Some art world observers have speculated that Broad is concerned about the effect LACMA’s acquisition of MOCA might have had on the launch of his Broad Collection museum, which is set to open across Grand Avenue from MOCA next year.īroad declined to comment Tuesday, and other MOCA leaders, including the board’s co-chairs, David Johnson and Maria Bell, were not immediately available. “Eli Broad is confident about this, that their trustees can raise the money, rebuild the endowment and bring it back to a place of fullness.” “The hope is that our name, our programming, our expertise gives them a sense of backbone and stability,” Wilmerding said last week.
USC had confirmed last December that it was talking to MOCA about an unspecified partnership, and recently John Wilmerding, chairman of the board of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., said an alliance that involved curatorial expertise but no money was in the works, instigated by MOCA’s leading funder, Eli Broad. The MOCA trustees’ statement added that, in addition to committing to boost the endowment, the museum is “exploring all strategic options.” We continue to offer our support for MOCA’s future, and look forward to seeing its vibrant program continue.” He had said that LACMA made its proposal in response to overtures from members of the MOCA board. Govan issued a brief statement of his own: “Anything that will strengthen MOCA and maintain its commitment to contemporary art and to downtown Los Angeles is good for the art world and good for this city.
The decision derails, at least for now, a proposed combination that leaders of LACMA hoped would attract major new gifts of art, because collectors tend to want their holdings to end up in the most prestigious institutions. He was a curator at the nonprofit deCordova Museum in Lincoln, Mass., before entering the commercial art world with CitiBank in 1979. MOCA board: In the March 20 Section A, an article about the decision by board members of the Museum of Contemporary Art to keep the institution independent said that Jeffrey Deitch had not worked in the nonprofit world before becoming MOCA director in 2010. We are working quickly toward that goal.” “The board understands that this will require a significant increase in MOCA’s endowment to ensure its strong financial standing. “The board is in agreement that the best future for MOCA would be as an independent institution,” said the statement emailed by the museum’s spokeswoman. It gave no specifics - and did not refer directly to the lone option that has become public: an offer by LACMA and its director, Michael Govan, to acquire MOCA and raise $100 million as part of the takeover, while keeping the MOCA name and continuing to operate its two downtown buildings. The board issued a three-sentence statement Tuesday afternoon headlined “MOCA Trustees Committed to Independence.” The trustees of L.A.'s Museum of Contemporary Art say they have decided not to turn over the keys to their financially ailing institution to others - notably the Los Angeles County Museum of Art - and will instead raise the money needed to keep the downtown museum independent.
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