Groundhog Day
People used to make fun of L.A., that it’s just spray tans and movie talk. But… L.A. is not the little baby brother of New York anymore. It’s standing on its own two feet.
—Balthazar Getty in The New York Times, Mar. 2, 2024
…the city now hosts one of the most active art scenes in the world. And LACMA is at the center of that activity.
—Deborah Vankin in Los Angeles Times, June 23, 2024
If you are looking for an event that began LA’s ascension to world art capital, that is it [2011's "Pacific Standard Time: Art in LA 1945-1980"].
—Forbes, Sep. 20, 2024
What [Los Angeles] was missing was an international level art fair. I knew that bringing a major art fair like Frieze would be transformative and it has been.
—Jeffrey Deitch in The New York Times, Dec. 3, 2024
I really believe that Los Angeles today is what New York was in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, what Paris was in the turn of the century. This is the spot.
—Jarl Mohn in The New York Times, Nov. 9, 2024
The old stereotype that Los Angeles is a shallow place obsessed with appearance and ephemeral beauty doesn’t hold much water when measured against the impressive number of world-class museums the city has to offer.
—Wallpaper, Oct. 24, 2024
Los Angeles might be most readily associated with Hollywood's celluloid dreams, but it's also a heaven for art collectors.
—Wallpaper, Oct. 19, 2024
…it’s a young city with all kinds of possibilities. It’s not fully baked yet.
—Ann Philbin in ARTnews, Oct. 1, 2024
Called the new California gold rush, gallerists from around the globe are flocking to Los Angeles to set up West Coast outposts.
—Lonely Planet, Sep. 8, 2024
Though New York is often thought of as the center of the art world, there's plenty going on in California.
—The New York Times, Mar. 1, 2024
…this decade has seen Los Angeles cement its place as, no question, the cultural equal of New York.
—Jason Farago, The New York Times, Sep. 12, 2018
Los Angeles is still a long way from the position of Washington, Philadelphia, Boston, Cleveland, and Chicago, cities that compete in claiming second place to New York's Metropolitan for their museums.
—The New York Times, Mar. 16, 1965
[LACMA] is the largest art museum to be built in America in the last quarter century and the largest ever to be build west of the Mississippi. It houses one of the finest and most comprehensive collections in the country.
—The Los Angeles Times, Mar. 28, 1965
This is clearly the No. 2 art center in the U.S. today, and in 20 years or so, Los Angeles may even overtake New York.
—Richard Fargo Brown in Time magazine, April 14, 1958
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