to 2026; staff memo reveals plans for sneak peek inside empty new building |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=10 September 2024 |access-date=November 7, 2024}}</ref> {{As of|March 2025}}, parts of the plaza around the Zumthor Building were expected to open in mid-2025, ahead of the project's official completion.<ref>{{cite web | last=Gelt | first=Jessica | title=How to see the new LACMA up close: Museum sets opening for plaza around new building | website=Los Angeles Times | date=March 11, 2025 | url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2025-03-11/lacma-new-building-david-geffen-galleries-plaza-opening-date | access-date=March 13, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Fixsen | first=Anna | title=This summer, you'll finally be able to peek inside Peter Zumthor's long-awaited LACMA expansion | website=wallpaper.com | date=March 12, 2025 | url=https://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/peter-zumthor-lacma-opening-preview | access-date=March 13, 2025}}</ref>

==Partnerships==
===Watts Towers===
In 2010 LACMA partnered with the [[City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department]] in an effort to ensure the preservation of the [[Watts Towers]], offering its staff, expertise, and fundraising assistance.<ref>[http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/36132/lacma-steps-in-to-preserve-las-leaning-tower-of-folk-art/ LACMA Steps in to Preserve L.A.'s Leaning Tower of Folk Art] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019190113/http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/36132/lacma-steps-in-to-preserve-las-leaning-tower-of-folk-art |date=October 19, 2012 }} (October 25, 2010), ''ARTINFO''.</ref> As of 2018, LACMA is working with Los Angeles County to develop a site at the Earvin "Magic" Johnson Park, which is close to Watts Towers.<ref name="Deborah Vankin 2018">Deborah Vankin (July 3, 2018), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-lacma-building-project-update-20180703-story.html At LACMA, new urgency to finish raising $650 million for the new museum building] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117095513/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-lacma-building-project-update-20180703-story.html |date=November 17, 2021 }} ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>

===South Los Angeles Wetlands Park site===
In 2018, LACMA secured a 35-year lease on an {{convert|80000|ft2|m2|adj=on}}, city-owned former Metro maintenance and storage yard from 1911 in the South Los Angeles Wetlands Park area.<ref name="Deborah Vankin 2018"/>

===Las Vegas Museum of Art===
In 2023, LACMA and the foundation of the philanthropist [[Elaine Wynn]] announced their partnership to launch the [[Las Vegas Museum of Art]] (LVMA).<ref name="theartnewspaper.com">Gabriella Angeleti (23 December 2023), [https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/12/23/will-las-vegas-finally-get-an-art-museum-collector-elaine-wynn-and-lacma-back-new-150m-institution-in-citys-symphony-park Will Las Vegas finally get an art museum? Collector Elaine Wynn and Lacma back new $150m institution] ''[[The Art Newspaper]]''.</ref> That same year, the Las Vegas council approved negotiations to dedicate a parcel of land for the proposed {{convert|90000|ft2|m2|adj=on}}, three-story building of the Las Vegas Museum of Art in [[Symphony Park]].<ref name="theartnewspaper.com"/><ref name="Jessica Gelt 2024">Jessica Gelt (22 April 2024), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2024-04-22/lacma-sharing-art-las-vegas-museum Inside LACMA’s plans to share its collection with a new Las Vegas museum: ‘I’m a West Coast booster’] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>

===''Local Access''===
With the support of a 2021 grant provided by [[Art Bridges Foundation|Art Bridges]] and the [[Terra Foundation for American Art]], LACMA launched a collaboration called Local Access, in which the museum shares portions of its collection with the [[Lancaster Museum of Art and History]], [[Riverside Art Museum]], [[Vincent Price Art Museum]] at [[East Los Angeles College]], and [[California State University, Northridge]], Art Galleries.<ref name="Jessica Gelt 2024"/>

==Exhibitions==
In 1971, curator [[Maurice Tuchman]]'s revolutionary "Art and Technology" exhibit opened at LACMA after its debut at the [[Expo '70|1970 World Exposition]] in Osaka, Japan.<ref>Noelene Clark (April 10, 2015), [http://timelines.latimes.com/lacma-through-years/ LACMA's 50 years on Miracle Mile: 'Art and Technology' exhibit opens] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125200717/https://timelines.latimes.com/lacma-through-years/ |date=January 25, 2021 }} ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> The museum staged its first exhibition by contemporary black artists later that year, featuring [[Charles Wilbert White]], Timothy Washington and [[David Hammons]], then little known.<ref>Jonathan Griffin (May 8, 2014), [http://theartnewspaper.com/articles/Los-Angeles-s-style/32591 Los Angeles, 1970s style] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408153937/http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Los-Angeles-s-style/32591 |date=April 8, 2015 }} ''[[The Art Newspaper]]''.</ref> The museum's best-attended show ever was "[[Exhibitions of artifacts from the tomb of Tutankhamun|Treasures of Tutankhamun]]", which drew 1.2 million during four months in 1978. The 2005 "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" drew 937,613 during its 137-day run. A 1999 show of [[Vincent van Gogh]] masterpieces from [[Van Gogh Museum|the artist's eponymous Amsterdam museum]] is the third most successful show, and a 1984 exhibition of French Impressionist works is fourth.<ref>Kelly Scott (November 14, 2011), [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/11/doing-the-numbers-on-lacmas-tim-burton-show.html Doing the numbers on LACMA's Tim Burton show] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928042444/https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/11/doing-the-numbers-on-lacmas-tim-burton-show.html |date=September 28, 2021 }} Culture Monster, ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> In 1994, "Picasso and the Weeping Women: The Years of Marie-Therese Walter and Dora Maar" opened to rave reviews and large crowds, drawing more than 153,000 visitors.<ref>Noelene Clark (April 10, 2015), [http://timelines.latimes.com/lacma-through-years/ LACMA's 50 years on Miracle Mile: Picasso exhibition pleases public and critics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125200717/https://timelines.latimes.com/lacma-through-years/ |date=January 25, 2021 }} ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>

Since the arrival of current director Michael Govan, about 80% of just over 100 featured temporary exhibitions have been of Modern or contemporary art while the permanent exhibitions feature work dating from antiquity, including pre-Columbian, Assyrian and Egyptian art through contemporary art.<ref>Christopher Knight (March 2, 2013), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-lacma-notebook-overhaul-michael-govan-knight-20130303,0,5902682.story?page=2 LACMA's overhaul is a work in progress] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516203114/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-lacma-notebook-overhaul-michael-govan-knight-20130303,0,5902682.story?page=2 |date=May 16, 2013 }} Culture Monster, ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>

More recent exhibits, focusing on popular culture and entertainment, have also been well-received, both by critics and patrons. Exhibits devoted to the works of movie-directors [[Tim Burton]] and [[Stanley Kubrick]] drew especially positive reactions and responses.<ref>David Ng (July 10, 2013), [https://articles.latimes.com/2013/jul/10/entertainment/la-et-cm-stanley-kubrick-lacma-attendance-20130709 Stanley Kubrick at LACMA was popular, but not like Tim Burton] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915163949/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jul/10/entertainment/la-et-cm-stanley-kubrick-lacma-attendance-20130709 |date=September 15, 2016 }} ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>

==Collections==
{{further|List of painters in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art collections}}
LACMA's more than 120,000 objects are divided among its numerous departments by region, media, and time period and are spread amongst the various museum buildings.<ref name="lacma2003">{{Citation |title=Los Angeles County Museum of Art |publisher=New York: Thames & Hudson |year=2003 |isbn=0-500-20360-1 |author=edited by LACMA.}}</ref>

===Modern and Contemporary Art===
{{distinguish|text=[[The Broad]], another contemporary art museum funded by the Broads, in Downtown Los Angeles}}
The Modern Art collection is displayed in the Ahmanson Building, which was renovated in 2008 to have a new entrance featuring a large staircase, conceived as a gathering place similar to Rome's [[Spanish Steps]]. Filling the atrium at the base of the staircase is Tony Smith's massive sculpture ''Smoke'' (1967).<ref name="latimes02032008">{{Citation |last=Muchnic |first=Suzanne |author-link=Suzanne Muchnic |title=Broad Ambitions |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=February 3, 2008 |pages=F1, F8}}</ref> The plaza level galleries also house African art and a gallery highlighting the Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies.

