LACMA and Hyundai Motor Company Announce The Hyundai Project: A 10-Year Commitment to Art + Technology and Korean Art Scholarship

LACMA and Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai) today announced a major new 10-year partnership—the longest and largest programmatic commitment from a corporate sponsor in LACMA’s history. Under the umbrella of The Hyundai Project, this unprecedented partnership allows LACMA to make significant strides in two important fields, Art + Technology and Korean art scholarship. Hyundai’s support in these areas will encompass acquisitions, exhibitions, and publications through 2024.

Robert Irwin, Miracle Mile, 2013, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Hyundai Motor as part of The Hyundai Project: Art + Technology at LACMA in honor of the museum’s 50th anniversary, © Robert Irwin/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, photo © 2015 Philipp Scholz Rittermann

James Turrell, Light Reignfall, 2011, Gift of Hyundai Motor as part of The Hyundai Project: Art + Technology at LACMA in honor of the museum’s 50th anniversary, © James Turrell, Photo © Florian Holzherr