LACMA’s new $720 MILLION “SHRINE” to elite vanity opens next month, but insiders are asking: IS THIS LA’s BIGGEST CULTURAL HEIST? The David Geffen Galleries, a monolithic concrete bunker paid for by the ONE PERCENT, is set to unveil its doors to an elite member class FIRST, a slap in the face to a city grappling with homelessness and a CRIPPLING cost-of-living crisis. Critics are BLASTING the project as a grotesque monument where the super-rich literally buy immortality, with wings named for billionaire donors Tony Ressler and Elaine Wynn.
The brutalist structure, described by some as a “prison for art,” REPLACED four beloved, accessible museum buildings to offer ZERO additional gallery space. A staggering $150 million from mogul David Geffen fueled this controversial vision, with the museum’s director cavalierly dismissing public outrage over the building’s size and impractical concrete walls as mere trifles. Meanwhile, $125 million of taxpayer money from LA County was funneled into this luxury project.
The museum’s leadership speaks of “changing the model” and “holding the world,” but the bitter truth is clear: this is a fortress of exclusion, a playground for the connected where art is secondary to the EGOS and LEGACIES of its ultra-wealthy patrons. As ordinary Angelenos struggle, the elite celebrates a $720 million concrete trophy. This isn’t a museum opening—it’s a DARK RITUAL marking the death of public culture, proving that in today’s America, even beauty is a commodity only the rich can afford to curate.
Author: Kayitsi.com
