First, LACMA announces huge new contributions, once again illustrating the fact that the really big philanthropic money ends up at elite institutions rather than facilitating much-needed social change; second, a possibly misguided, albeit admirable and very important, effort to increase diversity amongst local arts non-profits:

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-lacma-gifts-donations-damien-hirst-roy-lichtenstein-20150121-story.html

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-theater-diversity-20150115-story.html