County Approves Millions for New LACMA Building; Actors Brad Pitt and Diane Keaton Rally Support

[dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]he L.A. County supervisors on Tuesday took a few steps further in support of a $650-million redesign of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, despite reservations over the project's constantly morphing look and design.

The board unanimously approved the release of a final Environmental Impact Report for the project, and subsequently released $117.5 million in funds toward the proposed new exhibition space on the Wilshire Boulevard campus of LACMA.

The somewhat controversial project would become a hallmark of director Michael Govan's tenure at the L.A. institution, and again radically reshape the physical appearance of the public art collection. The design has already been updated multiple times.