Billionaire art collector, businessman and philanthropist founded the museum that bears his name and helped shore up Disney Concert Hall, Lacma and MOCA

Plus, artists' album covers, and Grace Jones in the Work of the Week

Amid decline in Covid-19 cases, governor lifts a closure mandate that had stirred some dissent

The museum is selling a smaller property it bought last year as a residence for Michael Govan, as pandemic continues to squeeze finances

The new year's must-see shows include Vermeer and Botticelli blockbusters; major Jasper Johns and Yayoi Kusama retrospectives; and sweeping surveys on Iran, slavery and queer art

Billionaire investor argues in his resignation letter that he pushed for reforms

Experts predict bigger galleries, a stronger connection to the outdoors and an end to the expansion juggernaut

A more modest Los Angeles dwelling seems to be lined up for Michael Govan

Organisations target Tom Gores, whose firm invests in a corporation accused of charging prison inmates “egregious” rates for calls

The Venezuelan artist— associated with the founders of European Surrealism and the New York School in the 1940s—centred her art on nature and her own life story, and became a sensation in her 99th year

Writer was recognised for his criticism of Lacma’s controversial expansion plan

A protest group champions six ideas that remedy what it views as shortcomings in Peter Zumthor's design

Closed museums are losing millions in income, ushering in job cuts, appeals for emergency relief and lasting changes in strategy

Judy Chicago launches Create Art for Earth with the Serpentine Galleries while a new documentary foregrounds how Indigenous peoples are fighting climate change

Long-time patron wants ‘a clear understanding’ of how a new building can accommodate the permanent collection highlights it has funded

Foundation president cites concern over a dramatic museum redesign that could force works into storage

As her touring retrospective arrives in Los Angeles and then heads for Mexico, the nonagenarian artist is excited about showing her new work—and the prospect of making more

From Paul McCarthy's monkey self-portrait to a New York apartment made of polyester, our picks of the city's top exhibitions

As Notre Dame burned, protestors called the shots and a gold toilet vanished, it was certainly a year to remember

V&A and Lacma plan to stabilise and restore works to their original appearance

Exhibition includes 19th-century breast plates and clubs made from whale ivory, as well as a newly commissioned 26ft canoe

Joint exhibition programme under way between Shanghai and Los Angeles will soon involve Qatar Museums

Cultural institutions have embraced mutual benefits of collaboration, despite challenges of communication and censorship

The Los Angeles and Shanghai institutions say their joint foundation is still in progress

The Lacma exhibition will show how the US artist’s works develop over decades from initial sketchbooks to finished assemblages

Visitors undergo a chain of experiences generated by engineers’ algorithms

Being rated by a credit agency can help an institution secure support for costly construction projects—and avoid over-extending itself

The Getty-led PST: Art x Science x LA is due to be held in 2024

Museums were never “encyclopaedic”—nor should they be, Michael Conforti says

A local group has sued Los Angeles County over the plan’s environmental impact report