The Metro Purple (D Line) Extension Transit Project will provide a high-capacity, high-speed and dependable alternative for commuters to travel between downtown Los Angeles, the Miracle Mile, Beverly Hills and Westwood. This project is being built in three sections. Read more about the transit project here.

The Purple (D Line) Extension Transit Project Art Program includes artworks integrated within the station architecture and future large-scale banner artworks displayed along construction site fences.
STATION ARTISTS: Section 1
Wilshire/La Brea
- Eamon Ore-Giron, Infinite Landscape: Los Ángeles Para Siempre (in progress)
- Fran Siegel, Re:Orientation (in progress)
- Mark Dean Veca, Miracle of La Brea (in progress)
Wilshire/Fairfax
- Karl Haendel, Hands and Things (in progress)
- Ken Gonzales-Day, Urban Excavation: Ancestors, Avatars, Bodhisattvas, Buddhas, Casts, Copies, Deities, Figures, Funerary Objects, Gods, Guardians, Mermaids, Metaphors, Mothers, Possessions, Sages, Spirits, Symbols, and Other Objects (in progress)
- Susan Silton, We, Our, Us (in progress)
Wilshire/La Cienega
- Todd Gray, Mining the Archive: S. Charles Lee, Architect (in progress)
- Mariana Castillo Deball, Four Pleated Landscapes: Fossil Ground, Woven Cienega, Medicinal Flora, and Urban Desert Fauna (in progress)
- Soo Kim, Night/Quartz (in progress)
STATION ARTISTS: Sections 2 + 3
In May 2022, Metro Art announced 17 additional artists who have been commissioned to create site-specific integrated artworks for Wilshire/Rodeo, Century City/ Constellation, Westwood/UCLA and Westwood/VA Hospital Stations. These artists include:
Wilshire/Rodeo
- Meleko Mokgosi
- Rigo 23
- Devon Tsuno
Century City/Constellation
- Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio
- Sarah Cain
- Phung Huynh
- Oscar Magallanes
- Analia Saban
Westwood/UCLA
- Moses X. Ball
- Karen Hampton
- Yunhee Min
- Gala Porras-Kim
- Iris Yirei Hu
Westwood/VA Hospital
- Sandow Birk
- Victoria Fu + Matt Rich
- Francesco Simeti
- Eloy Torrez
Veterans Legacy Art Project
- Piece by Piece
IN THE COMMUNITY
The Purple (D Line) Extension Transit Project Art Program includes an ongoing series of events, presentations, community engagement workshops, performances and exhibitions. To be kept informed of these events, please sign up for our email list.
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