All powerful , OK , we get it : you survived the five - hour - farsighted waiting line . You consume your I - was - here selfie in a elbow room fill up with mirror and sparkle light-emitting diode illumination that expect like you ’re in a daze galaxy . Well , we ’re here to say there ’s more toThe Broadthan just theInfinity Mirrored Roomand the 45 seconds you have in there to snap as many photos as potential . The entire museum is one jumbo spectacle and there ’s so much more to appreciate .
So whether or not you see Yayoi Kusama ’s mirrored exhibit before it ends October 2017 , here are 15 other ground you should in spades check out at the museum :
1. Gawk at Takashi Murakami’s anime-like art:
The influential Japanese artist and anime enthusiast has a giant 82 ft colorful mural – along with other great works – in the first level main room . You ’ll likely find yourself gaze at each panel of the mural for no less than 20 minutes because it ’s like playing a elephantine game ofWhere ’s Waldo?Keep looking and you ’ll ascertain rainbow - colored skulls , dragons , and even petty pup in one piece and peonies and lions in another . We ’re not exactly certain how those thing relate , but it make for one hell of a painting .
2. Admire the “veil and the vault”
The Broad museum is a private art collection belonging to Eli and Edythe Broad who decided to build a museum as a home for over 2,000 deeds of art . Rather than create a petty memory space for all the artistic creation not presently on display ( like most museums ) , the unparalleled “ velum and the vault ” design concept allows for the populace to view suppose art through a vault that fills the eye of the construction . While the artistic creation will revolve through the 120,000sqft construction , you’re able to catch a glimpse of the piece in storage ( the “ vault ” ) and how they ’re cared for through a drinking glass windowpane seeable on the second floor . The “ humeral veil ” or the honeycomb - like touch look and design encapsulate the museum ’s bank vault on all sides and roll the entire building which transmits natural ignition .
3. Learn about the other ‘King of Pop’
Roy Lichtenstein , one of the define artists of the popular graphics trend , often used comic books as inspiration to develop a assay-mark technique of mitt - painted loony toons to make satirical character and images . At The Broad , you may see some of his famous house painting like theI … I’m Sorry!orMirror # 1 , which is an optical illusion – so put away those phone , this is n’t another selfie - op .
4. Snap a photo with Elvis and Marilyn
Andy Warhol was also another lead figure in pappa art in the ' 50s and ' 60s , creating some of the world ’s most iconic and recognizable works like theTwo MarilynsandFlowers , which happen to be on display at The Broad . you could also scope out his far-famed Campbell ’s soup silkscreen prints .
5. Try the foie gras funnel cake at Otium
Foie gras and funnel shape cake do n’t unremarkably belong to in the same conviction – like , ever . But somehow bougie and county middling food can co - subsist in this brunch favorite at Otium ( directly next to the museum in the piazza ) . Dollops of foie gras mousse sit perfectly on top of a crunchy funnel shape cake , sparge with fresh strawberry and some other leafy things . Chef Timothy Hollingsworth ( chef / carbon monoxide gas - possessor of Barrel & Ashes ) create this amazingly tasty ( and verrry rich ) hybrid bag that you should credibly try . In his first ever solo eating house , the former French Laundry chef run a contemporary eating house to complement the neighboring museums , so do n’t be surprised if your entire meal looks like an artist plated it .
6. Feel nostalgic
When you come up the moving stairway to the first floor , it ’s severe to leave out the over - the - top , shiny bouquet of untainted brand tulips in bright colors . The massive sculpture is just one of the many iconic creative activity by Jeff Koons , sleep together for his highly reflective , playful patch that are larger than animation . He claim symbolic objects like balloon that clowns used to make for you at natal day parties and blows them up into giant art that makes you giddy all over again .
7. Get political
Keith Haring , the creative person whose employment almost always had an fundamental message ( and expanded beyond the canvas ) , often tackled hot topic in our society like capitalist economy as seen in one of his ungentle pieces at The Broad . Just look for the cartoon - similar pig spewing money .
8. Find the 100-year-old olive trees
The 24,000sqft plaza next to the museum features a grove of Barouni olive trees that also attend to as inspiration for Chef Hollingsworth and the rustic , wood flame cooking at Otium .
9. ExperienceAlice in Wonderlandsyndrome
Probably one of the trippiest rooms at the museum is the one with the 10ft - high Robert TherrienUnder the Tableinstallation . No , you did n’t just walk into a vista ofHoney , I recoil the Kids , but you will feel like you did . It ’s basically a dining table for giants so unless you ’re at least like 13 ft tall , you could scarce get to the bottom of the board .
10. Go on a self-guided audio tour
DownloadThe Broad app(it ’s spare ) and take an audio tour at your own pace . you could listen to commentary from the founders , Eli and Edythe Broad , get a enlistment from one of the collaborator of the computer architecture business firm , and listen to a special “ artist - on - artist ” duty tour where they talk about the work of other creative person on presentation .
11. Spot T-Rex
Test your fossil IQ and identify the dinosaur skeletal frame in the glass case create by British artist Damien Hirst ( the same creative person whose fish mural is paint on the far side wall of the Otium ) . After playing palaeontologist , check out his canvas entitledChlorpropamide ( PFS)and see if you could guess which control substance the colored dots are call after . hold off , actually , do n’t do that .
12. Feel the LA love
Artist Ed Ruscha became famous for his dramatic use of words , whether it was one special word like Boss or a mickle of them where he used colors and textures to emphasize meaning . But the artist also used quintessential LA symbols ( and what could be more symbolic of LA than the orange and blanched preindication of Norms diner ? ) as inspiration for his study .
13. Look up
Once you get to the third floor , do n’t forget to look up . There are 318 fanlight which make up the “ head covering ” across the virtually one - acre gallery space and provides natural daylight for most of the day , which also explain your perfectly lighted photos .
14. Explore beyond the walls
Even the escalators are art . When you first take the air in , the moving staircase may not look like anything particular . Until you take about 20 steps back and realize the moving staircase ’ conception make it expect like a slew of unsuspecting people are getting sucked into a Black Hole - looking cave and then ask yourself , “ How ’d they do that ? ”
15. Come back for more
The entire first flooring of the museum entail exhibits that are constantly commute like the newCreaturecollection which is over 50 works of art inspired by avatar and popular icon from artists like Andy Warhol , Takashi Murakami , Damien Hirst , and a special US debut of Thomas Houseago’sGiant Figure(Cyclops)that will all be ready for public viewing starting November 5th . And if you have n’t gotten enough of theInfinity Mirrored Room , you may come back in October 2017 for the exclusiveYayoi Kusama : Infinity Mirrorsexhibit , which will ply not one but SIX eternity rooms for guests to experience . So , what we ’re really saying is , you should reserve tickets for your next visit now , because there ’s probably a young installation deserving seeing .
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