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    1. A Statement From MOCA’s Jeffrey Deitch After the ousting of MOCA’s widely respected chief curator, Paul Schimmel, and the subsequent resignations of all the museum’s artist-trustees, Baldessari, Kruger, Opie, and Ruscha, Director Jeffrey Deitch released this statement on museum’s website: “The recent events and board resignations at MOCA have prompted a number of critical articles about the museum.  We would like to reassure you of our commitment to extending MOCA’s legacy and international reputation as a preeminent contemporary art institution, to fulfilling the museum’s mission, and to ensuring that it has a secure future both financially and artistically.” Read the entire statement.  A Statement From MOCA’s Jeffrey Deitch After the ousting of MOCA’s widely respected chief curator, Paul Schimmel, and the subsequent resignations of all the museum’s artist-trustees, Baldessari, Kruger, Opie, and Ruscha, Director Jeffrey Deitch released this statement on museum’s website: “The recent events and board resignations at MOCA have prompted a number of critical articles about the museum.  We would like to reassure you of our commitment to extending MOCA’s legacy and international reputation as a preeminent contemporary art institution, to fulfilling the museum’s mission, and to ensuring that it has a secure future both financially and artistically.” Read the entire statement. 

      July 21, 2012

      A Statement From MOCA’s Jeffrey Deitch

      After the ousting of MOCA’s widely respected chief curator, Paul Schimmel, and the subsequent resignations of all the museum’s artist-trustees, Baldessari, Kruger, Opie, and Ruscha, Director Jeffrey Deitch released this statement on museum’s website:

      “The recent events and board resignations at MOCA have prompted a number of critical articles about the museum. 

      We would like to reassure you of our commitment to extending MOCA’s legacy and international reputation as a preeminent contemporary art institution, to fulfilling the museum’s mission, and to ensuring that it has a secure future both financially and artistically.” Read the entire statement. 

      Tags: museums, ed ruscha, barbara kruger, catherine opie, john baldessari,

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