The modern collection on the plaza level displays works from 1900 to the 1970s, largely populated by the [[Henri Lazarof|Janice and Henri Lazarof Collection]]. In December 2007, Janice and [[Henri Lazarof]] gave LACMA 130 mostly modernist works estimated to be worth more than $100 million.<ref name="nytimes01082008" /> The collection includes 20 works by [[Picasso]], watercolors and paintings by [[Paul Klee]] and [[Wassily Kandinsky]] and a considerable number of sculptures by [[Alberto Giacometti]], [[Constantin Brâncuși]], [[Henry Moore]], [[Willem de Kooning]], [[Joan Miró]], [[Louise Nevelson]], [[Archipenko]], and [[Jean Arp|Arp]].<ref name="nytimes12132007">{{Citation |last=Wyatt |first=Edward |title=For Los Angeles Museum, a 'Transformative' Gift of Modernists |newspaper=New York Times |date=December 13, 2007 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9907E7D71339F930A25751C1A9619C8B63&scp=1&sq=lazarof+lacma |access-date=February 10, 2017 |archive-date=March 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301034254/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/13/arts/design/13lacm.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="latimes12122007">{{Citation |last=Muchnic |first=Suzanne |author-link=Suzanne Muchnic |title=Huge gift helps LACMA enter the modern age |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=December 12, 2007 |url=http://www.calendarlive.com/la-et-lacma12dec12,0,3227885.story |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213171234/http://www.calendarlive.com/la-et-lacma12dec12%2C0%2C3227885.story |archive-date=December 13, 2007}}</ref> In 2025, art dealer [[Otto Kallir]]'s family gifted more than 130 Austrian Expressionist works to LACMA; the donation, with a value well in excess of $60 million, added the first paintings by [[Gustav Klimt]], [[Egon Schiele]], and [[Richard Gerstl]] to the museum's collection.<ref>Francesca Aton (9 October 2025), [https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/lacma-donation-from-the-otto-kallir-family-gustav-klimt-1234756125/ LACMA Receives 130 Austrian Expressionist Artworks from the Otto Kallir Family, Including its First Klimt] ''[[ARTnews]]''.</ref> 
[[File:LACMA SW01.jpg|thumb|Modern Art galleries]]
[[File:LACMA SW05.jpg|thumb|Gallery of works by Alberto Giacometti]]
The Contemporary Art collection is displayed in the {{convert|60000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} Broad Contemporary Art Museum (BCAM), opened on February 16, 2008. BCAM's inaugural exhibition featured 176 works by 28 artists of postwar Modern art from the late 1950s to the present. All but 30 of the works initially displayed came from the collection of Eli and Edythe Broad (pronounced "brode").<ref name="latimes02152008" /> Long-time trustee Robert Halff had already donated 53 works of contemporary art in 1994. Components of that gift included [[Joan Miró]], [[Jasper Johns]], [[Sam Francis]], [[Frank Stella]], [[Lari Pittman]], [[Chris Burden]], [[Richard Serra]], [[John Chamberlain (sculptor)|John Chamberlain]], [[Matthew Barney]], and [[Jeff Koons]]. It also provided LACMA with its first drawings by [[Claes Oldenburg]] and [[Cy Twombly]].<ref>Suzanne Muchnic (January 6, 2005), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-jan-06-me-halff6-story.html Robert Halff, 96; Ad Exec, Museum Donor]  ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>

''Back Seat Dodge '38'' (1964), by [[Edward Kienholz]], is a sculpture portraying a couple engaged in sexual activity in the back seat of a truncated 1938 Dodge automobile chassis. The piece won Kienholz instant celebrity in 1966 when the [[Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors]] tried to ban the sculpture as pornographic and threatened to withhold financing from LACMA if it included the work in a Kienholz retrospective. A compromise was reached under which the sculpture's car door would remain closed and guarded, to be opened only on the request of a museum patron who was over 18, and only if no children were present in the gallery. The uproar led to more than 200 people lining up to see the work the day the show opened. Ever since, ''Back Seat Dodge '38'' has drawn crowds.<ref name="dodgenytimes">{{Citation |last=Wyatt |first=Edward |title=In Sunny Southern California, a Sculpture Finds Its Place in the Shadows |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=October 2, 2007 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/02/arts/design/02dodg.html?ex=1349928000&en=924d5cd6d7aea227&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink |access-date=February 10, 2017 |archive-date=January 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125231456/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/02/arts/design/02dodg.html?ex=1349928000&en=924d5cd6d7aea227&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink |url-status=live }}</ref>

===American and Latin American art===
The Art of the Americas Building has American, Latin American, and pre-Columbian collections displayed on the second floor and temporary exhibition space on the first floor. Formerly known as the Anderson Building, the Art of the Americas Building comprises galleries for art from North, Central, and South America.<ref name="Spreading the riches">Suzanne Muchnic (August 19, 2007), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-aug-19-ca-cisneros19-story.html Spreading the riches]  ''Los Angeles Times''</ref>

[[File:LACMA SW06.jpg|thumb|[[Diego Rivera]], ''Flower Day (Día de Flores)'', 1925]]

From 1972 to 1976, [[Donelson Hoopes]] served as Senior Curator of American Art.

LACMA's Latin American Art galleries reopened in July 2008 after several years renovation. The Latin American collection includes pre-Columbian, Spanish Colonial, Modern, and contemporary works. Many recent additions to the collection were financed by sales of works from an 1,800 piece holding of 20th century Mexican art compiled by dealer-collectors [[Bernard Lewin|Bernard and Edith Lewin]] and given to the museum in 1997.<ref name="LatimesLatinJuly262008"/> The Latin American Art collection includes "Our Lady of Guadalupe" from 1691 and has been digitized because not all artwork can be on permanent display.<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Linda Theung |title=From the Collection: Virgin of Guadalupe (La Virgen de Guadalupe) |publisher=LACMA Unframed |date=20 July 2015 |url=https://unframed.lacma.org/2015/07/20/collection-virgin-guadalupe-la-virgen-de-guadalupe |access-date=29 June 2025}}</ref>

The [[pre-Columbian]] galleries were redesigned by [[Jorge Pardo (artist)|Jorge Pardo]], a Los Angeles artist who works in sculpture, design, and architecture.<ref name="LatimesLatinJuly262008">{{Cite web |last=Muchnic |first=Suzanne |title=LACMA remaps Latin America |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=July 26, 2008 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-lacma26-2008jul26,0,903730.story |access-date=August 1, 2008 |archive-date=March 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307034729/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-lacma26-2008jul26-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Pardo's display cases are built from thick, stacked sheets of medium-density fiberboard (MDF), with spacing of equal thickness in between the 70-plus layers. The laser-cut organic forms undulate and swell out from the walls, sharply contrasting to the rectangular display cases found in most art museums.<ref name="LatimesLatinAug12008"/>

The museum's pre-Columbian collection began in the 1980s with the first installment of a 570-piece gift from Southern California collector [[Constance McCormick Fearing]] and the purchase of about 200 pieces from L.A. businessman [[Proctor Stafford]]. The holdings recently jumped from about 1,800 to 2,500 objects with a gift of Colombian ceramics from [[Camilla Chandler Frost]], a LACMA trustee and the sister of [[Otis Chandler]], former ''Los Angeles Times'' publisher, and [[Stephen Munoz-Kramer|Stephen and Claudia Muñoz-Kramer]] of Atlanta, whose family built the collection.<ref name="LatimesLatinJuly262008"/> A sizable portion of LACMA's pre-Columbian collection was excavated from burial chambers in Colima, [[Nayarit]] and other regions around Jalisco in modern-day Mexico.<ref name="LatimesLatinAug12008"/> LACMA boasts one of the largest collections of [[Latin American art]] due to the generous donation of more than 2,000 works of art by [[Bernard Lewin]] and his wife Edith Lewin in 1996. In 2007 the museum signed an agreement with the Fundación Cisneros for a loan of 25 colonial-style works, later extended until 2017.<ref name="Spreading the riches"/>

The Spanish Colonial collection includes work from 17th and 18th century Mexican artists [[Miguel Cabrera (painter)|Miguel Cabrera]], [[José de Ibarra]], [[José de Páez]], and [[Nicolás Rodriguez Juárez]]. The collection has galleries for [[Diego Rivera]] and [[Rufino Tamayo]]. The Latin American contemporary gallery highlights works [[Francis Alÿs]].<ref name="LatimesLatinAug12008">{{Cite web |last=Knight |first=Christopher |title=Jorge Pardo's Pre-Columbian art installation at LACMA |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=August 1, 2008 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-pardo1-2008aug01,0,7921951.story |access-date=August 1, 2008 |archive-date=August 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814064821/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-pardo1-2008aug01,0,7921951.story |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Asian art===
[[File:Shiva as the Lord of Dance LACMA edit.jpg|thumb|[[Chola dynasty]] statue depicting [[Shiva]] dancing as [[Nataraja]] from LACMA

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The Hammer Building houses the Chinese and Korean collections.<ref name="latimes02032008"/> The Korean art collection began with the donation of a group of Korean ceramics in 1966 by [[Bak Jeonghui]], then president of the Republic of Korea, after a visit to the museum. LACMA today claims to have the most comprehensive holding outside of Korea and Japan.<ref>Suzanne Muchnic (June 21, 2009), [https://web.archive.org/web/20120807104150/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-ca-korea21-2009jun21,0,6052519,full.story 'Your Bright Future' spotlights Korean artists at LACMA] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> The [[Pavilion for Japanese Art]] displays the Shin'enkan collection donated by Joe D. Price. In 1999 LACMA trustee Eric Lidow and his wife, Leza, donated 75 ancient Chinese works valued at a total of $3.5 million, including important bronze objects and prime examples of Buddhist sculpture.<ref>Suzanne Muchnic (July 21, 1999), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jul-21-ca-57958-story.html LACMA Gets $3.5-Million Gift of Chinese Art]  ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>
LACMA also has a rich collection of relics from India, mostly consisting of sculptures of [[Tirthankara|Jain Tirthankaras]], Buddha and Hindu deities. Many Paintings from India are also present in the LACMA. 
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Elephant with Riders LACMA M.85.72.1 (1 of 6).jpg|Elephant with Riders, Uttar Pradesh, India, 3rd-2nd century B.C.
File:Shrine with Four Jinas (Rishabhanatha (Adinatha)), Parshvanatha, Neminatha, and Mahavira) LACMA M.85.55 (1 of 4).jpg|Shrine with Four tirthankaras, 6th century
WLA lacma Jain Goddess Ambika.jpg|Goddess Ambika in Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 6th-7th century
A Jain Family Group LACMA M.77.49.jpg|A Jain Family Group, 6th century
File:Jina Mahavira (?) LACMA M.82.6.2.jpg|Jina Mahavira, circa 850 CE
WLA lacma Jain Altarpiece with Parshvanatha Mahavira and Neminatha.jpg|Jain Altarpiece with Parshvanatha, Mahavira and Neminatha, 10th century
Cosmic Form of the Hindu God Shiva (Sadashiva) LACMA AC1992.164.1.jpg|Cosmic Form of the Hindu God Shiva, Nepal, 11th-12th century
Dancing Ganesha, Lord of Obstacles LACMA M.86.126 (1 of 5).jpg|Dancing Ganesha, Lord of Obstacles, Nepal, 16th-17th century
A Relief with Mother Goddesses LACMA M.71.110.2.jpg|A Relief with Mother Goddesses, Bihar, India, 9th century
Buddha Shakyamuni or the Bodhisattva Maitreya LACMA M.75.4.3 (1 of 2).jpg|Buddha Shakyamuni or the Bodhisattva Maitreya, Nepal, 8th century
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===Greek, Roman, and Etruscan art===
The second floor of the Ahmanson Building has Greek and Roman Art galleries. A large portion of the museum's ancient Greek and Roman art collection was donated by [[William Randolph Hearst]], the publishing magnate, in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

