Understanding and exhibiting art created since 1940 are the primary objectives here. The museum's permanent collection features a growing selection of challenging work by postwar artists such as Diebenkorn, de Kooning, Hockney, Lichtenstein, Mondrian, Pollock, Rauschenberg and Rothko. MOCA hosted a major Andy Warhol retrospective during summer 2002; it was the only North American stop for the...
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The Scene Financed by private donations and developed with pieces acquired from private collections, MOCA has grown into one of the West Coast's premier showcases of modern art. The museum was erected in 1983 as the Temporary Contemporary--a former hardware store refurbished by L.A. architect Frank Gehry--while the permanent site at California Plaza was under construction. This main...
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Posted by Contributor
on April 21, 2009, (Edited October 19, 2003)
I never thought that a museum with contemporary art can be this awesome. After visiting about 12 major museums in LA area, this is the #1 I would recommend to friends.
Posted by sky1977
on April 21, 2009, (Edited August 07, 2002)
MOCA is the place to go to see artists from the 1940's to Contemporary. If you want to see Impressionist or Flemish Paintings go to LACMA. MOCA has always kept its exhibitions innovative with live performance artists (DJ Spooky), post-war classics (Willem De Kooning).
With all the readily available information that the curators supply, this make it a great place to take kids and people who...
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Posted by izelmorena
on April 21, 2009, (Edited May 21, 2002)