1. The Broad
    Photograph: Iwan Baan, courtesy the Broad and Diller Scofidio + Renfro
  2. Infinity Mirrored Room
    Photograph: Michael Juliano for Time Out | Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirrored Room—The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away
  3. Yayoi Kusama, Longing for Eternity
    Photograph: Time Out/Michael Juliano
  4. Jeff Koons
    Photograph: Time Out/Michael Juliano | Jeff Koons.
  5. Robert Therrien
    Photograph: Time Out/Michael Juliano | Robert Therrien.
  6. Jean-Michel Basquiat
    Photograph: Time Out/Michael Juliano | Jean-Michel Basquiat.
  7. Roy Lichtenstein
    Photograph: Time Out/Michael Juliano | Roy Lichtenstein.
  8. Kara Walker
    Photograph: Time Out/Michael Juliano | Kara Walker.

The Broad

  • Museums | Art and design
  • Downtown
  • Recommended
Michael Juliano
Advertising

Time Out says

Free timed tickets recommended. Infinity Mirrored Room requires a reservation.

Three words: Infinity Mirror Rooms. Downtown’s persistently popular contemporary art museum has two of Yayoi Kusama’s immersive, mirror-laden rooms (one that you merely peek into, another more immersive one that you step into). Elsewhere in the free museum, Eli and Edythe Broad’s collection of 2,000 post-war works includes artists like Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, Cindy Sherman, Barbara Kruger, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Jeff Koons. Outside, the museum’s plaza features a lovely olive tree grove that sometimes hosts programming.

The museum has been an exciting addition to L.A.’s roster of institutions, though its encyclopedic survey of high-priced gallery prizes can feel a little safe at times (with some spectacle pieces mixed in). And though the gallery experience is pleasant, its vault and veil design appears much more opaque and heavier than it should. That said, there’s one design element we just love: the between-floors window that offers a peek into the collection storage.

The Broad opened in 2015 with an inaugural exhibition featuring Jasper Johns, Cy Twombly, Kruger, Warhol, Lichtenstein, Keith Haring and more rock stars of the 20th century—plus a whole lot of Koons. Standout installations included Ragnar Kjartansson’s beautiful nine-screen video piece The Visitors and an endless field of LEDs in Kusama’s Infinity Mirrored Room—The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away (which you can still experience today).

Details

Address
221 S Grand Ave
Los Angeles
90012
Price:
Free, with timed reservations; $17 parking available
Opening hours:
Tue, Wed, Fri 11am–5pm; Thu 11am–8pm; Sat, Sun 10am–6pm; closed Mon
Do you own this business?Sign in & claim business

What’s on

Jeffrey Gibson: the space in which to place me

This special exhibition at the Broad makes its way to Downtown L.A. from the 2024 Venice Biennale—and Angelenos should consider themselves lucky that such a remarkable display has set up stateside. Jeffrey Gibson became the first Indigenous artist to represent the United States with a solo exhibition at the Italian art event, and this adaptation of that show, “the space in which to place me,” assembles 30-plus pieces of geometrically-patterned paintings and glass bead–adorned sculptures into the first-floor galleries of the Broad. Born in Colorado with tribal roots in the Southeast U.S., Gibson explores Indigenous identity as well as queer history by fusing pop music lyrics and foundational American documents into psychedelic statements on belonging, history and oppression; the Declaration of Independence’s “we hold these truths to be self-evident…” line—but not “all men are created equal”—is spelled out across brilliantly saturated beads that’ve been affixed to a literal punching bag. But this is ultimately a joyous show, an inclusive celebration of survival, resilience and empowerment that pays tribute to histories of resistance and looks optimistically forward. Unlike the rest of the otherwise free museum, you’ll need to buy a $15 ticket to see Gibson’s exhibition. And while it’s absolutely worth the price, you can save by taking advantage of free admission on Thursday evenings after 5pm. Expect an accompanying slate of performances, talks and workshops, as well.
  • Contemporary art
Advertising
You may also like
You may also like