Art Talk
Choice of New Director Proves Insecurity of MOCA Trustees
Edward Goldman talks about the appointment of yet another outsider to the position of MOCA Director.
By Edward Goldman • • 3m ListenThe job of an American museum Director is a tough one. First of all, his or her focus must be on museum administration. And then – fundraising, fundraising, fundraising… When the Founding Director of the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Pontus Hultén, realized that he was expected to raise money, which he had never done in his previous capacity as Director of Centre Pompidou in Paris, he quit.
Carl Andre: Sculpture as Place, 1958-2010 at MOCA Geffen Contemporary. 2017. Photo by Edward Goldman.
Diamond Sea. Doug Aitken. 1997. Part of Doug Aitken: Electric Earth at MOCA Geffen Contemporary. 2016. Photo by Edward Goldman.
School of Beauty, School of Culture. 2012. Kerry James Marshall. Part of Kerry James Marshall: Mastry at MOCA. 2017. Courtesy Birmingham Museum of Art. Photo by Edward Goldman.
Installation shots, Give and Take: Highlighting Recent Acquisitions. MOCA. Top Left: Elizabeth Murray. Top Right: Jenny Saville. Bottom: Njideka Akunyili Crosby. Photos by Edward Goldman.