===Islamic art===
The museum's Islamic galleries include over 1700 works from ceramics and inlaid metalwork to enameled glass, carved stone and wood, and arts of the book from manuscript illumination to [[Islamic calligraphy]]. The collection is especially strong in Persian and Turkish glazed pottery and tiles, glass, and arts of the book. The collection began in earnest in 1973 when the [[Nasli Heeramaneck|Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection]] was gifted to the museum by philanthropist [[Joan Palevsky]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Islamic Art |url=http://www.lacma.org/islamic_art/intro.htm |publisher=Los Angeles County Museum of Art |access-date=23 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308091248/http://www.lacma.org/islamic_art/intro.htm |archive-date=March 8, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Decorative arts and design{{anchor|Decorative arts and design collection}}===
In 1990 [[Max Palevsky]] gave 32 pieces of [[Arts and Crafts Movement|Arts and Crafts]] furniture to LACMA; three years later, he added an additional 42 pieces to his gift. In 2000, he donated $2 million to LACMA for Arts and Crafts works. He supplied about a third of the 300 objects displayed in a 2004–05 LACMA exhibit, "The Arts and Crafts Movement in Europe and America: 1880–1920" and in 2009, the museum presented "The Arts and Crafts Movement: Masterworks From the Max Palevsky and Jodie Evans Collection".<ref name="palevskyLAtimes">{{Citation |last=Woo |first=Elaine |title=Max Palevsky dies at 85; computer magnate and philanthropist |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=May 6, 2010 |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-0506-max-palevsky-20100506,0,5194658,full.story |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207045857/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-0506-max-palevsky-20100506,0,5194658,full.story |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 7, 2011 |access-date=May 6, 2010}}</ref> With a single acquisition in 2009, LACMA became a major center for the study and display of 18th- and 19th-century European clothing when it bought the holdings of dealers Martin Kamer of London and Wolfgang Ruf of Beckenried, Switzerland—about 250 outfits and 300 accessories created between 1700 and 1915, including men's three-piece suits, women's dresses, children's garb, and a vast array of shoes, hats, purses, shawls, fans, and undergarments.<ref>Suzanne Muchnic (January 2, 2009), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jan-02-et-lacmagift2-story.html LACMA fashions a new reputation]  ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>

===Permanent art installations===
Los Angeles sculptor [[Robert Graham (sculptor)|Robert Graham]] created the towering, bronze ''Retrospective Column'' (1981, cast in 1986) for the entrance of the Art of the Americas Building. A new contemporary sculpture garden was opened directly east of the museum's Wilshire Boulevard entrance in 1991, including large-scale outdoor sculptures by [[Alice Aycock]], [[Ellsworth Kelly]], Henry Moore, and others. The centerpiece of the garden is [[Alexander Calder]]'s three-piece mobile ''Hello Girls'', commissioned by a women's museum-support group for the museum's opening in 1965. Situated in a curving reflecting pool, the mobile has brightly colored paddles that are moved by jets of water.<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-05-02-we-1295-story.html Miracle Mile: Sculpture Garden to Open]  ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', May 2, 1991.</ref><ref>Christopher Knight (May 12, 2009), [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/05/calder-lacma.html Alexander Calder's 1964 'Hello Girls' back on view at LACMA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229200621/https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/05/calder-lacma.html |date=February 29, 2020 }} ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>

The Ahmanson Building's atrium was remodeled to hold [[Tony Smith (sculptor)|Tony Smith]]'s ''Smoke'', which had not been displayed since its original 1967 presentation at Washington, D.C.'s [[Corcoran Gallery of Art]]. The massive black painted aluminum artwork is made up of 43 piers and is {{convert|45|ft|m|abbr=on}} long, {{convert|33|ft|m|abbr=on}} wide, and {{convert|22|ft|m|abbr=on}} high. The newly fabricated work was initially on loan from the artist's estate,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,13-10-1967,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023215439/http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,13-10-1967,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 23, 2012 |title=October 13, 1967 Time magazine cover featuring ''Smoke'' sculpture by Tony Smith |magazine=Time |date=1967-10-13 |access-date=2013-05-10}}</ref> but in 2010, after several months of intense fundraising efforts, "the museum acquired the work for an undisclosed amount reported to exceed $3 million and [with an insurance valuation of] 'over $5 million.{{' "}}<ref>Finkel, Jori, [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/06/tony-smiths-monumental-sculpture-smoke-will-not-disappear-from-lacma-multimilliondollar-purchase-fin.html "Tony Smith's monumental sculpture 'Smoke' will not disappear from LACMA; multimillion-dollar purchase finalized"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506054929/https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/06/tony-smiths-monumental-sculpture-smoke-will-not-disappear-from-lacma-multimilliondollar-purchase-fin.html |date=May 6, 2021 }}, ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' Culture Monster blog, June 18, 2010 4:32&nbsp;pm. Retrieved 2011-07-10.</ref> The purchase was "made possible by The Belldegrun Family's gift to LACMA in honor of Rebecka Belldegrun's birthday", per the museum.<ref>[http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=162311;type=101 "Tony Smith ... Smoke"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105141525/http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=162311;type=101 |date=November 5, 2011 }}, Collections page, LACMA website. Retrieved 2011-07-10.</ref>

Eli and Edythe Broad contributed $10 million to fund the purchase of [[Richard Serra]]'s ''Band'' sculpture, on display on the first floor of BCAM when the building opened.<ref name="latimes02152008">{{Citation |last=Smith |first=Roberta |author-link=Roberta Smith |title=Broad Ambitions |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=February 15, 2008 |pages=F29, F37}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=LACMA Acquires Monumental Sculpture By American Artist Richard Serra |publisher=Los Angeles County Museum of Art |date=May 2007 |url=http://www.lacma.org/press/releases/serra060807.pdf |access-date=May 9, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071003222929/http://www.lacma.org/press/releases/serra060807.pdf |archive-date=October 3, 2007 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

[[Image:urbanlights.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Urban Light]]'' sculpture by [[Chris Burden]]]]
Surrounding the BCAM building and LACMA's courtyard is a 100 [[palm tree]] garden, designed by artist [[Robert Irwin (artist)|Robert Irwin]] and landscape architect [[Paul Comstock]]. Some of the 30 varieties of palms are in the ground, but most are in large wooden boxes above ground.<ref name="sfvBusJnl">{{Citation |last=Hames |first=James |title=LACMA Palm Garden more than landscape |newspaper=[[San Fernando Valley Business Journal]] |date=March 17, 2008 |url=http://www.entrepreneur.com/tradejournals/article/177671519.html |access-date=January 30, 2009 |archive-date=February 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226043100/https://www.entrepreneur.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="latimes01062008">{{Citation |last=Heeger |first=Susan |title=Palm Pilots |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=January 6, 2008 |url=https://www.latimes.com/features/magazine/la-tm-irwin.01jan6,1,1316697.story |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080202021225/http://www.latimes.com/features/magazine/la-tm-irwin.01jan6%2C1%2C1316697.story |archive-date=February 2, 2008}}</ref> Directly in front of the new entrance to LACMA on Wilshire Boulevard, where Ogden Drive once bisected the {{convert|20|acre|ha|adj=on}} campus between Wilshire Boulevard and 6th Street, is [[Chris Burden]]'s ''[[Urban Light]]'' (2008), an orderly, multi-tiered installation of 202 antique cast-iron [[street lights]] from various cities in and around the Los Angeles area. The street lights are functional, turn on in the evening, and are powered by solar panels on the roof of the BP Grand Entrance.

