MOCA's First Thirty Years

Collection of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, purchased with funds provided by the Graham Trust and the Acquisition and Collection Commit tee

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Collection of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, The Rita and Taft Schreiber Collection, given in loving memory for her husband, Taft Schreiber, by Rita Schreiber,
Photo by Brian Forrest
© 2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP /FAAG, Paris

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Collection of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, gift of Marcia Simon Weisman, photo by Brian Forrest, art © Jasper Johns/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

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collection of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, purchased with funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, a Federal agency, and Douglas S. Cramer

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Collection of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, The Rita and Taft Schreiber Collection, given in loving memory of her husband, Taft Schreiber, by Rita Schreiber, photo by Brian Forrest, © 2009 Pollock-Krasner Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Collection of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles The Panza Collection, art © Estate of Robert Rauschenberg/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

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collection of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, purchased in honor of Beatrice Gersh with funds provided by the Acquisition and Collection Commit tee; The Broad Art Foundation; Linda and Bob Gersh; David, Susan, Steven, and Laura Gersh; and Eugenio Lopez

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Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, purchased with funds provided by the Acquisition and Collection Committee

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Collection of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, purchased with funds provided by Mandy and Cliff Einstein, Linda and Bob Gersh, Linda and Jerry Janger, Marc Selwyn, Marjorie and Leonard Vernon, and the Curators Council

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Collection of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, purchased with funds provided by the Acquisition and Collection Committee

MOCA's First Thirty Years

When 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?