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The Broad
The Broad is a museum in Los Angeles, CA, part of the Los Angeles guide. Cost: free.
221 S Grand Ave · Los Angeles, CA
Why you should go…
The Broad is a contemporary art museum in downtown Los Angeles that opened in 2015 with a collection of nearly 2,000 works by about 200 artists. General admission is free, with timed reservations recommended. The building by Diller Scofidio + Renfro wraps a concrete storage vault in a porous veil of 2,500 panels that filters daylight into the galleries. Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirrored Room needs its own advance reservation.
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