LACMA Sets Date for Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for New David Geffen Galleries

The New LACMA: Art V. Architecture

The Geffen’s architecture overwhelms its objects. Entombed in a concrete bunker—one of the stand-alone galleries—and battling hulking walls and cavernous space, one of LACMA’s greatest masterpieces, Georges de La Tour’s “The Magdalen With the Smoking Flame” (c. 1635-37), doesn’t stand a chance. – The Wall Street Journal

LACMA Sets Date for Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for New David Geffen Galleries

A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held Sunday to mark the opening of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s new David Geffen Galleries, part of its long-planned campus transformation. The new building, designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, spans Wilshire Boulevard and will serve as the home for LACMA’s permanent collection. Museum officials announced Friday that it raised nearly $11.5 million at an opening gala for its new galleries, settin…

LACMA debuts new $742m David Geffen Galleries

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has opened the new David Geffen Galleries, a $742 million expansion to house its permanent collection.Designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, the building features a single exhibition floor, elevated above a new outdoor green space, and offers sweeping views of Los Angeles.The design for the David Geffen Galleries is a 900-foot-long, horizontal, glass and concrete structure that stretches along Han…

Peter Zumthor’s LACMA David Geffen Galleries Open in Los Angeles

Exterior view southeast toward Wilshire Boulevard with Tony Smith’s Smoke (1967) in foreground, David Geffen Galleries at LACMA, art © Tony Smith Estate/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, photo. Image © Iwan Baan On Sunday, April 19, 2026, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) opened its new David Geffen Galleries to the public. Designed by architect Peter Zumthor, the building offers an elevated exhibition space for the museum's per…