collections
THE L.A. TIMES RECOMMENDS
In advance of the grand opening of the David Geffen Galleries, the L.A. Times visited the museum and recommended its must-see works. Their April 8, 2026, review noted that the seventeen essential works “demonstrate how the galleries’ radical approach reshapes how we encounter familiar masterworks.”
Diego Rivera
Flower Day (Día de flores), 1925
Georges de La Tour
The Magdalen with the Smoking Flame, circa 1635-37
June Wayne
White Tidal Wave, 1972
Ansel Adams
Surf Sequence, circa 1940, printed after 1972
Unknown
Damascus Room, AD 1766–67/ AH 1180
Julio Le Parc
Mural: Virtual Circles (Mural: Círculos virtuales), 1964-1966
Walter Dorwin Teague
'Nocturne' Radio, Model #1186, 1934
Clara Peeters
Still Life with Cheeses, Artichoke, and Cherries, circa 1625
Unknown
Ceremonial Textile Panel, late 19th-early 20th century
Betye Saar
I'll Bend But I Will Not Break, 1998
Pieter Jansz. Saenredam
Interior of the Mariakerk, Utrecht, 1651
Ruth Asawa
Untitled (S.027, Hanging, Six-and-a-Half Open Hyperbolic Shapes that Penetrate Each Other), 1954
Unknown
Map Shawl, second half of the 19th century