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10/10/2026

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05/30/2026

is hot. But it’s really too hot, more like a hotbox.

In the late afternoon sun on a relatively cool day, the west side of the building is radiating high heat in the sun exposed areas. From 75° coming off of the priceless Francis Bacon triptych painting itself, and its corresponding wall, to 96° off of the facing window overlooking Wilshire Blvd.

On the far west side, the Henri Matisse mosaic, the John Mason sculpture and the corresponding walls have been warmed to over 76°. It probably explains the decision to exhibit those pieces in that area - and the probability that nothing else other than hardy outdoor works of art will be there. But it doesn’t explain why the Bacon is hanging where it is.

In any case, an art conservator will tell you that art being expanded and contracted due to 20°+ temperature fluctuations is not a smart idea, to say the least, and will seriously damage the art over any period of time.

Even the floors are radiating heat at 74°.

As for the fit and finish of the building, one of the docents pointed out to us that there’s some sort of “gunky“ material coming out of the base of the window frame along the floor. Is it because of the heat or the cost cutting, slapdash work?

05/13/2026

has been transmorphed from a museum of art to a museum anti-art. The “David Geffen Galleries’” walls, and space itself, are dull and dark and devoid of inspiration displaying very little or no art at all. The construction of the new building itself is slapdash and unpolished. Its major donors are recognized with their names etched onto on cracked and splotchy walls accompanied by waste bins. LACMA’s sales tagline was once, “New galleries. More art.” Where is all of art? It’s not a museum of art, it’s a museum of artlessness.