Los Angeles, United States

The Broad

The Broad opened in 2015 on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles, founded by philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad to house their roughly 2,000-work collection of postwar and contemporary art. It was conceived from the start as free to the public, a decision that has shaped both its identity and its very large visitor numbers. Its building, by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, is organized around the now-famous concept of "the veil and the vault": a porous, honeycombed exterior screen wraps galleries above a visible archive that doubles as a lending resource. The collection runs deep in artists such as Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, Cindy Sherman, Jeff Koons, and Kara Walker, and several immersive installations have become cultural destinations in their own right. The Broad demonstrates how a focused private collection, opened generously to the public, can rapidly become a civic landmark. It is…

Founded by Eli and Edythe Broad, opened free to the public in 2015 in a Diller Scofidio + Renfro 'veil and vault' building.