0MOCA's First Thirty YearsWhen L.A.’s Museum of Contemporary Art named New York gallerist Jeffrey Deitch as its new director, it made a smart bet for its financial future. But is it good for art?Updated Jul. 14, 2017 10:28AM EDT / Published Jan. 12, 2010 2:12PM EST Jean-Michel Basquiat, Six Crimee, 1982 Llyn Foulkes, Pop, 1985 Alberto Giacometti, Tall Figure III (left) and Tall Figure II, both 1960 Jasper Johns, Map, 1962 Barbara Kruger Untitled (It’s a small world but not if you have to clean it), 1990 Jackson Pollock, Number 1, 1949, 1949 Robert Rauschenberg. Small Rebus, 1956 Mark Rothko No. 46 [Black, Ochre, Red Over Red], 1957 Nancy Rubins Chas' Stainless Steel, Mark Thompson's Airplane Parts, About 1,000 Pounds of Stainless Steel Wire, and Gagosian's Beverly Hills Space at MOCA, 2001 Edward Ruscha, Chocolate Room, 1970 Hiroshi Sugimoto, Studio Drive-In, Culver City, 1993 Fred Tomaselli, Hang Over, 2005 Doug Wheeler, RM 669, 1969
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Six Crimee, 1982 Llyn Foulkes, Pop, 1985 Alberto Giacometti, Tall Figure III (left) and Tall Figure II, both 1960 Jasper Johns, Map, 1962 Barbara Kruger Untitled (It’s a small world but not if you have to clean it), 1990 Jackson Pollock, Number 1, 1949, 1949 Robert Rauschenberg. Small Rebus, 1956 Mark Rothko No. 46 [Black, Ochre, Red Over Red], 1957 Nancy Rubins Chas' Stainless Steel, Mark Thompson's Airplane Parts, About 1,000 Pounds of Stainless Steel Wire, and Gagosian's Beverly Hills Space at MOCA, 2001 Edward Ruscha, Chocolate Room, 1970 Hiroshi Sugimoto, Studio Drive-In, Culver City, 1993 Fred Tomaselli, Hang Over, 2005 Doug Wheeler, RM 669, 1969