MOCA in Peril: Don't Ask for Whom the Bell Tolls

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Art reviews, news and announcements from KCRW's resident art critic, Edward Goldman. Both fearless and fun, Edward offers a unique "accent" on art. Formerly employed by the famed Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, and a favorite on-air presence, he offers impassioned views on what he sees in the galleries and museums and at events throughout the world, and he isn't afraid to "speak truth to power." Programming note: To accommodate election coverage without pre-empting our art critic, Edward Goldman's weekly Art Talk commentary will move to 4:44 pm (usually heard at 6:44 pm) through...

MOCA in Peril: Don't Ask for Whom the Bell Tolls
Tue Nov 25 13:44:00 EST 2008

Rumors about the financial difficulties at LA's Museum of Contemporary Art have been circulating for a few years, but the institution, much admired for its cutting edge exhibition program, has maintained a brave face. The museum continued to mount exhibitions in all three of its facilities รข- two large spaces downtown and a smaller one at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. Ambitious exhibitions were accompanied by thick, scholarly catalogues, well designed and obviously expensively... External site

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