Getty Center
Overview
Richard Meier's travertine acropolis above Brentwood, reached by a hovertrain. Van Gogh's Irises, the Getty kouros debates, Rembrandt's Laughing Figures, and 44,000 photographs. The gardens of Robert Irwin spell out the dialogue between art and landscape. Free, with paid parking.
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