The Broad From Home

The Broad may be temporarily closed but they are still committed to inspiring and fostering an appreciation of contemporary art through new digital initiatives. From up-close exhibit walkthroughs with museum curators to artists responding to specific works from the museums wide collection, below is just a taste of the great content you will find from #TheBroadAtHome

The Broad presents an active program of rotating temporary exhibitions and innovative audience engagement. The museum, home to more than 2,000 works of art, is one of the world's most prominent collections of postwar and contemporary art.

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UP CLOSE: Thomas Houseago's Giant Figure

Curator Ed Schad discusses Broad collection artist Thomas Houseago’s imposing 14-foot-high sculpture.

Poet Meliza Bañales on Barbara Kruger

Today's poet is Meliza Bañales responding to Barbara Kruger's Untitled (Your body is a battleground) (1989).

Jasper Johns, Target, 1961. Encaustic and collage on canvas. 167.6 x 167.6 cm. The Art Institute of Chicago Art © Jasper Johns/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photo: © 2017. The Art Institute of Chicago / Art Resource, NY / Scala, Florence

Jasper Johns, Target, 1961. Encaustic and collage on canvas. 167.6 x 167.6 cm. The Art Institute of Chicago Art © Jasper Johns/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photo: © 2017. The Art Institute of Chicago / Art Resource, NY / Scala, Florence

An UP CLOSE look at the work of Artist Jasper Johns

Curator Ed Schad delves into Jasper Johns' Watchman and shares a turning point in his interpretation of this remarkable work.

Poet Sholeh Wolpé Gets Inspiration From Basquiat’s Gold Griot

Sholeh Wolpé responds to Jean-Michel Basquiat's Gold Griot with "Yellow to Blue"

Shonda Buchanan's Ode to John Baldessari's Los Angeles

Shonda Buchanan recites "We Are All Angels" to John Baldessari’s Overlap Series: Palms (with Cityscape) and Climbers (2000)