New LACMA building to get monumental artworks

Three artists - Mariana Castillo Deball, Sarah Rosalena and Shio Kusaka - have been commissioned to create the first wave of installations for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s new David Geffen Galleries, scheduled to open in April next year.

The expansive site-specific works will help to define the look and feel of the Peter Zumthor-designed building, and in the case of one artwork — a 75,000-square-foot stretch of embellished and brushed concrete — literally provide the ground on which visitors walk.

Read more at the Los Angeles Times.

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