10/04/2026
BEFORE THE BROAD, THERE WAS BRENTWOOD.
Edythe and Eli Broad’s Los Angeles residence was not simply a home for a major collection. It was a private stage for postwar and contemporary art.
Conceived from early designs by Frank Gehry, built by Langdon Wilson and shaped inside by Rose Tarlow, the house blurred the line between domestic life, architecture and exhibition.
Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Alexander Calder, Henry Moore, Cy Twombly, Roy Lichtenstein, Warhol, Serra, Miró, Jenny Holzer, Sam Francis and George Segal moved through living rooms, bedrooms, corridors and gardens.
What made it remarkable was not only what was collected, but how it was lived with.
Art did not sit apart from daily life. It became part of the architecture, the atmosphere and the identity of the home.
Long before The Broad opened downtown, Brentwood revealed the deeper logic of the Broads’ patronage: collecting as conviction, cultural ambition and world-building.
A private home.
A cultural statement.
Photography: Roger Davies
