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Things to do in Los Angeles, California (CA): The Best Art Museums
Hollywood beckons to tourists who long for a brush with Tinseltown glamor. Tour movie studios, slip your hands into the famous prints at the TCL Chinese Theatre, or indulge in a celeb sighting at one of LA’s white-hot nightspots. Spot your favorite star while shopping at The Grove, or forget all about the famous eye candy as you take in the iconic artwork at The Getty Center. For a different type of star-gazing, peek through the telescopes at the Griffith Observatory.
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1. Wisdome LA
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5.0 based on 8 reviews
SAMSKARA is an immersive art exhibition featuring works of transformational artist Android Jones. Samskara includes: - Full dome mapping projection show - Android Jones art gallery - Microdose VR experience - Interactive photo experience
Reviewed By juliannazzy - France, null
OMG!!! Was in LA for the weekend for work and was looking for fun things to do in the area and just randomly stumbled upon this place!! When do you normally just see giant domes lying around LA!? Lol had to come see what the deal was and wow! Packed with trippy/psychedelic art if you’re into that kind of stuff and the ending movie was incredible. Almost had to take a break because it was so intense!!! You lay down and get to see this whole 360 thing as if you’re there live in action. Craziness!
2. FIDM Museum and Galleries
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4.5 based on 42 reviews
Reviewed By VickieW302 - Seattle, United States
An excellent museum, especially since one of the exhibits showcased costumes from the Academy Awards nominees. While you're clearly not allowed to touch any of the garments on display, you could see all the detail up close. I especially enjoyed seeing the Mary Poppins costumes that looked as if they're painted. So cool! Staff was exceptionally welcoming and gracious, which I don't usually get when visiting museums. Free admission was an unexpected plus! If you've got an hour or so, drop by. It's well worth it and then get lunch at the Grand Central Market, which is about a 5 minute drive.
3. The Broad
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4.5 based on 1,712 reviews
The Broad is a new contemporary art museum founded by philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. The museum is designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro and offers free general admission. The museum is home to the 2,000 works of art in the Broad collection, which is among the most prominent holdings of postwar and contemporary art worldwide. With its innovative "veil-and-vault" concept, the 120,000-square-foot, $140-million building features two floors of gallery space to showcase The Broad's comprehensive collection and is the headquarters of The Broad Art Foundation's worldwide lending library. -- General admission to The Broad is free. Advance online reservations are available at the museum website and are highly encouraged in this busy period after the museum's opening. For visitors who want to ensure a specific date and time for their visit, and avoid wait times during busy periods, The Broad provides advance reservation of timed tickets online at no charge. Tickets have entry times beginning every half hour. Please note that advance online tickets often book up two to three months in advance. Advance tickets are not required. An onsite ticketing line is available at the museum every day except Mondays, when the museum is closed. Admission for the onsite ticketing line is first come, first served, based on availability. The wait time in the onsite ticketing line is 30 to 45 minutes on an average weekday, and 60 to 90 minutes on an average weekend. On holiday weekends, wait time in the onsite ticketing line can be up to two or three hours. The onsite ticketing line closes 90 minutes before the museum closes.
Reviewed By angyee12
it had a few art pieces of everything the non-connoisseur art-lover could think of. Loved it!!!! Yayoi Kusama, Koons, Hering, etc. besides, the architecture is beyond perfection.
4. The Museum of Contemporary Art
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4.0 based on 292 reviews
Reviewed By permia
One of the first of many great works we saw was Max Ernst's Capricorn, a striking creation. A sculpture by Louise Nevelson titled Sky Cathedral / Southern Mountain was impressive. In black, a colour that engaged the artist, it comprises a plethora of stacked boxes each filled wood fragments, Two Tall Figures were unmistakably Giacometti. Now 90 years, the Stockholm born Claes Oldenburg's array of objects, including a Burger and a Shirt and more on a Chair is a good exponent of Pop-Art. Mark Rothko has a few works on display, including Reds and Violet and Rust and Blue. Night Sherbet is an imaginative pour-piece by Lynda Benglis. A deconstructed piano by Raphael Ortiz is one of a series since the mid-1960s where the artist chopped at musical instruments, symbolising the liberation of the material to its original form. A sweet work is Chocolates by Felix Gonzales-Torres, comprising one of his mounds of foil wrapped chocolates to which visitors are invited to partake. We assisted with that.
5. The Main Museum
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4.0 based on 1 reviews
The Main is a new art museum under development in downtown L.A. Check our website for updated information on current exhibitions and programs. Free admission always.
6. Makeshift Museum
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
7. The Latino Museum of History, Art and Culture
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3.0 based on 1 reviews
