The Broad

Introduction

The Broad is a contemporary art museum in downtown Los Angeles that opened in 2015 to house the collection assembled by philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad. Its holdings are concentrated in postwar and contemporary art, with particular depth in major American artists from the second half of the twentieth century to the present.

Art and Artists

The Broad’s collection includes a large number of major Jewish artists, including Roy Lichtenstein, Barbara Kruger, Sherrie Levine, Julian Schnabel, Joel Shapiro, George Segal, and others, with the volume giving the museum a meaningful base of Jewish artist representation. Yet, what is missing is Jewish framing. The research identified minimal evidence of dedicated Jewish exhibition and no strong body of works presented through Jewish themes, history, or identity. Israeli representation is weaker, with no verified Israeli artists in the collection or exhibitions during the scoring window.

Policies

The museum provides general contact and visitor-feedback channels, but not a clearly defined mechanism for reporting bias or discrimination. No public policy was found that explicitly prohibits antisemitism, and no sufficiently clear policy governing protests and solicitation was identified. Those gaps leave the institution with limited visible infrastructure for managing identity-based harm or political disruption.

Community Engagement and Programming

No sustained Jewish institutional partnerships or Jewish educational programs were identified. The Broad does not generally recognize heritage months, so the absence of Jewish American Heritage Month recognition is not separately penalized under the methodology.

Bottom Line

The Broad’s meaningful representation of Jewish artists is not matched by substantial institutional engagement with Jewish identity, history or community. Jewish themes are largely absent from exhibitions and interpretation, no verified Israeli representation was identified during the scoring period, and the museum lacks visible Jewish partnerships or educational programming. These curatorial shortcomings are compounded by significant policy gaps, including the absence of a clear bias-reporting mechanism, explicit antisemitism protections and sufficiently defined rules governing protests and solicitation. Taken together, these deficiencies leave Jewish presence at the Broad largely incidental rather than meaningfully supported.