The Broad is a large contemporary art museum on Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles. The museum is named for philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad, who financed the building. The museum is well worth a visit. I’ll show you some of the highlights here.
Roy Lichtenstein, Cathedral Series , 1969. Multiple lithographs that reinterpret Claude Monet’s famous paintings of the Rouen Cathedral (Photo © MM)
Roy Lichtenstein, Non-Objective I , 1964 (Photo © MM)
Cy Twombly, Untitled [New York City] , 1954 (Photo © MM)
Jasper Johns, Untitled , 1975 (Photo © MM)
Jasper Johns, Flag , 1967 (Photo © MM)
Ellsworth Kelly, Green Relief with Blue , 2011 (Photo © MM)
Jeff Koons, Couple , 2001 (Photo © MM)
Jeff Koons, Balloon Dog (Blue) , stainless steel, 1994-2000 (Photo © MM)
Jeff Koons, Tulips , stainless steel, 1995-2004 (Photo © MM)
Jeff Koons, Michael Jackson and Bubbles , 1988 (Photo © MM)
Basquiat, Wicker , 1984 (Photo © MM)
Basquiat, Blind , 1984 (Photo © MM)
Basquiat, Horn Players , 1983 (Photo © MM)
Robert Therrien, Under the Table , 1994 (Photo © MM)
John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres, Titi in Window , oil on reinforced polyadam, 1985 (Photo © MM)
Takashi Murakami, Clone X x Takashi Murakami #17495 Astronaut , 2022 (Photo © MM)
Yayoi Kusama, Infinity Mirrored Room , 2013 (Photo © MM)
Right across the road is MOCA, the Museum of Contemporary Art, the only artist-founded museum in Los Angeles. That’s next.