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Joseph Giovannini Covers the Unfolding Disaster at LACMA

Joseph Giovannini on LACMA

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

Unpacking the Museum: Renzo Piano’s American Museums and His New Whitney
Piano’s Whitney Museum is open, accessible, energized, urban, and fun.
May 19, 2015
Peter Zumthor at LACMA: A Preacher in the Wrong Church
WITH ALL THE NIFTY craft cocktails at the bar in Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s entry courtyard, the museum is one of the most happening places...
Apr 19, 2015
Inconvenient Truths at LACMA: Sweeping Debt, Dealmaking, and Dubious Design under the Red Carpet
IT’S SMELLING LIKE DENMARK over at LACMA these days. Not a month after its glamorous 50th anniversary gala on April 18, attended by le tout Hollywood...
Jul 19, 2015
Response to Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee
Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee defended Zumthor's LACMA plan; not very well, says Joseph Giovannini.
Aug 25, 2015
In the Dead of Late August . . . Zumthor’s LACMA Folly Continues
Distinguished architecture critic Joseph Giovannini on Zumthor’s LACMA folly still going on….
Aug 22, 2016
LACMA: Suicide by Architecture
Joseph Giovannini scrutinizes LACMA director Michael Govan's failures and deceptions surrounding the museum's renovations.
Apr 5, 2019
LACMA, Part I: Going Rogue
Joseph Giovannini on Michael Govan’s plans for LACMA, which are even worse than you think.
Feb 9, 2020
LACMA, Part II: Spamming the Public
Joseph Giovannini continues his analysis of Michael Govan’s plans for LACMA.
Feb 13, 2020
LACMA, Part III: The Way Forward
Joseph Giovannini concludes his analysis of Michael Govan’s plans for LACMA.
Feb 16, 2020
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.
May 1, 2020
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.
Jul 11, 2020