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iLos Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) · Miracle Mile
Chris Burden: Metropolis II
Now showingPermanent collection·$30
Burden's frenetic kinetic city: 18 roadways where toy cars race at 240 scale mph. Runs in set half-hour slots Thu-Sun; Mon-Tue are conservation days.
Free in the same building
- Chris Burden: Urban Light202 restored cast-iron street lamps from 1920s-30s Los Angeles, installed on Wilshire Blvd in 2008 and adopted as an unofficial symbol of the city.
- Michael Heizer: Levitated MassA 340-ton granite boulder perched over a 456-foot concrete slot you can walk beneath. Conceived 1969, realised 2012; outdoors on the campus.
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Image credits
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- Chris Burden: Metropolis II© Chris Burden Estate
- Screenwriting: Takes on LA NoirCourtesy of Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
- Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood IconCourtesy of Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
- Studio Ghiblis PONYOCourtesy of Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)ArchEyes Magazine / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
- Academy Museum of Motion PicturesDowntowngal / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Petersen Automotive MuseumDavid Zaitz / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Craft ContemporaryPaul Esposito / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain