Make or break for LACMA redesign; Sterling Ruby on Specter

Published: April 9, 2019, 9 p.m.

LACMA's proposed museum extension\xa0made a big leap forward\xa0this week, amidst heated arguments for and against the project.\xa0LA County Supervisors voted Tuesday to release $117.5 million towards the $650 million cost of Peter Zumthor's replacement building. LACMA director Michael Govan makes the case for an adventurous design for a creative city. And music lovers heading to Coachella will see one of the desert\u2019s brighter blooms en route: Sterling Ruby\u2019s vivid orange Specter. Ruby tells DnA why orange figures in so much of his art.