“‘It’s hard, if not impossible, to see this new project as a win,’ [said the] executive director of Save LACMA…referring to [LACMA’s] $747 million [of debt] according to its most recent 990 tax filing. #SaveLACMA latimes.com/la-influential…

LACMA may have exhibited fake Korean paintings koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2024-07-0…

Paintings by [two Korean] artists that were exhibited at LACMA are likely to be counterfeit, according to experts. [LACMA’s CEO] appeared to give in to the forgery allegations [and] said that [LACMA] would cancel the publication of the exhibition catalog. koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2024-07-0…

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Major LACMA expenses (2012-2022) per IRS 990s: Construction loans: $343,000,000+ Construction $295,817,325 2nd architect: $44,898,275 Michael Govan (salary+$1mil bonus): $19,084,894 Peter Zumthor: $13,294,280 Demolition: $7,998,126 TOTAL: $724,056,890 #SaveLACMA

A delay in opening LACMA’s new David Geffen Galleries; a probable public sneak peek before the art is installed; thematic exhibitions presented in gallery areas designated as “oceans;” expenditures upwards of $835 million — all that and more: latimes.com/entertainment-…

“[S]ources…have told me that…the budget figure being used for complete project expenses is upwards of $835 million….bigger than the publicized $750-million budget…[for] elements that are not part of the Zumthor building’s hard construction costs.” #SaveLACMA

Major LACMA expenses (FY 2012-2023) per IRS 990s: Construction loans: $343,000,000+ Construction: $428,415,619 1st architect: $13,294,280 2nd architect: $50,641,460 Demolition: $7,998,126 LACMA CEO: $21,228,959 TOTAL: $864,578,444 #SaveLACMA

Christopher Knight Yet another huge piece of art by a white male. And this one will hold 50,000 live plants that’ll need tens of thousands of gallons of water annually. Ironically, this a gift from the Resnicks who are well versed in wasting our state’s water for their financial gain. #SaveLACMA

Christopher Hawthorne Come on Christopher, this building is a bust and you know it. Let’s not pull punches, we were promised a spectacular building but will get a subpar mass. LACMA’s underground garage has a far better fit and finish than this dark, depressing anti-LA above ground tomb. #SaveLACMA

“Art is long, museums are short” is the LACMA CEO’s lame attempt to be pithy with the Latin phrase “ars longa, vita brevis” (art is long, life is short), but the unintentional irony is that this structure is shorter than planned due to value engineering. architecturaldigest.com/story/an-exclu…

If this was the unveiling of the the Peter Zumthor designed building, then where was Peter Zumthor? Perhaps he’s been a no show because, as he notably said, “There are no Zumthor details any more.” #SaveLikeMine

LACMA Architectural Digest And where was Peter Zumthor during his supposed building’s unveiling? Perhaps he’s staying away as, he once famously noted, ““There are no Zumthor details any more.”

“As [LACMA’s CEO Michael] Govan walked the journalists through the sinuous galleries, he was energetic, full of quotations and anecdotes about Zumthor, his star architect. Zumthor was not there.” #SaveLACMA

Los Angeles Times “Asked…how [to] hang art… on concrete [ the LACMA CEO] was breezy: ‘You can just drill right into the walls. It’s very sturdy.’ [Changing] the exhibit…they would simply fill up those holes and drill new ones, ‘like a good pair of old blue jeans.’” theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

“The building [LACMA CEO Michael] Govan has opted for, while impressive, is materially rigid and conceptually inflexible, with even more stubbornness baked into its DNA than even the most severe of encyclopedic museums.“ #SaveLACMA artillerymag.com/the-new-david-…

Yet another massive sculpture by a white male dominating LACMA’s campus. And it needs hundreds of thousands of gallons of water to keep it alive. If only LACMA leadership can see the symbolism with this. Or maybe they just don’t care. #SaveLACMA latimes.com/entertainment-…

“The black disappeared…the concrete went grey, then the curved glass disappeared and the building now looks like something very different indeed. Perhaps an airport terminal. There have been criticisms…its lack of wall space…radical value engineering.” ft.com/content/bbc3a1…