Originally [[Jeff Koons]]' ''Tulips'' (1995–2004) sculpture was inside the Grand Entrance building and [[Charles Ray (artist)|Charles Ray]]'s ''Fire Truck'' (1993) was outside in the courtyard, both lent by the Broad Art Foundation. Both sculptures were removed after being on display for 3 months due to unexpected damage from patrons and wear.<ref>Suzanne Muchnic (April 12, 2008), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-apr-12-et-damage12-story.html Public art a victim of its success]  ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>

On February 2, 2007, Michael Govan, with Koons, revealed plans for a {{convert|161|ft|m|adj=on}}-tall Koons sculpture featuring an operational 1940s [[locomotive]] suspended from a [[Crane (machine)|crane]]. The sculpture would be located at the entrance on Wilshire Boulevard, between the Ahmanson Building and the Broad Contemporary Art Museum.<ref>{{cite web |title=Transforming LACMA > Progress Report |url=http://www.lacma.org/info/TransformingProgress.aspx |access-date=2011-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518195617/http://www.lacma.org/info/TransformingProgress.aspx |archive-date=May 18, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Christie |first=Tom |title=This Is Not a Very Large Train Engine Hanging From a Crane at LACMA: Not yet, anyway |newspaper=[[LA Weekly]] |date=February 2, 2007 |url=http://www.laweekly.com/2007-02-08/art-books/this-is-not-a-very-large-train-engine-hanging-from-a-crane-at-lacma |access-date=May 5, 2010 |archive-date=February 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225225304/http://www.laweekly.com/?s=this-is-not-a-very-large-train-engine-hanging-from-a-crane-at-lacma |url-status=live }}</ref> By 2011, after "the fundraising climate soured and Koons' California fabricator, Carlson & Co, went out of business after completing a $2.3-million feasibility study"<ref name=LAT01>Finkel, Jori, [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/05/lacmas-michael-govan-james-turrell-jeff-koons.html "LACMA's Michael Govan on Jeff Koons' locomotive, James Turrell retrospective"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814190149/https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/05/lacmas-michael-govan-james-turrell-jeff-koons.html |date=August 14, 2020 }}, ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' Culture Monster blog, May 16, 2011 1:27&nbsp;pm. Retrieved 2011-07-10.</ref> and a $25 million estimated cost, Govan said "We don't have a final method of construction, and I don't have a final fundraising plan."<ref>Finkel, Jori, Since that time, State safety officials have panned the idea of hanging any object from a crane for an extended period of time, suggesting that Govan build a replica of a crane and locomotive instead. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120103134404/http://articles.latimes.com/2011/may/15/entertainment/la-ca-0515-michael-govan-20110515/3 "A master works his magic on museum: Michael Govan has transformed LACMA and become a cultural force. He's not done."], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', May 15, 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-10.</ref> Koons said they are now working with the German fabricator Arnold, outside of Frankfurt, to do an additional engineering study, and Govan says he has committed to spending half a million dollars for that study.<ref name=LAT01/> The museum has ''J.B. Turner Engine'' (1986), a small Koons piece which was shown in the 2006–2007 "[[René Magritte|Magritte]] and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images" exhibition.<ref>[http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=142217;type=101 "Jeff Koons ... J.B. Turner Engine"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130185522/http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=142217;type=101 |date=January 30, 2012 }}, Collections page, LACMA website. Retrieved 2011-07-10.</ref>

''[[Levitated Mass]]'' by artist [[Michael Heizer]] is the latest project at LACMA. On December 8, 2011, this 340-ton boulder, {{convert|21.5|ft}} wide and {{convert|21.5|ft}} in height, was ready to leave its quarry in [[Riverside, CA|Riverside County]], after months of postponements.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://zev.lacounty.gov/news/arts-culture/top-arts/where%E2%80%99s-the-rock |title=Where's The Rock? &#124; Zev Yaroslavsky |publisher=Zev.lacounty.gov |date=2011-10-13 |access-date=2013-05-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401015538/http://zev.lacounty.gov/news/arts-culture/top-arts/where%E2%80%99s-the-rock |archive-date=April 1, 2013 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> It sits atop the {{convert|456|ft|m|adj=on}}-long trench which allows people to walk under and around the massive rock. The move started on February 28, 2012, and completed on March 10, 2012. The art piece was opened on June 24, 2012, by Heizer, Los Angeles County Supervisor [[Zev Yaroslavsky]], and Los Angeles City Mayor [[Antonio Villaraigosa]].<ref>Deborah Vankin (September 22, 2011), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2011-sep-22-la-et-heizer-rock-20110922-story.html LACMA set to roll away the stone], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>

===Photography===
The '''Wallis Annenberg Photography Department''' was launched in 1984 with a grant from the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation. It has holdings of more than fifteen thousand works that span the period from the medium's invention in 1839 to the present. Photography also is integrated into other departments. Although LACMA's photo collection encompasses the entire field, it has many gaps and is far smaller than that of the [[J. Paul Getty Museum]].<ref>Suzanne Muchnic (August 14, 2010), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-aug-14-la-et-lacma-photos-20100814-story.html Eclectic photo exhibition from LACMA arts council at Duncan Miller Gallery], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> In 1992 Audrey and Sydney Irmas donated their entire photography collection, creating what is now the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's '''Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection of Artists' Self-Portraits''', a large and highly specialized selection spanning 150 years. The couple donated the collection two years before a major exhibition of the collection was mounted at LACMA; the display included photos of and by artistic photographers ranging from chemist [[Alphonse Poitevin]] in 1853 to [[Robert Mapplethorpe]] in 1988. Among other self-portraits in the collection were those of [[Andy Warhol]], [[Lee Friedlander]], and [[Edward Steichen]].<ref>Myrna Oliver (August 30, 1996), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-08-30-mn-39051-story.html Sydney Irmas; Art Collector, Benefactor], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> Audrey Irmas continues to buy for the collection, but now all the additions are gifts to LACMA.<ref>Susan Freudenheim (September 10, 2002), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-sep-10-lv-collect10-story.html Where Art Is a Household Word], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> In 2008 LACMA announced that the [[Annenberg Foundation]] was making a $23 million gift for the acquisition of the Marjorie and Leonard Vernon collection of 19th- and 20th-century photographs. Among the 3,500 master prints are works by Steichen, [[Edward Weston]], [[Ansel Adams]], [[Eugène Atget]], [[Imogen Cunningham]], [[Catherine Opie]], [[Cindy Sherman]], [[Barbara Kruger]], Ave Pildas<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ave Pildas {{!}} LACMA Collections |url=https://collections.lacma.org/node/2156154 |access-date=2020-10-13 |website=collections.lacma.org |archive-date=October 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018130612/https://collections.lacma.org/node/2156154 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Man Ray]]. The gift also provided an endowment and capital to help build storage facilities for the museum's photographic holdings, leading to its photography department being renamed the Wallis Annenberg Department of Photography.<ref>[[Bob Colacello]] (October 2009), [https://www.vanityfair.com/style/features/2009/10/wallis-annenberg200910 Her Own Kind of Annenberg] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121125836/http://www.vanityfair.com/style/features/2009/10/wallis-annenberg200910 |date=January 21, 2015 }}, ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]''.</ref> In 2011 LACMA and the [[J. Paul Getty Trust]] jointly acquired [[Robert Mapplethorpe]]'s art and archival material, including more than 2,000 works by the artist.<ref>Jori Finkel (February 8, 2011), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2011-feb-08-la-et-lacma-mapplethorpe-20110208-story.html LACMA, Getty to share Robert Mapplethorpe artwork], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>

===Film===
LACMA's film program was founded by Phil Chamberlin in the late 1960s.<ref>David Ng (September 11, 2009), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-sep-11-et-birnie11-story.html Ian Birnie sees encouraging signs from turmoil at LACMA], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> In 2009 LACMA announced plans to cancel its 41-year-old film series, citing declining attendance and funding. The decision drew widespread criticism from cinephiles, including film director [[Martin Scorsese]], who wrote an open protest letter that was published in the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. In response, the museum expanded its movie offerings and partnered with Film Independent to launch a new series. In 2011 LACMA and the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] announced partnership plans to open a movie museum within three years in the former May Co. building.<ref>Reed Johnson (May 25, 2012), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2012-may-25-la-ca-lacma-film-20120527-story.html That 'Look of Love' between LACMA and Hollywood], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> The [[Academy Museum of Motion Pictures|Academy Museum]] opened in 2022.

==Acquisitions and donors==

===Individual donors===
In 2014, LACMA received a $500 million donation of art from businessman [[Jerry Perenchio]]. The 47-piece collection contains works by Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, René Magritte, Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, and Pablo Picasso. LACMA executive director Michael Govan said it was the biggest gift in the museum's history, and ''[[The Washington Post]]'' called it "conceivably one of the greatest art gifts ever, to any museum".<ref name=Soraya>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/11/07/meet-jerry-perenchio-the-man-who-just-bequeathed-the-l-a-museum-half-a-billion-dollars-worth-of-art/ |last=McDonald |first=Soraya Nadia |title=Jerry Perenchio, a Very Private Man, Just Publicly Bequeathed the L.A. County Museum Half a Billion Dollars Worth of Art |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=November 7, 2014 |access-date=November 7, 2014 |archive-date=June 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601202714/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/11/07/meet-jerry-perenchio-the-man-who-just-bequeathed-the-l-a-museum-half-a-billion-dollars-worth-of-art/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Perenchio's donation, which becomes effective upon his death, occurs only if the museum completes construction of the new building designed by Peter Zumthor.<ref name=Soraya />

The $54 million Resnick Pavillon was made possible by a $45 million gift from the philanthropists for whom it is named.<ref>Robert L. Pincus (September 9, 2010), [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/arts/design/12pincus.html?ref=losangelescountymuseumofart] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160723010055/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/arts/design/12pincus.html?ref=losangelescountymuseumofart|date=July 23, 2016}} ''New York Times''.</ref> On March 6, 2007, [[BP]] announced a $25 million donation to name the entry pavilion under construction as part of LACMA's renovation campaign the "BP Grand Entrance". The $25 million gift matches [[Disney|Walt Disney Co.'s]] 1997 gift for [[Disney Hall]] as the biggest corporate donation to the arts in Southern California. Previously, in 2006, LACMA had announced that the new entrance would be called the "[[Lynda Resnick|Lynda]] and [[Stewart Resnick]] Grand Entrance Pavilion", in honor of their $25 million gift.

