The Broad

221 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90012

The Broad is a contemporary art museum on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. The museum is named for philanthropist Eli Broad, who financed the $140 million building that houses the Broad art collections. The museum offers free general admission to its permanent collection galleries. It opened on September 20, 2015. The Broad houses a nearly 2,000-piece collection of contemporary art, featuring 200 artists,[26] including works by Cindy Sherman, Jeff Koons, Ed Ruscha, Roy Lichtensteinn and Andy Warhol, the latter including a 1963 "Single Elvis." Other notable installations include Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirrored Room – The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away (2013), Ragnar Kjartansson's expansive nine-screen video The Visitors (2012), Julie Mehretu's 24-feet-wide canvas Beloved (Cairo) (2013), and Goshka Macuga's photo-tapestry Death of Marxism, Women of All Lands Unite (2013).

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