The Broad Museum Ships Major Exhibition to Paris Amid Expansion

By the Editorial Team · Wednesday, October 21, 2026

The Broad museum is sending 164 works from its collection to the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris for its largest international exhibition, running from April 21 to August 30. This event aligns with the museum’s $100 million expansion in Los Angeles, allowing the collection to be showcased globally while the Broad enhances its gallery space ahead of a 2028 reopening.

The Broad museum in Los Angeles is preparing to showcase its collection internationally with a major exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris. The institution announced on Tuesday that it will send 164 works to the Frank Gehry-designed venue for what will be the Broad’s largest exhibition outside its home city. The show is scheduled to open on April 21 and will run through August 30.

The timing coincides with critical phases in the Broad’s current expansion project in downtown Los Angeles. The museum is undergoing a $100 million, 55,000-square-foot expansion that will increase its gallery space by approximately 70%. Joanne Heyler, founding director and president of the Broad, said the Paris exhibition offers a new perspective on the museum’s collection while the physical space in L.A. is being transformed.

Heyler emphasized that the collection’s temporary relocation continues the Broad’s longstanding tradition of lending art beyond its walls. Before the museum’s opening in 2015, the collection operated largely as a lending library. During construction, the museum plans to remain open, although the third floor will close for part of late next year to accommodate the creation of a connecting passageway to the expanded space. This closure will affect roughly 35,000 square feet of gallery space. Small portions of this floor are already closed, but the ground floor will remain fully accessible throughout 2024.

In addition to maintaining public access, the Broad intends to open a new gallery space within the existing building later this year. This space, converted from storage, will be the first aspect of the expansion that visitors can experience in advance. Museum representative Eva Seta described it as “a sneak peek of what’s to come.” By the end of 2024, the Broad projects it will display over 160 works on site—nearly the same number being lent to Paris.

Alongside the Paris exhibition, the Broad is also collaborating with Mark Bradford’s nonprofit, Art + Practice, located in Leimert Park, Los Angeles. This partnership, co-founded by collector Eileen Harris Norton and social activist Allan DiCastro, will involve sharing art and resources for at least two years. Following the completion of the expansion in 2028, the collection will return to Los Angeles for a grand reopening ahead of the Summer Olympics.

“The Broad Collection — Los Angeles in Paris” will occupy nearly the entire Fondation Louis Vuitton and include significant works by artists such as John Ahearn, Takashi Murakami, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Mark Bradford, Keith Haring, Barbara Kruger, Roy Lichtenstein, Cindy Sherman, Kara Walker, and Andy Warhol. One of Yayoi Kusama’s infinity rooms is also being transported, though not the main installation housed at the Broad.

The exhibition will feature recent acquisitions by prominent Los Angeles artists including Sayre Gomez, Lauren Halsey, Patrick Martinez, and Laura Owens, highlighting the city’s vibrant contemporary art scene. Heyler noted the symbolic resonance of presenting the collection in Gehry’s Paris building, describing it as a “beautiful poetry” that bridges the museum’s Los Angeles roots with a global art context.

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