[[Image:Ashta-Matrika.jpg|thumb|left|An 18th-century painting of [[Hindu]] goddesses [[Matrikas]] fighting demons, from LACMA]]
[[File:WLA lacma 1250 lime spoon.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Lime Spoon with cast [[Trochilinae|picaflor]], 1250–1470, Peru, Inca.<br>Purchased with funds provided by Lillian Apodaca Weiner (M.2003.77).]]
On January 8, 2008, Eli Broad revealed plans to retain permanent control of his roughly 2,000 works of modern and contemporary art in the independent Broad Art Foundation, which loans works to museums, rather than giving the art away. Broad, as recently as a year prior, had said that he planned to give most of his holdings to one or several museums, one of which was assumed to be LACMA. However, LACMA remains the "preferred" museum to receive works from the foundation.<ref name="latimes01152008">{{Citation |last=Reynolds |first=Christopher |title=Finding the silver lining Moving on to Plan B |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=January 15, 2008 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-govan15jan15,1,5071836.story?coll=la-entnews-arts&ctrack=2&cset=true |access-date=April 16, 2020 |archive-date=March 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317174257/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-jan-15-et-govan15-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Broad, previously vice chairman of LACMA's board of directors, financed the $56-million Broad Contemporary Art Museum (BCAM) building at LACMA; he also provided an additional $10 million to buy two works of art to be displayed in it. BCAM displayed 220 pieces borrowed from Broad and his Broad Art Foundation when it opened in February 2008. In 2001 LACMA was criticized for hosting a major exhibition of Broad's collection without having secured a promised gift of the works, an act that is prohibited at many prominent art institutions because it can increase the market value of the collection.<ref name="nytimes01082008">{{Citation |last=Wyatt |first=Edward |title=An Art Donor Opts to Hold on to His Collection |newspaper=New York Times |date=January 8, 2008 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/08/arts/design/08muse.html?scp=1&sq=broad+lacma |access-date=February 10, 2017 |archive-date=July 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160723010013/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/08/arts/design/08muse.html?scp=1&sq=broad+lacma |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2002 the [[Annenberg Foundation]] gave the museum $10 million to establish a special endowment fund to support exhibitions, art acquisitions and educational programs at the discretion of its director. In recognition of the gift, LACMA named its leadership position the Wallis Annenberg directorship. In 2001 Wallis Annenberg endowed a curatorial fellowship program with a $1-million gift. In 1991, the foundation contributed $10 million to LACMA's endowment and in 1999 it donated $100,000 to provide arts education training for Los Angeles elementary school teachers.<ref name="Muchnic"/>

In 2001 the museum lost out on the modern art collection of Nathan and Marian Smooke, a former museum trustee and industrial real-estate developer whose heirs sold much of his collection at auction rather than donating it.<ref>Carol Vogel (November 6, 2001), [https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/06/nyregion/first-art-auction-of-season-indicates-a-healthy-market.html First Art Auction of Season Indicates a Healthy Market] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214072921/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/06/nyregion/first-art-auction-of-season-indicates-a-healthy-market.html |date=February 14, 2020 }} ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref><ref>Suzanne Muchnic (November 5, 2011), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-nov-05-ca-488-story.html The Imperfect Pursuit of Collections]  ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>

In 1996 the museum suffered yet another serious blow when the [[Gilbert Collection]] of Italian mosaics and other decorative objects, promised as an eventual bequest, and parts of which had been on display for decades, was withdrawn. The would-be donor claimed that the Museum had reneged on a written agreement to provide more exhibit space for it.<ref>Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California: September 4, 2001. pg. B.11</ref><ref>Diane Haithman. Los Angeles Times (pre-1997 Fulltext). June 13, 1996. pg. 2</ref> The collection is considered one of the finest in the world of its kind. Moreover, unlike the Hammer and Simon collections, it did not remain in the Los Angeles area but was removed to the United Kingdom.

[[Armand Hammer]] was a LACMA board member for nearly seventeen years, beginning in 1968, and during this time continued to announce the museum would inherit his whole collection. Hammer's collection included works from [[Van Gogh]], [[John Singer Sargent]], [[Thomas Eakins]], [[Gustave Moreau]], [[Edgar Degas]], and [[Paul Cézanne]]. When LACMA was offered a collection of works by [[Honoré Daumier]], Hammer bought the works on the promise that he would give them to the museum. To LACMA's surprise, Hammer instead founded the [[Hammer Museum]], built adjacent to [[Occidental Petroleum|Occidental]]'s headquarters in Los Angeles.<ref name="Time1991">{{Citation |last=Hughes |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Hughes (critic) |title=America's Vainest Museum |newspaper=Time Magazine |date=January 28, 1991 |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,972206,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122012058/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,972206,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 22, 2010}}</ref>

Between 1972 and 2020, the Ahmanson Foundation spent about $130 million to finance the museum's acquisitions of 99 artworks, including masterpieces like ''[[Magdalene with the Smoking Flame]]'' by [[Georges de La Tour]], others by [[Rembrandt]], [[Watteau]] and [[Bernini]], and a suite of 42 French oil sketches. The donations were not made with any contractual stipulations that the works remain on view.<ref name="Jori Finkel 2020">Jori Finkel (February 25, 2020), [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/25/arts/design/lacma-ahmanson-foundation-suspends-donations.html Major LACMA Donor Suspends Longtime Acquisition Program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807094403/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/25/arts/design/lacma-ahmanson-foundation-suspends-donations.html |date=August 7, 2020 }} ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref> In 2020, the foundation suspended the acquisition program.<ref name="Jori Finkel 2020"/>

In the early 1970s [[Norton Simon]], the chairman of Norton Simon, Inc., which owned Avis Car Rental, Hunt's Foods, Max Factor Cosmetics, Canada Dry Corp., and McCall's Publishing, among other interests, agreed to take the financial responsibility of the troubled Pasadena Museum of Art. [[Norton Simon Museum]] He subsequently donated his extensive collection to the new entity, now the Norton Simon Museum of Art. He had earlier made some indication of donating the work to LACMA.<ref name="nytimes01082008" /><ref name="latimes01152008" />

From 1946 to his death in 1951, [[William Randolph Hearst]] was LACMA's largest benefactor. He remains the largest donor to the museum in number of objects. His donations formed the museum's collection of Greek and Roman antiquities, medieval and early Renaissance sculptures, and much of the collection of European decorative arts.<ref name="LACMAartspaces" />

===Art councils===
Over the course of the LACMA's history, ten art councils—each supporting a specific area of the collection—have acquired or helped acquire nearly 5,000 works of art for the museum. The art councils comprise groups of art enthusiasts and professionals who pay a minimum of $400 a year in dues and organize projects to raise money for a favorite department.<ref>Jori Finkel (November 28, 2012), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-lacma-council-change-20121129,0,4250533.story Outcry as Los Angeles County Museum of Art raises patron fees] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330205557/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-lacma-council-change-20121129,0,4250533.story |date=March 30, 2013 }} ''Los Angeles Times''.</ref> Founded in 1952, the Art Museum Council is LACMA's first volunteer support council and supports the whole of the museum's endeavors. The Modern and Contemporary Art Council, founded in 1961, is the longest-running support group for contemporary art at any museum in the country.<ref>Suzanne Muchnic (May 15, 2011), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-lacma-art-council-20110515,0,697980.story 50 years of support — and changing tastes — at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319032852/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-may-15-la-ca-lacma-art-council-20110515-story.html |date=March 19, 2020 }} ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> In 1980, the museum's then active Black Historical Advisory Group, led by former trustee Robert Wilson, drove the museum to acquire Extended Forms (1975) by one of America's foremost sculptors [[Richard Hunt (sculptor)|Richard Hunt]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bailly |first1=Austen |title=Collecting African American Art |url=https://unframed.lacma.org/2012/05/23/collecting-african-american-art |website=LACMA.org |date=May 23, 2012 |access-date=15 May 2022 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305193305/http://unframed.lacma.org/2012/05/23/collecting-african-american-art |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1986 the Annual Collectors Committee weekends were started and have raised a total of $16 million for the purchase of 157 works, valued at $75 million.<ref>Jori Finkel (May 8, 2009), [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/10/arts/design/10fink.html?ref=losangelescountymuseumofart My Dream Is for Sale; Buy It for Me] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117210110/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/10/arts/design/10fink.html?ref=losangelescountymuseumofart |date=January 17, 2020 }} ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref> The Photographic Arts Council, founded in 2001, is the youngest of ten 10 support groups, offering its members visits to artists' studios and private collections, curator-led tours of exhibitions and lectures about the care and conservation of photographs.<ref>Suzanne Muchnic (August 14, 2010), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-aug-14-la-et-lacma-photos-20100814-story.html Eclectic photo exhibition from LACMA arts council at Duncan Miller Gallery]  ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>

===Collectors Committee===
Each year a distinguished group of donors contributes directly to the enrichment of LACMA's permanent collection through participation in the Collectors Committee, creating a fund to spend on art through purchasing tickets ranging between $15,000 and $60,000<ref name="Deborah Vankin 2014">Deborah Vankin (April 27, 2014), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-lacma-collectors-committee-2014-20140426,0,2703518.story LACMA curators lobby for new pieces at Collectors Committee event] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504232535/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-lacma-collectors-committee-2014-20140426,0,2703518.story |date=May 4, 2014 }} ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> for the event.<ref>Jori Finkel (April 19, 2011), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-apr-19-la-et-lacma-acquisitions-20110419-story.html LACMA hits the market]  ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> Once a year, the Collectors Committee members meet at the museum to hear acquisition proposals from the various curators. Each curator has roughly five minutes to plead their case to the patrons, who vote later that day at a black-tie gala event at the museum on which artworks should become the next acquisitions for the permanent collection.<ref name="Deborah Vankin 2014"/> The 2012 gala raised more than $2.8 million.<ref>Christopher Wyrick (April 13, 2013), [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lacma-collectors-committee-weekend-francis-439064 Francis Ford Coppola, Diane Keaton Kick Off LACMA Collectors Committee Weekend] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222202337/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lacma-collectors-committee-weekend-francis-439064 |date=February 22, 2020 }} ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]''.</ref> Since its inception in 1986, the event has brought some 170 works of art into the museum's collection.<ref>Jori Finkel (April 19, 2010), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-apr-19-la-et-lacma-acquisitions-20100419-story.html New treasures for LACMA]  ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>

