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After news of MOCA's extreme financial situation, Culture Monster at the LA Times is hearing that MOCA will possibly "approach the Los Angeles County Museum of Art about a merger, which will effectively mean a transfer of MOCA's extraordinary collection to the Mid-Wilshire complex." Another art blogger believes LACMA would be more than willing to say "yes" to the offer.
MOCA Possibly Seeking Bailout from LACMA
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bailout is quickly becoming one of the top words of 2008, right below subprime.
Noooooooo!
So much of what I loved about MOCA is that they were kind of the anti-LACMA. LACMA is corporate, and MOCA's always been more innovative and cutting edge (due, of course, in large part to the nature of their art). Plus, they ran a great membership program.
MOCA was founded as the anti-LACMA, in part because LACMA was very old-line (read: Christian) Los Angeles. MOCA was the upstart competition...this would be a real loss for cultural dialogue in the arts in the city!