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Collection: MOCA's First Thirty Years

30 November 2009

A new exhibition surveys the past of Los Angeles' own contemporary art museum, MOCA. Collection: MOCA's First Thirty Years includes work by artists from around the world from the last 70 years that has been in the permanent collection of the museum since 1980. The installation opened earlier this month to positive reviews from art critics, such as Christopher Knight of the LA Times.

November 15, 2009 through May 3, 2010

MOCA Grand Avenue
250 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012

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The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
152 North Central Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90013

From MOCA:
Collection: MOCA’s First Thirty Years is a two-part exhibition that constitutes the largest-ever installation of MOCA’s permanent collection and reflects the museum’s early and ongoing commitment to bringing art of major historical significance and distinction to the public. Part one of Collection, on view at MOCA Grand Avenue, features works made between 1939 and 1979, organized chronologically beginning with Piet Mondrian’s Composition of Red, Blue, Yellow and White: Nom III (1939). The second part of Collection, on view at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, features works made during the last three decades—the period, beginning with the museum’s founding in 1979, during which MOCA has been actively acquiring works, organizing exhibitions, and engaging with artists in Los Angeles and beyond. Taken together, these two parts constitute a comprehensive historical survey of contemporary art from one of the world’s leading collections.

Find out more information at MOCA's minisite devoted to the event.

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