===LACMA Art + Film Gala===
Inaugurated in 2011, the annual Art + Film Gala dinner features entertainment by international artists and is designed to help the museum shore up support from Hollywood leaders. Gala prices range from $5,000 for an individual gold ticket to $100,000 for a platinum table.<ref>Jori Finkel (July 23, 2012), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-xpm-2012-jul-23-la-et-cm-lacma-gala-ruscha-kubrick-20120723-story.html LACMA's next art-film gala to honor Ed Ruscha, Stanley Kubrick]  ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> The 2022 gala raised more than $5.1 million for the museum's operations and collections,<ref name="ReferenceA">Deborah Vankin (6 November 2022), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-11-06/lacma-gala-art-film-billie-eilish-kim-kardashian-elton-john-photos At Art + Film gala, LACMA celebrates coming 'unstuck,' with new building 50% done] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> up from approximately $4.5 million in 2018,<ref name="Matthew Stromberg 2018">Matthew Stromberg (November 4, 2018), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-lacma-art-film-gala-2018-20181104-story.html LACMA's Art + Film Gala blurs boundaries between the museum world and Hollywood] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108102840/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-lacma-art-film-gala-2018-20181104-story.html |date=November 8, 2020 }} ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> $4.1 million in 2013<ref>David Ng (November 3, 2013), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-martin-scorsese-david-hockney-lacma-20131103,0,7095571.story#axzz2jfNfiGEq Martin Scorsese, David Hockney feted at LACMA gala] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131223065347/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-martin-scorsese-david-hockney-lacma-20131103,0,7095571.story#axzz2jfNfiGEq |date=December 23, 2013 }} ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> and just under $3 million in 2011.<ref>Jori Finkel (October 28, 2012), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2012-oct-28-la-et-cm-lacma-gala-honoring-ruscha-and-kubrick-20121028-story.html Big Hollywood turnout for LACMA's Ruscha and Kubrick gala]  ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>

Gala honorees have included [[Mary Corse]] and [[Ryan Coogler]] in 2025;<ref>Maximilíano Durón (1 October 2025), [https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/doja-cat-lacma-art-film-gala-performance-1234755015/ Doja Cat to Perform at LACMA’s 2025 Art+Film Gala] ''[[ARTnews]]''.</ref> [[Simone Leigh]] and [[Baz Luhrmann]] in 2024; [[Judy Baca]] and [[David Fincher]] in 2023;<ref>Nate Freeman (6 November 2023), [https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2023/11/inside-lacmas-12th-annual-artfilm-gala True Colors: Inside the 2023 LACMA Gala, Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Kim Kardashian, and More of Hollywood’s Art-Loving Royalty] ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]''.</ref> [[Helen Pashgian]] and [[Park Chan-wook]] in 2022;<ref name="ReferenceA"/> [[Betye Saar]] and [[Alfonso Cuaron]] in 2019;<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lacma.org/ArtPlusFilmGala |title=2021 Art+Film Gala |website=LACMA |access-date=November 22, 2021 |archive-date=November 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120155320/https://www.lacma.org/ArtPlusFilmGala |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Catherine Opie]] and [[Guillermo del Toro]] in 2018;<ref name="Matthew Stromberg 2018"/> [[Mark Bradford]] and [[George Lucas]] in 2017;<ref>Deborah Vankin (November 5, 2017), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-lacma-gala-20171105-story.html LACMA's Art + Film Gala honors Mark Bradford and George Lucas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110181926/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-lacma-gala-20171105-story.html |date=November 10, 2021 }} ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> [[Kathryn Bigelow]] and [[Robert Irwin (artist)|Robert Irwin]] in 2016;<ref>David Ng (August 16, 2016), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-kathryn-bigelow-robert-irwin-lacma-20160815-snap-story.html Kathryn Bigelow, Robert Irwin to be honored at LACMA gala] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206040408/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-kathryn-bigelow-robert-irwin-lacma-20160815-snap-story.html |date=December 6, 2020 }} ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> [[Alejandro González Iñárritu]] and [[James Turrell]] in 2015;<ref>David Ng (July 15, 2015), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-james-turrell-lacma-20150715-story.html Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, James Turrell to be honored by LACMA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814142259/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-james-turrell-lacma-20150715-story.html |date=August 14, 2020 }} ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> [[Barbara Kruger]] and [[Quentin Tarantino]] in 2014; [[Martin Scorsese]] and [[David Hockney]] in 2013; the late [[Stanley Kubrick]] and [[Ed Ruscha]] in 2012; and [[Clint Eastwood]] and [[John Baldessari]] in 2011.<ref>David Ng (August 11, 2014), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-quentin-tarantino-barbara-kruger-lacma-20140808-story.html Quentin Tarantino, Barbara Kruger will be honorees at LACMA gala] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227085019/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-quentin-tarantino-barbara-kruger-lacma-20140808-story.html |date=February 27, 2020 }} ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>

===Deaccessioning===
Along with other museums that have consigned works to auction in the past, LACMA has been sharply criticized for pruning its art holdings.<ref name="LACMA art brings in $13 million">Suzanne Muchnic (November 4, 2005), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-nov-04-et-auction4-story.html LACMA art brings in $13 million]  ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> In 2005, on the occasion of the expansion, reorganization and reinstallation of its collection in 2007, LACMA auctioned 43 works at [[Sotheby's]]. The works sold included paintings by [[Amedeo Modigliani]], [[Camille Pissarro]] and [[Max Beckmann]], sculptures by [[Alberto Giacometti]] and [[Henry Moore]], and works on paper by [[Pablo Picasso]], [[Henri Matisse]] and [[Edgar Degas]].<ref>Mike Boehm (January 14, 2009), [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/01/lacma-art-sales.html LACMA says it's judiciously pruning collections] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228035821/https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/01/lacma-art-sales.html |date=February 28, 2020 }} ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> The biggest sale of works by the museum since the early 1980s, it was expected to fetch $10.4 million to $15.4 million; it eventually resulted in a total of $13 million.<ref name="LACMA art brings in $13 million"/> Among the most valuable was a Modigliani portrait of the Spanish landscape painter Manuel Humbert, which sold for $4.9 million.<ref>Carol Vogel (October 26, 2005), [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/26/arts/design/26muse.html Museums Set to Sell Art, and Some Experts Cringe] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504121830/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/26/arts/design/museums-set-to-sell-art-and-some-experts-cringe.html |date=May 4, 2021 }} ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref>

==Programs==
In 1966 Maurice Tuchman, then curator of modern art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, introduced the Art and Technology (A&T) program. Within the program, artists like [[Robert Irwin (artist)|Robert Irwin]] and [[James Turrell]] were placed, for example, at the [[Garrett AiResearch|Garrett Corporation]], to conduct research into perception.<ref>Randy Kennedy (December 9, 2013), [http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/09/art-and-technology-together-again-at-los-angeles-county-museum-of-art/ Art and Technology, Together Again, at Los Angeles County Museum of Art] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211012749/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/09/art-and-technology-together-again-at-los-angeles-county-museum-of-art/ |date=December 11, 2013 }} ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref> The program yielded an exhibition that ran at LACMA and traveled to [[Expo '70]] in Osaka, Japan.<ref>David Ng (December 10, 2013), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-lacma-art-technology-program-20131210,0,7309800.story#axzz2nD5XkpJv LACMA resurrects art and technology program, teams with Google] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140211064526/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-lacma-art-technology-program-20131210,0,7309800.story#axzz2nD5XkpJv |date=February 11, 2014 }} ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> It also contributed to the development of the [[Light and Space]] movement.

In 2014, the museum opened its Art + Tech Lab, building on the legacy of the original Art and Technology program and its associated 1971 exhibition. Since then, the Art + Tech Lab has presented an annual series of artists’ projects that engage with contemporary technology.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lunenfeld |first=Peter |date=2015-09-01 |title="ART AND TECHNOLOGY" |url=https://www.artforum.com/columns/art-and-technology-2-225373/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=Artforum |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Management==

===Funding===
Andrea Rich won praise for doubling the museum's endowment, to more than $100 million, and for increasing attendance and pursuing programs and acquisitions that might appeal to the varied segments of the city's diverse population, like Islamic, Latin American and Korean art.<ref>Carol Vogel (February 2, 2006), [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9403E7DA1F3FF931A35751C0A9609C8B63&scp=9&sq=michael%20govan&st=cse Dia Official May Be Hired By Los Angeles Museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314140127/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/02/arts/design/dia-official-may-be-hired-by-los-angeles-museum.html |date=March 14, 2020 }} ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref> Rich resigned in part because of disputes with Eli Broad, including one over hiring a curator for the new Broad contemporary art center.<ref>Edward Wyatt (February 10, 2008), [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/arts/design/10wyat.html?pagewanted=2&sq=michael%20govan%20lacma&st=cse&scp=2 To Have and Give Not] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223171012/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/arts/design/10wyat.html?pagewanted=2&sq=michael%20govan%20lacma&st=cse&scp=2 |date=December 23, 2019 }} ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref> In 2008, LACMA made a formal offer to merge with [[Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles|MOCA]] and to help that museum raise new money from donors.<ref>Edward Wyatt (December 16, 2008), [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/17/arts/design/17moca.html?ref=losangelescountymuseumofart Los Angeles Museum Proposes to Save Another] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118221123/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/17/arts/design/17moca.html?ref=losangelescountymuseumofart |date=January 18, 2020 }} ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref>

