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Tag: MOCA LA
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A Week After Layoffs, LA MOCA Furloughs Most of Its Staff
Nearly all of the museum’s full-time employees will be receiving a full or partial furlough beginning on Friday.
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After Coronavirus Shutdown, MOCA Los Angeles Lays Off All Part-Time Employees
The 97 workers represent half of the museum’s total staff of 185.
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Pole Dancing to the US National Anthem
Gerard & Kelly’s performance State of unpacks enduring symbols of nationalism, patriotism, and masculinity.
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An Art Movement Unapologetic About Love and Pleasure
Artists of the Pattern and Decoration movement expanded our perceptions around what is worthy of being called art.
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In Surprising Development, MOCA LA Voluntarily Recognizes Employee Union
This will make MOCA only the second museum in Los Angeles after the Museum of Tolerance to have a union.
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MOCA Los Angeles Hosts Workshops and Discussions on the Homelessness Crisis
This year’s Community Day is focused on youth affected by the homelessness crisis, which finds its most visible manifestation in the temporary shelters just blocks from the museum.
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Helen Molesworth’s Last MOCA Exhibition Is an Act of Love
One Day at a Time: Manny Farber and Termite Art makes a compelling case for why we should be looking at the art of the everyday and why it is remarkable.
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An Artist Who Made Her Personal Life Central to Her Art
Anna Maria Maiolino’s first major US retrospective is as much about the progression of a career as about the progression of a life.
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Could Two Major LA Museums Be Merging?
Two of the biggest art museums in California may soon become one. According to the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art has made a proposal to acquire the Museum of Contemporary Art, a smaller institution that has lately been unstable with mounting budget problems and controversy over Jeffrey Deitch’s tenure as director.
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Graffiti Writers Start a Game of Tag with LA’s MOCA
Raise your hand if you’re not surprised that LA’s Museum of Contemporary Art is getting tagged by a whole bunch of graffiti writers because of the upcoming Art in the Streets show? Well, Katsu is doing his part on the heels of an attention-grabbing faux MoMA/Nike ad series he pulled off in New York a few weeks ago. According to 12ozProphet, the massive Katsu fire extinguisher tag has some supporters in the upcoming museum show.