Broad Museum Opening Soon! Tickets Can be Reserved Earlier!
Great news for all true art lovers is coming from Los Angeles! The much anticipated Broad Museum opening in LA is scheduled for Sunday, September 20, 2015. This amazing museum will be home to some 2,000 pieces from The Broad Art Foundation and the Broads’ personal collections, which are among the most prominent owners of postwar and contemporary art worldwide. Works by some of the world’s most recognized contemporary artists will be exhibited at Broad museum. Everybody who wants to visit (what is going to be) one of the most important art places in the United States can reserve their tickets starting from August 31.
The Broad Museum opening would be impossible without an excellent conduction of the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation. The Foundation is founded in 1984, and has made more than 8,000 loans to over 500 museums and galleries around the world. Elli Broad and his wife Edythe have two collections – one belonging to their Art Foundation, with around 1,500 works of modern and contemporary art, and a personal one, with nearly 600 works. This famous billionaire philanthropists and art collectors are quite well known for their contribution to art. In 2012, they donated 26 million dollars for the replacement of the old Kresge Art Museum in the school’s art building, and Michigan State opened a new one and called it The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum. For the Broad Museum in Los Angeles, the couple decided to finance the $140 million worth building to host the amazing collection of the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation.
The Broad Museum is designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. With its innovative “veil-and-vault” concept, the 120,000-square-foot building will feature two floors of gallery space to showcase The Broad’s comprehensive collection and will be the headquarters of The Broad Art Foundation’s worldwide lending library. Additionally, the Broad has also built a 24,000-square-foot public plaza adjacent to the museum. When it comes to the artists whose works will be presented at the museum; well, the list is just amazing. The Pop art of the 1960s will be represented through works by Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha and Andy Warhol, among others. The collection of 1980s is plentiful with the works of Jean Michel Basquiat, Cindy Sherman, Keith Haring, Barbara Kruger and Jeff Koons.
The Broad Museum opening is scheduled for Sunday, September 20, 2015. However, you can reserve your tickets online starting Monday, August 31. You just have to visit the official museum’s website. Tickets have entry times beginning every half hour. There is no time limit (besides the end of the day) for how long you can spend in the galleries. Please note that the general admission to The Broad is free! Finally, there is a great surprise for the visitors attending the Broad Museum opening. Yayoi Kusama’s installation called Infinity Mirrored Room will be on view. General admission ticket holders will be able to reserve time in the Infinity Mirrored Room after arrival at the museum.