Per the Los Angeles County Code and various operating agreements, Museum Associates, a [[501(c) organization|nonprofit]] [[Public-benefit nonprofit corporation|public benefit corporation]] organized under the laws of the state of California, manages, operates, and maintains the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In 2011, LACMA reported net assets (basically, a total of all the resources it has on its books, except the value of the art) of $300 million.<ref>Shane Ferro (July 25, 2012), [http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/815198/as-mocas-money-woes-simmer-a-look-at-how-major-museums-finances-work As MOCA's Money Woes Simmer, A Look at How Major Museums' Finances Work] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127050000/http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/815198/as-mocas-money-woes-simmer-a-look-at-how-major-museums-finances-work |date=January 27, 2020 }} ''BLOUINARTINFO''.</ref> That year, the museum's endowment grew from $99.6 million to $106.8 million.<ref>Mike Boehm (October 23, 2010), [https://archive.today/20120707181630/http://articles.latimes.com/2010/oct/23/entertainment/la-et-govan-lacma-20101023/2 Michael Govan's LACMA contract renewal revealed] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> By issuing $383 million in tax-free construction bonds,<ref>Mike Boehm (November 20, 2010) [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-nov-20-la-et-1120-lacma-bonds-20101120-story.html Los Angeles County Museum of Art officials halt further construction until more donations are secured]  ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> the museum paid for its ongoing expansion and renovation, which has yielded the new Broad Contemporary Art Museum and the Resnick Exhibition Pavilion as well as other improvements. The [[Los Angeles County]] provides around $29 million a year,<ref name="latimes.com"/> covering more than a third of the museum's operating expenses.<ref>Mike Boehm (August 15, 2011) [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2011-aug-15-la-et-lacma-bonds-20110815-story.html LACMA's bond rating drops to A3]  ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>

LACMA typically raises around $40 million from donations and membership dues, which are accounted for as gifts, paying for almost half of LACMA's average expenses of about $92 million.<ref>Mike Boehm (December 16, 2014) [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-getty-trust-art-museum-fundraising-investments-20141216-story.html Getty hires new top fundraiser after early efforts show modest results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225215154/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-getty-trust-art-museum-fundraising-investments-20141216-story.html |date=February 25, 2020 }} ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>

===Attendance===
Although attendance has grown in recent years, it still remained at 914,356 visitors in 2010.<ref>Jori Finkel (March 30, 2011), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2011-mar-30-la-et-museum-attendance-2-20110329-story.html Attendance at L.A. museums lags behind]  ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> In 2011, around 1.2 million visitors went to LACMA, making it the first time the museum broke the one million mark.<ref>Javier Pes and Emily Sharpe (March 23, 2012), [http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Attendance-figures:-Brazil%E2%80%99s-exhibition-boom-puts-Rio-on-top/26097 Attendance survey 2011: Brazil's exhibition boom puts Rio on top] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626042126/http://theartnewspaper.com/articles/Attendance-figures:-Brazil%E2%80%99s-exhibition-boom-puts-Rio-on-top/26097 |date=June 26, 2014 }} ''[[The Art Newspaper]]''.</ref> In 2015, attendance reached 1.6 million.<ref>Javier Pes, José da Silva, Emily Sharpe (March 29, 2017), [https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2017/03/28/visitor-figures-2016-christo-helps-12-million-people-to-walk-on-water Visitor figures 2016: Christo helps 1.2 million people to walk on water] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122225842/https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2017/03/28/visitor-figures-2016-christo-helps-12-million-people-to-walk-on-water |date=November 22, 2021 }} ''[[The Art Newspaper]]''.</ref>

===Directors===
*Richard (Ric) F. Brown – 1961 – 1966<ref name="LACMAartspaces" />
*Kenneth Donahue 1966 – 1979
*[[Earl A. Powell III]] – 1980 – 1992
*Michael E. Shapiro – 1992 – 1993
*Between 1993 and 1995, Chief Deputy Director Ronald B. Bratton was handling financial and administrative activities and Stephanie Barron, chief curator of modern and contemporary art, was coordinating curatorial affairs.<ref>Suzanne Muchnic (March 16, 1995), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-03-16-ca-43461-story.html Yearlong Search Still Hasn't Produced a LACMA Director]  ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>
*[[Graham W. J. Beal]] – 1996 – 1999
*Andrea L. Rich – 1999 – 2005
*Michael Govan – 2006–present

In 1996, LACMA's board of trustees decided that the traditional dual role of director as chief administrator/artistic director should be split, and appointed Andrea Rich as president and chief executive officer of the museum, while Graham W. J. Beal ran its artistic programs.<ref>Christopher Knight (March 31, 1996), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-03-31-op-53260-story.html Proper Pedigree for LACMA Post: Graham Beal brings a stellar reputation to art museum]  ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> As part of a 2005 restructuring, the president position was again made the second-ranking job in the institution.<ref>Christopher Reynolds (June 8, 2005), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-jun-08-et-quick8.2-story.html LACMA names a new president]  ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>

LACMA provides a home to the director. For that purpose, it has owned a {{convert|5100|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} [[Hancock Park]] property since 2006.<ref>Wallace Ludel (October 1, 2020), [https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/lacma-has-put-its-director-s-spacious-usd6-57m-home-on-the-market Lacma has put its director's spacious $6.57m home on the market] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210223816/https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/lacma-has-put-its-director-s-spacious-usd6-57m-home-on-the-market |date=February 10, 2021 }}&nbsp;''[[The Art Newspaper]]''.</ref> In 2020, Museum Associates acquired a {{convert|3300|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} house on a {{convert|7800|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} lot in [[Mid-Wilshire, Los Angeles|Mid-Wilshire]] for $2.2 million.<ref>Carolina A. Miranda (September 30, 2020), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-09-30/lacma-downsizes-director-michael-govan-home-museum-finance LACMA was housing its director in a home selling for $6.6 million. Now the pool party's over] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117095605/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-09-30/lacma-downsizes-director-michael-govan-home-museum-finance |date=November 17, 2021 }} ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>

===Board of trustees===
LACMA is governed by a board of trustees which sets policy and determines the museum's strategic direction. Board membership is one of the few concrete ways to measure philanthropy in the museum world. LACMA costs $100,000 to join; each board member commits to donating or raising at least another $100,000 a year for the nonprofit museum.<ref>Mike Boehm (November 2, 2009) [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/11/songwriter-carole-bayersager-and-two-others-join-lacmas-board.html Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager and two others join LACMA's board] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217141109/https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/11/songwriter-carole-bayersager-and-two-others-join-lacmas-board.html |date=February 17, 2020 }} ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> The museum currently has over 50 active board members; 30 of them have joined since 2006. Since 2015, the board has been co-chaired by [[Elaine Wynn]] and [[Tony Ressler]].<ref>David Ng (June 18, 2015), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-lacma-elaine-wynn-antony-ressler-20150618-story.html LACMA names new co-chairs Elaine Wynn, Antony Ressler] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407035125/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-lacma-elaine-wynn-antony-ressler-20150618-story.html |date=April 7, 2016 }} ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''</ref>

Notable current trustees include the following:
* [[Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani]] (since 2021)
* [[Nicole Avant]] (since 2014)<ref name="ReferenceB">David Ng (June 16, 2014), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-ryan-seacrest-trustees-lacma-20140616-story.html Ryan Seacrest, Ann Ziff among new trustees at LACMA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601213459/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-ryan-seacrest-trustees-lacma-20140616-story.html |date=June 1, 2021 }} ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>
* [[Willow Bay]]<ref name="ReferenceC">David Ng (29 March 2016), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-lacma-board-grainge-slim-golden-20160329-story.html LACMA adds three trustees, strengthens entertainment industry ties] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>
* [[Colleen Bell]] (2011–2014, since 2019)<ref name="Deborah Vankin 2019">Deborah Vankin (17 June 2019), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-mellody-hobson-lacma-board-20190617-story.html LACMA board additions include Lucas Museum co-founder Mellody Hobson] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>
* [[Thelma Golden]] (since 2016)<ref name="ReferenceC"/>
* [[Mellody Hobson]] (since 2019)<ref name="Deborah Vankin 2019"/>
* [[Bobby Kotick]] (since 2004)<ref name="ReferenceD">David Ng (17 April 2015), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-lacma-hollywood-20150417-story.html LACMA reframes its future with growing Hollywood ties] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>
* [[Lee Boo-jin]] (since 2023)<ref>Benjamin Sutton (9 March 2023), [https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/03/09/lacma-adds-board-members-750m-fundraising-98-percent Lacma adds more high-profile board members as it inches closer to $750m fundraising goal for new building] ''[[The Art Newspaper]]''.</ref>
* [[Cheech Marin]] (since 2022)<ref name="Deborah Vankin 2023">Deborah Vankin (7 March 2023), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-03-07/lacma-building-campaign-736-million-11-new-board-members LACMA says new building campaign funding is 98% complete, stands at $736 million] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>
* [[Rich Paul]] (since 2022)<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Durón |first=Maximilíano |date=March 9, 2023 |title=Nearing Goal for Zumthor Building Capital Campaign, Lacma Adds 11 Board Members, Including Cheech Marin, Lionel Richie, and Boojin Lee |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/lacma-board-members-cheech-marin-lionel-richie-boojin-lee-1234660369/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[ARTnews]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240909173238/https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/lacma-board-members-cheech-marin-lionel-richie-boojin-lee-1234660369/ |archive-date=September 9, 2024 |access-date=October 19, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Lionel Richie]] (since 2021)<ref name="Deborah Vankin 2023"/>
* [[Carole Bayer Sager]]
* [[Ryan Seacrest]] (since 2014)<ref name="ReferenceB"/>
* [[Casey Wasserman]] (since 2004)<ref name="ReferenceD"/>
* [[Elaine Wynn]] (since 2011)<ref>David Ng (24 March 2011), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/culture-monster-blog/story/2011-03-24/lacma-adds-three-new-trustees-including-a-wynn-and-a-ferrell LACMA adds three new trustees, including a Wynn and a Ferrell] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>
* [[Dasha Zhukova]] (since 2009)<ref name="ReferenceE">David Ng (25 June 2009), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/culture-monster-blog/story/2009-06-25/terry-semel-brian-grazer-get-on-board-with-lacma Terry Semel, Brian Grazer get on board with LACMA] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref>

