Lynda and Stewart Resnick Provide Pivotal Gift for Phase II of LACMA's Transformation Campaign

LACMA announced on September 29, 2008 that it had received a gift of $55 million from Los Angeles-based philanthropists Lynda and Stewart Resnick, including $45 million toward LACMA’s ongoing Transformation, a campaign to unify the museum’s campus and refurbish and expand its gallery spaces. Additionally, the Resnicks have promised LACMA gifts of art valued at $10 million. In honor of their generosity, LACMA will name a new Renzo Piano-designed building, slated to open in 2010, the Lynda and Stewart Resnick Exhibition Pavilion (model pictured below).

The Resnick Pavilion will be a single-story, glass and stone-enclosed structure sited north of the Broad Contemporary Art Museum (BCAM), which opened in February 2008 and was the keystone of Phase I of the Transformation. The new building, a pivotal feature of Phase II, is intended to house special exhibitions, freeing up existing gallery space for LACMA’s robust permanent collection. Architecturally, the Resnick Pavilion will complement BCAM—both buildings feature glass roof and ceiling elements that will flood the galleries with natural light. The Resnick Pavilion’s exterior will be a combination of glass and travertine marble, and its interior galleries will be a flexible open plan that can accommodate multiple exhibitions at once as well as large-scale works of art. Construction on the new building commenced in 2008 and is slated for completion in mid 2010.

Model, northern aerial view, Lynda and Stewart Resnick Exhibition Pavilion, Renzo Piano Building Workshop, architects, photo © 2008 Museum Associates/LACMA.

Image, top: Site drawing, west elevation, Lynda and Stewart Resnick Exhibition Pavilion, Renzo Piano Building Workshop, architects.