John Baldessari has stepped down from the board of the LA's Museum of Contemporary Art. He said his reasons include the recent ousting of Chief Curator Paul Schimmel and news that the pop-cultural slant the museum had taken under director Jeffrey Deitch will continue with an exhibition on disco music's influence on art and culture.
Baldessari is the fifth board member to resign since February - another sign that all is not well at MOCA. Last week four of the museum's life trustees called for a U-turn back to the kind of exhibitions it was famous for before the arrival of Deitch two years ago. They also disagreed with a recent column by Eli Broad, a MOCA life trustee and the museum's biggest supporter, who wrote in support of its direction under Deitch. "The celebrity-driven program...that Deitch promotes is not the answer," the letter said. Read more...
Image: John Baldessari
