Why you should experience The Collection at The Broad in Los Angeles, California.
The Collection at The Broad is a world-renowned contemporary art collection where Bunker Hill's cultural renaissance, artistic innovation, visionary philanthropy, and global creative influence converge within one of the most significant assemblies of postwar and contemporary art ever created.
Set inside The Broad along Grand Avenue near 2nd Street and just steps from Walt Disney Concert Hall, this extraordinary collection surrounds visitors with grand installations, iconic paintings, immersive environments, groundbreaking sculpture, photography, video art, and conceptual works spanning more than half a century of artistic experimentation. Dramatic gallery spaces illuminated through the museum's celebrated “veil-and-vault” architecture allow visitors to encounter masterpieces by many of the defining artists of the modern era within an environment purpose-built for contemporary art. Every gallery reflects an enduring commitment to collecting the art of its own time while making world-class contemporary works accessible to the public through free general admission. The result is a destination defined by artistic leadership, curatorial excellence, and one of the world's foremost contemporary art collections.
What you should know about The Collection at The Broad.
The Collection at The Broad is best known for bringing together more than 2,000 postwar and contemporary artworks by nearly 200 artists assembled over five decades by philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad, who deliberately focused on collecting living artists and major works created during their own lifetimes, establishing one of the world's leading collections of contemporary art before opening it to the public with The Broad in 2015. The collection features exceptional depth in the work of internationally influential artists including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Mark Bradford, Jasper Johns, Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger, Yayoi Kusama, Kerry James Marshall, Julie Mehretu, Takashi Murakami, Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha, Cindy Sherman, Cy Twombly, and Andy Warhol, while also continually expanding through acquisitions by younger contemporary artists whose work reflects evolving artistic practice. Designed to support both public access and international scholarship, the collection forms the core of The Broad Art Foundation's global lending program, whose thousands of loans to museums worldwide have helped shape exhibitions and public understanding of contemporary art, while the museum's innovative “veil-and-vault” building by Diller Scofidio + Renfro preserves much of the collection within an integrated onsite art vault visible through the building's dramatic escalator experience.
Rather than pursuing encyclopedic representation, the Broads assembled concentrated holdings that document the evolution of many of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries' most influential artists through multiple works spanning different phases of their careers. Monumental installations, immersive environments, conceptual art, painting, sculpture, photography, and multimedia works collectively demonstrate how sustained patronage, thoughtful collecting, and public accessibility transformed a private collection into one of the defining cultural institutions of contemporary Los Angeles.
How to fold The Collection at The Broad into your trip.
The Collection at The Broad works as the centerpiece of an exploration through Bunker Hill's celebrated cultural institutions and architectural landmarks.
Begin at Walt Disney Concert Hall, where Frank Gehry's internationally acclaimed architecture establishes the artistic ambition of Grand Avenue before entering The Collection at The Broad to experience one of the world's leading collections of postwar and contemporary art. Continue to Museum of Contemporary Art, whose distinguished exhibitions provide a compelling complement to the Broad's remarkable holdings. Conclude at Grand Park, where landscaped terraces, public art, and sweeping civic vistas provide a memorable finale celebrating creativity, architecture, and public culture in the heart of Downtown. The progression moves naturally from architectural masterpiece to world-class contemporary art collection before concluding within one of the city's defining civic spaces, revealing why The Collection at The Broad stands among the world's premier destinations for experiencing contemporary art.
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