Diana Thater

artist

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Artist with work in the collections at MOCA, LACMA and many other major museums, and co-founder of MOCA Mobilization

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Four years ago, the Museum of Contemporary Art was on the brink of financial disaster.

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Four years ago, the Museum of Contemporary Art was on the brink of financial disaster.

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