MOCA’s new sound installation makes the stairwell part of the exhibition space

The stairwell is a transit point in a museum that presents an unexpected viewing – or perhaps more accurately, listening – ...
Artnet

Clashing Visions, Simmering Tensions: How a Confluence of Forces Led to MOCA’s Firing of Helen Molesworth

The news that Helen Molesworth, one of the most prominent curators in the United States, had been fired from her job at Los Angeles’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) on Monday sent shockwaves ...
Los Angeles Times

Now that Arata Isozaki won the Pritzker, let’s take a fresh look at his MOCA building

When Klaus Biesenbach took over as director of Los Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary Art in October, he was immediately intrigued by some of the architectural details of the museum’s Grand Avenue ...
Los Angeles Times

MOCA’s search for a director: Is museum experience still optional?

Will L.A.’s Museum of Contemporary Art hire a museum director who actually has experience in running a museum? The last time it did, Jimmy Carter was president and MOCA was still three years away from ...
WLRN

North Miami's MOCA Museum Reintroduces Itself

North Miami’s Museum of Contemporary Art is recognized internationally in the art world. It’s been called the “jewel of the city” and the anchor for a growing downtown district. But during the past ...
The Virginian-Pilot

MOCA Nights at our Museum of Contemporary Art

MOCA nights is officially the place to be every third Tuesday of the month!! Last night’s event was fantastic and full of art, music and food trucks. What more ...
Observer

MOCA Mobilization Releases Petition to ‘Save’ Museum

MOCA Mobilization, an independent community group formed in 2008 to support the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, has released a petition protesting the recent shake-ups at MOCA, including ...
Artnet

Mass MoCA Drops the Needle on a New Record Label

Mass MoCA, the giant contemporary art museum in North Adams, Massachusetts, has a history of doing things museums don’t typically do. It was among the first art institutions to open in a disused ...
The Hollywood Reporter

L.A.’s MOCA Museum Forming Alliance With D.C.’s National Gallery of Art

The influential contemporary art museum, supported by the likes of Ari Emanuel and Darren Star, is close to signing an agreement to share resources with the National Gallery of Art, amid a proposal by ...
CNN

Race against time: Saving the largest archive of Chinese American history from fire

In January, a fire tore through an historic building in the heart of Manhattan’s Chinatown, threatening to engulf decades of artifacts documenting Chinese life in the US. The 130-year-old building, a ...
The Virginian-Pilot

Virginia MOCA launching new logo, website as part of rebranding project

Its website, logo and mission statement are getting a makeover so more people know it’s a museum, offering dozens of exhibitions per year. The museum started as an art association in the 1950s and ...