As Los Angeles Olympics Loom, Critics Worry Its Cultural Plan Is Lagging

Ancillary arts programming is part of the Olympics experience, but cultural leaders in Los Angeles fear that planning has fallen behind with the 2028 games fast approaching.Paris, a city of art, welcomed the most recent Olympic Games in 2024 with a sweep of cultural offerings that paid homage to the association the games have had with aesthetics since the days of the ancient Greeks.

The city’s “Cultural Olympiad” lasted three years, included more than 2,500 official projects and took place in more than 5,000 locations across France and French territories.

The hip-hop choreographer Mourad Merzouki created an official dance of the games. A “theatrical blockbuster” at le Theatre du Chatelet…