Demolition of the ahmanson building at lacma.
Ahmanson building floor 2 lacma.
Lacma s modern collection will be relocated from the ahmanson building to the top floor of bcam opening in fall 2020.
Lacma enhanced its ahmanson building with the addition of a new grand stairway new ceiling systems and glazed entrances for the plaza level lobby and pavilion level entry a new polished concrete floor a new gift shop a new elevator lobby corridor and improved back of house storage.
Unhappy with lacma plans for a new building and its permanent collection the ahmanson foundation ends the art gift program it started in 1972.
Designed in a modern classicist style the new museum consisted of three pavilions.
Lacma s collections encompass the geographic world and virtually the entire history of art with more than 100 000 objects dating from ancient times to the present.
Tear down has begun on the adjacent ahmanson building.
Robert gauthier los angeles times the 750 million building project has sparked criticism over its design as well as its square footage and cost.
The israelites gathering manna in the desert peter paul rubens germany siegen 1577 1640 active antwerp flanders circa 1626 1627 paintings oil on wood.
The lytton gallery for temporary exhibitions.
The pavilion for japanese art in the foreground will remain.
And the leo s.
The modern art galleries in the ahmanson building are anticipated to close to the public in phases for collection inventory and packing with galleries featuring post war art and german expressionist art closing on june 2 2019 galleries exhibiting surrealists and post surrealist work closing on august 4 2019 and the galleries showcasing the.
The los angeles county museum of art opened in march 1965 amid an outpouring of civic pride and a spectacle of fireworks.
Lacma s art of the americas building in the final stages of demolition.