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2021

May 3, 2021

2021

DURING COVD-19 CLOSURE MOCA ACQUIRES MORE THAN 100 SIGNIFICANT WORKS OF ART AND ADDS SIX NEW TRUSTEES

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2020

MOCA FORMS ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL

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MOCA MASKS NOW AVAILABLE IN KID SIZE

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MOCA LAUNCHES FACE MASK PROJECT MOCA MASKS (#MOCAmasks) TO BENEFIT MUSEUM

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MOCA PRESENTS SIMONE FORTI

MOCA PRESENTS GERHARD RICHTER: PAINTING AFTER ALL

MOCA PRESENTS JENNIFER PACKER: EVERY SHUT EYE AIN’T ASLEEP

MOCA PRESENTS PIPILOTTI RIST: BIG HEARTEDNESS, BE MY NEIGHBOR

2019

AFSCME, MOCA ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT TO PROCEED TO VOLUNTARY RECOGNITION OF UNION

November 20, 2019

MOCA OFFERS FREE GENERAL ADMISSION STARTING ON JANUARY 11, 2020

MOCA RECEIVES FOUNDING GIFT FROM TRUSTEE WONMI KWON TO LAUNCH WONMI’S WAREHOUSE PROGRAMS

MOCA PRESENTS A NEW OUTDOOR INSTALLATION BY LARRY BELL

MOCA PRESENTS WITH PLEASURE: PATTERN AND DECORATION IN AMERICAN ART 1972–1985

MOCA PRESENTS OPEN HOUSE: GALA PORRAS-KIM

MOCA ANNOUNCES PERFORMANCE EXHIBITION XU ZHEN: IN JUST A BLINK OF AN EYE

MOCA BOARD PRESIDENT CAROLYN CLARK POWERS PLEDGES $10 MILLION FOR FREE ADMISSION TO MOCA

MOCA ANNOUNCES CURATORIAL APPOINTMENT AND ADVANCE EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART ANNOUNCES MOCA BENEFIT 2019

THE FOUNDATION OF THE MUSEUM: MOCA’S COLLECTION

MOCA PRESENTS OPEN HOUSE: ELLIOTT HUNDLEY

MOCA AT THE PACIFIC DESIGN CENTER IN WEST HOLLYWOOD WILL END THIS SPRING

2018

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MOCA ANNOUNCES FIVE NEW MEMBERS

MOCA ANNOUNCES THE REINSTALLATION OF THE MONUMENTAL WALL WORK BY ARTIST BARBARA KRUGER

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MOCA ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD LEADERSHIP

MOCA PRESENTS LAURA OWENS

MOCA PRESENTS ZOE LEONARD: SURVEY

MOCA BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPOINTS KLAUS BIESENBACH AS NEXT DIRECTOR

2018-19 MOCA ADVANCE EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

MOCA PRESENTS ONE DAY AT A TIME: MANNY FARBER AND TERMITE ART

MOCA PRESENTS 69: DÉJÀ VU

2017

MOCA PRESENTS REAL WORLDS: BRASSAÏ, ARBUS, GOLDIN

MOCA PRESENTS LAUREN HALSEY: WE STILL HERE, THERE

MOCA PRESENTS JACKSON POLLOCK’S NUMBER 1, 1949: A CONSERVATION TREATMENT

MOCA PRESENTS WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE

MOCA ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF PAUL BESSIRE AS CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

POST EVENT MEDIA ALERT: 10TH MOCA DISTINGUISHED WOMEN IN THE ARTS LUNCHEON

10TH MOCA DISTINGUISHED WOMEN IN THE ARTS LUNCHEON

MOCA PRESENTS ANNA MARIA MAIOLINO

MOCA PRESENTS ADRIÁN VILLAR ROJAS: THE THEATER OF DISAPPEARANCE

MOCA PRESENTS AXIS MUNDO: QUEER NETWORKS IN CHICANO L.A.

MOCA PRESENTS PETER SHIRE: NAKED IS THE BEST DISGUISE

2017 MOCA GALA

MOCA ANNOUNCES CURATORIAL STAFF ADDITIONS

THE GEFFEN CONTEMPORARY AT MOCA SPRING 2017 EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

MOCA ANNOUNCES A SIGNIFICANT GIFT OF ARTWORK

MOCA GRAND AVENUE SPRING 2017 EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

2016

MOCA BOARD ELECTS MARIA ARENA BELL AND DAVID G. JOHNSON AS LIFE TRUSTEES

MOCA MEDIA ADVISORY: TERRY RILEY RESIDENCY

MOCA MEDIA ADVISORY: MOCA ANNOUNCES THE RESIGNATION OF BOARD MEMBER STEVEN MNUCHIN

MOCA PRESENTS RICK OWENS: FURNITURE

MOCA PRESENTS R. H. QUAYTMAN, MORNING: CHAPTER 30

MOCA PRESENTS MICKALENE THOMAS: DO I LOOK LIKE A LADY?

MOCA PRESENTS GAETANO PESCE: MOLDS (GELATI MISTI)

MOCA MEDIA ADVISORY: STOREFRONT: PARADISE GARAGE

MOCA PRESENTS DOUG AITKEN: ELECTRIC EARTH

MOCA BOARD ELECTS PETER MORTON AS A NEW TRUSTEE

MOCA PRESENTS BARBARA KASTEN: STAGES

LEADING CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUMS RELEASE ROOM TO RISE STUDY

THE UNDERGROUND MUSEUM, IN COLLABORATION WITH MOCA, PRESENTS NON-FICTION

MOCA PRESENTS DON'T LOOK BACK: THE 1990S at MOCA

MOCA MEDIA ADVISORY: STOREFRONT: PUBLIC FICTION: THE POET AND THE CRITIC, AND THE MISSING

MOCA MEDIA ADVISORY: WOLVESMOUTH : TAXA

MOCA PRESENTS HITO STEYERL: FACTORY OF THE SUN

2015

MOCA BOARD ELECTS FOUR NEW TRUSTEES: GABRIEL BRENER, MARY KLAUS MARTIN, ADAM SENDER, AND ARTIST LARI PITTMAN

MOCA AND THE HAMMER MUSEUM PRESENT TWO CATHERINE OPIE EXHIBITIONS

MOCA ADVANCE EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

9TH MOCA DISTINGUISHED WOMEN IN THE ARTS LUNCHEON

MOCA ANNOUNCES STOREFRONT: A NEW ARTIST PROJECT SPACE AT THE MUSEUM'S GRAND AVENUE LOCATION

THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART ANNOUNCES
MOCA BENEFIT 2019

MOCA BOARD ELECTS FOUR NEW TRUSTEES: GABRIEL BRENER,
MARY KLAUS MARTIN, ADAM SENDER, AND ARTIST LARI PITTMAN