Southern California art enthusiasts have until September 20 to experience Yayoi Kusama’s “Longing for Eternity,” one of the two distinctive Infinity Mirror Rooms housed at The Broad Museum. The immersive installation will be taken off view temporarily as the Downtown Los Angeles museum moves forward with its significant expansion project.
“Longing for Eternity,” a 2017 box-like structure, invites visitors to look through portholes into a vibrant, seemingly endless mirrored space filled with sometimes-flashing LEDs. It is currently located in the museum's third-floor galleries and is accessible via a first-come, first-served line, distinct from the reservation process for its counterpart.
Visitors should not worry about losing access to all of Kusama's work at The Broad, however. The museum's signature step-in installation, “Infinity Mirrored Room—The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away,” will remain on public display. This ground-floor piece will continue to be viewable with a free general admission ticket, which requires a timed reservation.
The temporary removal of “Longing for Eternity” is part of a larger transformation at The Broad. The museum is embarking on an expansion that will introduce three new floors of gallery space and two open-air courtyards on the Hope Street–facing side of the building. Construction on the expansion project began in 2025 and topped out this spring, with the museum anticipating that visitors will be able to enjoy the new space before the summer Olympics in 2028. “Longing for Eternity” is expected to return to public view once the expanded museum officially opens that same year.
This Kusama piece is not the only artwork to be temporarily moved during the expansion. The Broad has also recently taken large works from artists such as Jeff Koons, Julie Mehretu, and Mark Bradford off display. The museum has been providing updates on these “last looks” through its Instagram.
For those planning a visit to The Broad before September 20, securing a timed ticket for the free collections is generally the easiest option, though walk-ups are also welcome. Additionally, visitors can purchase a $21 ticket for the special exhibition “Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind,” a highly participatory retrospective that runs until October 11.