Joseph Giovannini Covers the Unfolding Disaster at LACMA

Joseph Giovannini has chronicled the undermining and destruction of the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art for LARB from the very start of the process. Taken together, the articles below serve as an impassioned, exhaustively detailed history of the debacle. — LARB Editorial

LACMA Town: The Museum as Urban Catalyst, Not Urban Desert
In this era of urban activism, the new LACMA should promote community, not gut it.
Joseph GiovanniniJul 11, 2020
- Art & Architecture
LACMA: Demolition Under Cover of COVID-19
Joseph Giovannini argues for an immediate stop to Michael Govan’s demolition of LACMA’s buildings during the pandemic lockdown.
Joseph GiovanniniMay 1, 2020
- Art & Architecture
LACMA, Part III: The Way Forward
Joseph Giovannini concludes his analysis of Michael Govan’s plans for LACMA.
Joseph GiovanniniFeb 16, 2020
- Art & Architecture
LACMA, Part II: Spamming the Public
Joseph Giovannini continues his analysis of Michael Govan’s plans for LACMA.
Joseph GiovanniniFeb 13, 2020
- Art & Architecture
LACMA, Part I: Going Rogue
Joseph Giovannini on Michael Govan’s plans for LACMA, which are even worse than you think.
Joseph GiovanniniFeb 9, 2020
- Art & Architecture
LACMA: Suicide by Architecture
Joseph Giovannini scrutinizes LACMA director Michael Govan's failures and deceptions surrounding the museum's renovations.
Joseph GiovanniniApr 5, 2019
- Art & Architecture
In the Dead of Late August . . . Zumthor’s LACMA Folly Continues
Distinguished architecture critic Joseph Giovannini on Zumthor’s LACMA folly still going on….
Joseph GiovanniniAug 22, 2016
- Art & Architecture
Response to Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee
Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee defended Zumthor's LACMA plan; not very well, says Joseph Giovannini.
Joseph GiovanniniAug 25, 2015
- Art & Architecture
Inconvenient Truths at LACMA: Sweeping Debt, Dealmaking, and Dubious Design under the Red Carpet
Joseph GiovanniniJul 19, 2015
- Art & Architecture
Unpacking the Museum: Renzo Piano’s American Museums and His New Whitney
Piano’s Whitney Museum is open, accessible, energized, urban, and fun.
Joseph GiovanniniMay 19, 2015
- Art & Architecture
Peter Zumthor at LACMA: A Preacher in the Wrong Church
Joseph GiovanniniApr 19, 2015
- Art & Architecture