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Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles

Posted inArt

Derek Fordjour’s LA MOCA Mural Is an “Invitation” to the Museum

by Matt Stromberg May 3, 2022May 4, 2022

“Sonic Boom,” named after a Historically Black College’s famous marching band, “will have particular resonance in communities of color,” the artist said.

Posted inArt

How Alternative Art Spaces Changed Los Angeles in the 1970s

Avatar photo by Jordan Karney Chaim January 25, 2022January 27, 2022

Throughout the 1970s and into the ’80s, artists in Los Angeles created organizations and exhibition spaces to develop the resources they lacked.

Posted inNews

Bye, Bye, Bandanas: LA MOCA Visitors Must Wear Medical-grade Masks

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia January 14, 2022January 14, 2022

Those who want to visit the museum muse have a surgical, KN95, N95, or KF94 face mask.

Posted inArt

Jennifer Packer Portrays Friends Through the Haze of Memory

Avatar photo by Allison Conner August 9, 2021August 9, 2021

Packer processes the horror of 2020 into elegiac mood studies that wrestle with exhaustion, fear, and longing.

Posted inArt

In Performance About Anxiety, Willow Smith and Tyler Cole Spent 24 Hours In a Box

Avatar photo by Allison Conner March 13, 2020March 13, 2020

Visitors viewed the pair through a glass wall, as they cycled through the eight stages of anxiety, including rage, numbness, euphoria, and acceptance.

Posted inPerformance

Pole Dancing to the US National Anthem

by Renée Reizman February 19, 2020February 20, 2020

Gerard & Kelly’s performance State of unpacks enduring symbols of nationalism, patriotism, and masculinity.

Posted inArt

An Art Movement Unapologetic About Love and Pleasure

Avatar photo by Elisa Wouk Almino January 22, 2020January 22, 2020

Artists of the Pattern and Decoration movement expanded our perceptions around what is worthy of being called art.

Posted inNews

In Surprising Development, MOCA LA Voluntarily Recognizes Employee Union

by Matt Stromberg December 6, 2019March 8, 2023

This will make MOCA only the second museum in Los Angeles after the Museum of Tolerance to have a union.

Posted inNews

Employees at One of LA’s Largest Museums Announce Plans to Unionize

by Matt Stromberg November 22, 2019March 8, 2023

About 50 employees of the Museum of Contemporary Art gathered outside of MOCA Director Klaus Biesenbach’s office this morning and read a statement that formally declared their plans to form a union.

Posted inPerformance

For Six Hours, Four Performers Freeze in the Act of Falling

by Renée Reizman August 19, 2019

In Just a Blink of an Eye, the performers lean backwards, appearing as victims of an unseen violence.

Posted inArt

A Goodbye to LA MOCA at the Pacific Design Center

by Catherine G. Wagley March 13, 2019March 13, 2019

MOCA PDC, which closed this month, deserves parting attention, largely because its evolutions, successes, and sometimes confounding programming often reflected city-wide cultural identity crises.

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How a Film Buff Warmed Up to Manny Farber’s Paintings

by Nathan Gelgud March 5, 2019

The way Farber thought about movies shaped the way I watched movies, which meant he shaped my life, because all I cared about was watching movies.

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