The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation had three goals in providing $60 million to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to fund a new contemporary art museum and art acquisitions: to increase the gallery space for contemporary art at LACMA, to bring great architecture to LACMA’s expansive campus, and to advance L.A.’s stature as a global capital of contemporary art. Designed by renowned architect Renzo Piano, the three-story Broad Contemporary Art Museum—or BCAM—opened in 2008 and features 72,000 square feet of galleries and rotating artwork exhibitions.
2008
year founded
Renzo Piano
architect
60,000
square feet of gallery space