The Marciano Art Foundation’s mission is to present its collection ? containing over 1,500 works by more than 200 artists ? to the public. After opening late last week, it will host rotating thematic exhibitions in its new permanent space in Los Angeles. The space will feature ?innovative commissions, site-specific installations, and the development of […]The post The Marciano Collection In Los Angeles appeared first on Pursuitist.

The Marciano Art Foundation’s mission is to present its collection ? containing over 1,500 works by more than 200 artists ? to the public. After opening late last week, it will host rotating thematic exhibitions in its new permanent space in Los Angeles. The space will feature ?innovative commissions, site-specific installations, and the development of an active educational program for students of all ages,? the foundation announced. It is housed in a transformed building with a unique history: it is a former Scottish Rite Masonic Temple, built by Millard Sheets in 1961.The collection contains works by a mix of well-established, mid-career, and emerging artists, living and working around the world, with work predominantly created between the 1990s and the present. It embodies a variety of formal and conceptual approaches in all mediums, ranging from painting, sculpture, photography, and works on paper, to installation, performance, film and digital work. Many artists are collected in-depth, in an effort to track the evolution of ...