Los Angeles County Museum of Art Photos |
LACMA over the years has expanded its campus of galleries in Hancock Park near the La Brea Tar Pits. The campus comprises the Ahmanson (1964) & Hammer (1965) Buildings by William L. Pereira; the Pavilion for Japanese Art (1978-88) by Bruce Goff & Bart Prince; Art of the Americas Building (1986) by Hardy, Holzman, Pfeiffer Assoc.; & the Broad Contemporary Art Museum (2008) by Renzo Piano. It also encompasses the Streamline Moderne LACMA West building (1940) (former May Co. Department Store) by Albert C. Martin Sr. |
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| See also: Los Angeles & Orange Counties, LACMA Decorative Arts, LACMA Paintings & Sculpture, LACMA Pre-Columbian Ceramics, LACMA Pavilion for Japanese Art, Art Museums |
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| Ahmanson Building (1964) on LACMA campus. Architect: William L. Pereira. | Facade of Ahmanson Building, first on Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) campus. | Stairway to upper level of LACMA campus. | Entrance of LACMA Ahmanson Building. |
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| View from LACMA campus between Art of the Americas & Ahmanson Buildings to Variety Tower. | LACMA's Ahmanson & Art of the Americas Buildings. | Angular glass block walls of Art of the Americas Building (1986) on LACMA campus. Architect: Hardy, Holzman, Pfeiffer Assoc. | Wilshire Blvd. street entrance to LACMA campus through Art of the Americas Building. |
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| Urban Light group of 202 restored cast-iron street lights (2000-7) by Chris Burden at LACMA. | Urban Light cast-iron street lights at LACMA. | Urban Light cast-iron street lights at LACMA. | Urban Light cast-iron street lights at LACMA. |
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| Urban Light cast-iron street lights at night on LACMA campus. | Broad Contemporary Art Museum on LACMA campus. | Broad Contemporary Art Museum (2008) on LACMA campus. Architect: Renzo Piano. | Wilshire Blvd. streetscape of LACMA campus with Broad Contemporary Art, Ahmanson & Art of the Americas Buildings. |
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| LACMA West building (1940) on LACMA campus (former May Co. Department Store). Style: Streamline Moderne. Architect: Albert C. Martin Sr. | Sculpture garden & Bing Building on LACMA campus. | Pavilion for Japanese Art (1978-88) on LACMA campus. Architect: Bruce Goff + Bart Prince. | Tower & ramps of Pavilion for Japanese Art at LACMA. |
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| Interior display space of Pavilion for Japanese Art at LACMA. | Hammer Building & Pavilion for Japanese Art on LACMA campus. | Bing Building, Central Court & Pavilion for Japanese Art on LACMA campus. | Covered passageway over Central Court on LACMA campus. |
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| Hammer Building (1965) on LACMA campus. Architect: William L. Pereira. | Passageway from Wilshire Blvd. to Central Court at LACMA. | Roof over Central Court at LACMA. | Sitting area in Central Court at LACMA. |
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| Central Court from above at LACMA. | Glass wall & stairways in Art of the Americas Building at LACMA. | Smoke sculpture by Tony Smith in courtyard of Ahmanson Building at LACMA. | Latin American pre-Columbian Native ceramics gallery with freeform cases by Jorge Pardo (2008) at LACMA. |
All photos on this page are originals by & copyrighted by Jim Steinhart. All rights reserved. Permission required to use. |