Wednesday, July 18, 2012

MOCA's troubles intensify with the resignation of all four artists on the museum board


All four artists on MOCA's board of trustees have resigned, raising further questions about the direction the museum is taking under the directorship of Jeffrey Deitch. John Baldessari was the first to go, followed by Catherine Opie and Barbara Kruger. "Parties and galas are OK, but sometimes these things called museums have to have things called exhibitions," the two artists wrote. "Our concerns are with the art, the exhibitions and how the money that makes exhibitions possible is gathered and distributed. Our concern is for a continued curatorial practice that is both rigorously complex and pleasurably awesome." (You can read the full version of their resignation letter here.) And on Sunday Ed Ruscha resigned leaving the board without any artist representatives.
Image: Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles