Imagine Disneyland for art lovers with wide-open spaces, a well-designed and appealing environment plus attractions that leave you almost hyperventilating with pleasure, both in and of themselves and in the way they are presented. This is the new $140 million The Broad museum in DTLA, and if that seems pricey, be assured it was money well spent.
The works represented from Eli and Edythe Broad’s over-2,000 piece private collection include eye-popping standouts and recent works. Nearly every well-known modern artist is represented, including El Anatsui, John Baldessari, Jean-Michel 
Basquiat, Barbara Kruger, Cy Twombly, Ed Ruscha, Kara Walker, Jeff Koons, Joseph Beuys, Jasper Johns, Cindy Sherman, Robert Rauschenberg and so many more—the illuminati of contemporary works. Although the museum has faced criticism for its oversight of lesser-known artists, it’s also a thrill to find so many familiar names—usually featured in individual shows—in one exhibit in one space.
Don’t miss The Visitors, a nine-screen video art installation created by Ragnar Kjartansson. The piece features nine musicians
simultaneously playing the same piece of music in different rooms (including a bathroom) of a venerable, crumbling upstate New York mansion, eventually merging in the drawing room. It’s a delightful romp.
Free tickets to the museum are spoken for through January, so book yours now.