Notable past trustees include:
* [[Donald Bren]] (from 1986)
* [[Brian Grazer]] (from 2009)<ref name="ReferenceE"/>
* [[Bryan Lourd]] (from 2011)<ref name="ReferenceC"/>
* [[Michael Lynton]] (since 2007)<ref name="ReferenceD"/>
* [[Lynda Resnick]] (from 1992)<ref name="ReferenceD"/>
* [[Barbra Streisand]] (2007–2014)<ref>Cristina Ruiz (28 May 2015), [https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2015/05/28/barbra-streisand-to-donate-a-major-portrait-to-lacma Barbra Streisand to donate a major portrait to Lacma] ''[[The Art Newspaper]]''.</ref>

Notably, [[Tom Gores]] stepped down from his post as a board trustee in 2020, after advocacy groups Worth Rises and [[Color of Change]] had called for his removal over his investment in [[Securus Technologies]].<ref>Nancy Kenney (October 10, 2020), [https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/tom-gores-steps-down-from-lacma-board-after-pressure-over-prison-telecom-ties Tom Gores steps down from Lacma board after pressure over prison telecom ties] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028002010/https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/tom-gores-steps-down-from-lacma-board-after-pressure-over-prison-telecom-ties |date=October 28, 2020 }}&nbsp;''[[The Art Newspaper]]''.</ref>

== LACMA United ==
Workers at the museum announced in October 2025 that they have organized to form a union called LACMA United under the AFSCME's Cultural Workers United District Council 36. LACMA United said that it seeks fairer pay and benefits, as well as greater transparency from museum leadership.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-10-31 |title=LACMA workers form union seeking fairer pay and benefits |url=https://www.urgentmatter.press/lacma-workers-organize-to-form-union-seeking-fairer-pay-and-benefits/ |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=Urgent Matter |language=en}}</ref> They asked for museum leadership to voluntarily recognize their union by Nov. 5. 

Aurora van Zoelen Cortés, a curatorial assistant for contemporary art at LACMA, told the art news website Urgent Matter on Oct. 30 that the workers had not yet decided on precise details for pay or benefits improvements that they would seek.

==Selected paintings==
{{gallery
|height=150 <!--landscape-->
|mode=packed <!--use same height-->
|File:Soap Bubbles LACMA M.79.251.jpg|[[Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin]], ''Soap Bubbles'', 1739
|File:A Home by the Seaside LACMA 46.45.1 (1 of 2).jpg|[[Worthington Whittredge]], ''A Home by the Seaside'', circa 1872
|File:Paul Cezanne - Still Life with Cherries and Peaches, 1885-1887.jpg|[[Paul Cézanne]], ''Still Life with Cherries and Peaches'', 1885
|File:Paul Gauguin 018 (The Swineherd).jpg|[[Paul Gauguin]], ''The Swineherd'', 1888 
|File:WLA lacma Monet Nympheas.jpg|[[Claude Monet]], ''[[Water Lilies|Nympheas]]'', 1897–1898
|File:Eakins, Thomas (1844-1916) - Lottatori 3.jpg|[[Thomas Eakins]], ''[[Wrestlers (Eakins)|Wrestlers]]'', 1899
|File:LACMA SW02.jpg|[[Pablo Picasso]], ''Portrait of Sebastià Junyer Vidal (and a Woman)'', 1903
|File:Bellows CliffDwellers.jpg|[[George Bellows]], ''[[Cliff Dwellers (painting)|Cliff Dwellers]]'', 1913
}}
{{gallery
|height=180 <!--portrait-->
|mode=packed <!--use same height-->
|File:Giacomo Dolfin (Tiziano).jpg|[[Titian]], ''Portrait of Jacopo (Giacomo) Dolfi'', 1532
|File:Bernardo Strozzi - St. Catherine of Alexandria (LACMA).jpg|[[Bernardo Strozzi]], ''St. Catherine of Alexandria'', 1615
|File:Ambrosius Bosschaert - Bouquet of Flowers on a Ledge - Google Art Project.jpg|[[Ambrosius Bosschaert]], ''Bouquet of Flowers on a Ledge'', 1619
|File:Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn - The Raising of Lazarus - Google Art Project.jpg|[[Rembrandt]], [[The Raising of Lazarus (Rembrandt)|''The Raising of Lazarus'']], 1630
|File:Portrait of Marten Looten, 1632.jpg|[[Rembrandt]], ''Portrait of Martin Looten'', 1632
|File:Georges de La Tour - The Magdalen with the Smoking Flame - Google Art Project.jpg|[[Georges de La Tour]], ''[[Magdalene with the Smoking Flame]]'', 1640
|File:Champaigne, Philippe de - Saint Augustin - 1645-1650.jpg|[[Philippe de Champaigne]], ''Saint Augustine'', 1645–1650
|File:Saint Veronica with the Veil LACMA M.84.20 (1 of 2).jpg|[[Mattia Preti]], ''Saint Veronica with the Veil'', 1655–1660
|File:La imposición de la casulla a San Ildefonso por la Virgen María - c.1700 - Nicolás Correa.jpg|Nicolás Correa, ''The Imposition of the Chasuble on Saint Ildephonsus'', c.1700
|File:Arthur Atherley.JPG|[[Thomas Lawrence]], ''[[Portrait of Arthur Atherley|Portrait of Arthur Atherley as an Etonian]]'', 1791
|File:Edgar Degas - The Bellelli Sisters (Giovanna and Giuliana Bellelli) - Google Art Project.jpg|[[Edgar Degas]], ''The Bellelli Sisters'', 1865
|File:Mary Cassatt - Mother About to Wash Her Sleepy Child - Google Art Project.jpg|[[Mary Cassatt]], ''Mother About to Wash Her Sleepy Child'', 1880
|File:Sous-bois, par Paul Cézanne, LACMA AC1992.161.1.jpg|[[Paul Cézanne]], ''Sous-Bois'', 1894
|File:Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Jean en tant que Chasseur (1910).jpg|[[Pierre-Auguste Renoir]], ''Jean Renoir as a Hunter'', 1910
|File:LACMA SW03.jpg|[[Amedeo Modigliani]], ''Young Woman of the People'', 1918
|File:LACMA SW04.jpg|[[Georgia O'Keeffe]], ''Horse's Skull with Pink Rose'', 1931
}}

==Selected objects==
<gallery widths="200" heights="200" perrow="4">
File:Ashurnasirpal II and a Winged Deity LACMA 66.4.3 (2 of 2).jpg|''Ashurnasirpal II and a Winged Deity'', Northern Iraq, Nimrud, gypseous alabaster, 9th century BC
File:Dog with Human Mask LACMA M.86.296.154.jpg|''Dog with Human Mask'', Mexico, Colima, slip-painted ceramic sculpture, 200 BC–AD 500
File:Standing Warrior LACMA M.86.296.86 (1 of 2).jpg|''Standing Warrior'', Mexico, Jalisco, Slip-painted ceramic sculpture, {{Circa|200 BC}}–AD 300
File:Funerary Sculpture of a Horse LACMA AC1997.137.1.jpg|''Funerary Sculpture of a Horse'', China, Sichuan Province, Eastern Han dynasty, molded earthenware sculpture, 25–220
File:The Hindu God Vishnu LACMA M.76.19.jpg|''Hindu God Vishnu'', Cambodia, Angkor, Pre Rup, sandstone, circa 950
File:WLA lacma Kannon Bosatsu.jpg|''Kannon Bosatsu'', Japan, carved wood, 12th century
File:Jar (Ping) with Dragon and Clouds LACMA 53.74.jpg|''Jar (Ping) with Dragon and Clouds'', China, Hebei or Henan Province, Yuan dynasty, Cizhou ware, 1279–1368
File:Cranes LACMA M.2011.106a-b (2 of 20).jpg|[[Maruyama Ōkyo]], ''Cranes'', Japan, pair of six-panel screens; ink, color, and gold leaf on paper, 1772
File:Ancestor Figure (moai kavakava) LACMA M.2008.66.6 (1 of 3).jpg|''Ancestor Figure (moai kavakava)'', Easter Island (Rapa Nui), wood, bird bone, obsidian, and traces of pigment, circa 1830
File:Levitating mass at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (other view).jpg|[[Michael Heizer]], ''[[Levitated Mass]]'', 2012
File:WLA lacma Hurd Silver teapot 1730.jpg|Silver teapot made by colonial silversmith [[Jacob Hurd]], ca 1730
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[La Brea Tar Pits]] and George C. Page Paleontology Museum, next door to Los Angeles County Museum of Art

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.lacma.org}}
* [http://collections.lacma.org/ LACMA's permanent collection]: Access to more than 80,000 works of art from the museum's permanent collection. Via this website, the museum also enables users to download and use, without any restrictions, high quality images of nearly 20,000 works of art they deem to be in the public domain.
*[https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/los-angeles-county-museum-of-art?hl=en Virtual tour of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art] provided by [[Google Arts & Culture]]
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