Topic: Eli Broad

The Great L.A. Art Museum Merger Is Off

Associated Press

The troubled Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles is going to try surviving on its own after apparently rejecting an offer from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to merge into a kind of super-museum.

By Esther Zuckerman

Mar 15, 2013

The Koch Brothers' Media Takeover Has Big-Money Competition from the Left

The bidding war for Tribune Company newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune, looks to have another moneyed influencer beyond the Koch brothers and Rupert Murdoch.

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By David Wagner

Aug 9, 2012

Can MOCA Survive Without Billionaire Eli Broad's Support?

At a time of heightened controversy, the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art hasn't received payments from their billionaire benefactor Eli Broad. Without his support, how long can MOCA last? 

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By David Wagner

Jul 27, 2012

The Downfall of MOCA's Jeffrey Deitch

Ever since he was appointed to head up Los Angeles' Museum of Contemporary Art two years ago, New York gallerist-turned-museum director Jeffrey Deitch has ruffled feather, but after a string of bitter resignations, the art world star is now under pressure to step down.

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