'Tower of Protest' Installation Ends This Weekend

The Sunset Strip is gearing up to party like it’s 1966, with a celebration and closing reception Saturday for the Artists' Tower of Protest—a legendary Vietnam-era artwork re-created in the empty lot next to Hustler.

The 58-foot steel tetrahedron tower originally erected by Mark Di Suvero as a symbol of collective dissent against the Vietnam War was restaged in January to acknowledge the historic significance of the Getty’s . The unprecedented collaboration featured more than 60 cultural institutions across Southern California, chronicling the birth of the L.A. art scene.

The March 24 reception is free and open to the public, and will take place from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Tower site, 8950 Sunset Blvd. at Hammond, which is mere blocks from where the 1966 Tower was located.

The event is also the last chance to experience this important work, as the Tower will begin to be dismantled the next day. Guests will meet the project’s curators, as well as some of the artists who created the several hundred panels that adorn the Tower.

A DJ will spin Vietnam protest, Woodstock-era music from the late ’60s and early ’70s. No-host food trucks and beverages will also be on-site for the celebration.

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