Shakeup at MOCA: Director Steps Down, Board Accepts Broad Bailout

Big developments at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA). The embattled museum announced today that “recognizing that MOCA will benefit from new leadership at this pivotal moment in the organization’s history,” director Jeremy Strick has resigned after nine years at the helm. In a statement issued by the museum, MOCA board of trustees co-chairman Tom Unterman lauded Strick for having “overseen an exhibition program of unmatched quality, nurtured innovative programs and projects, expanded the museum’s architecture and design programs through the introduction of MOCA’s Pacific Design Center gallery, and developed groundbreaking partnerships with with numerous Southern California cultural and educational organizations.”