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Untitled 1981

Jean Michel Basqiuat

(via Revisiting Steve McQueen’s Early Work)

LOS ANGELES — In a city whose name is synonymous with the motion picture industry, it’s common for the worlds of film and art to collide. It’s less common, however, for them to collide in a way that’s critical and not simply flirting with the idea of celebrity. The installation of British artist and Oscar winner Steve McQueen’s work at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, is one of those rare, shining moments when art and Hollywood cohabit in a cogent, sober, and analytical manner.

LA MoCA Gets Chief Curator from Boston, Helen Molesworth

Philippe Vergne chooses Boston’s Helen Molesworth as Chief Curator:

The Museum of Contemporary Art took the next step in rebuilding its staff and programming, appointing Helen Molesworth of the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston as its new chief curator.

A scholar, art writer and curator, Molesworth has been at ICA/Boston since 2010. Before that she headed the department of modern and…

Jacob Hashimoto brings the dope shit to MOCA.  

Tom, Bob, and the Boys: Queering Midcentury Americana

Physique Pictorial Volume 16 Number 4, February 1968. Cover by Tom of Finland (Touko Laaksonen).…

Why would a contemporary art museum launch a web comedy series? Well … why not, I guess? On its YouTube channel, MOCAtv, the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art is premiering a new show called Ambiance Man, created by writer, director, and…