Thursday, January 6, 2011

Unveiling of the Architectural Designs for The New Broad Museum

Philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad

Casey & Sayre CEO Barbara Casey and City Councilwoman Jan Perry


Architect Liz Diller- Diller Scofidio + Renfro



Community Redevelopment Agency Chairman Kenneth H. Fearn



Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa


Eli Broad





The New Broad Museum will be home to the worldwide headquarters of The Broad Art Foundation, which Eli and Edythe Broad created in 1984 as a pioneering lending library for contemporary artworks.
Dedicated to increasing access to contemporary art for audiences worldwide, the foundation has made nearly 8,000 loans to 485 museums and galleries around the world. The Broad Collections are among the most prominent and important collections of postwar and contemporary art in the world and have more than 2,000 works by nearly 200 artists.