Does LACMA Art Play in Vegas?
Kéré Architecture, rendering of Las Vegas Museum of Art (left) The Las Vegas Review-Journal has an update on the Las Vegas Museum of Art and its collection-sharing arrangement with LACMA. Roger Thomas, founding board member and decorator for the Wynns' casinos, told the Review-Journal : "We have access to 150,000 objects in the LACMA collection for our own curation, or to take shows that LACMA has curated. We will have one floor that will always show, in the main gallery, selections from the [LACMA] permanent collection." Thomas struck this note of uncertainty about the LACMA largesse: "Does what resonates in Los Angeles resonate in Las Vegas? My answer is probably, but the rest of the answer is, 'I don't know.'" The Las Vegas museum is currently projected to open in fall 2029.
