LACMA’s David Geffen Galleries will open April 19 after about six years of construction. The building cost nearly $724 million — here’s where that money went. Our critic picks 17 unmissable works of ...

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The concrete exterior of LACMA's new David Geffen Galleries curves and swoops over Wilshire Boulevard. (Eric Thayer / Los Angeles Times) It's a thrilling example of progressive modernist design. Or an ...

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Not many people can say they played Barbie with Michelle Pfeiffer as a child. But then again, Elle Fanning is not just anyone. At a mere two years old, Elle made her acting debut as the younger ...

South Asian sculpture; Chinese jades and bronzes; modern Japanese ceramics. There is no public parking facility for Smithsonian museums on the National Mall. A limited number of city-operated metered ...