- MOCA, MOCA, MOCA: Christopher Knight on why pursuing MOCA is a good deal for LACMA and LATers Jori Finkel and Mike Boehm explain that there’s more support for LACMA’s bid now than there was in 2008.
- NYTer Carol Vogel tried to cover the story, which resulted in an epic 157-word correction explaining that Vogel got darn near everything wrong. In a related story, the NYT has made travel editor Danielle Mattoon the new culture editor. Seems pretty obvious where she oughta start.
- Bill Poundstone on MOCA’s online ‘keep us independent’ fundraising drive. (Check out the right-hand side of the page here.)
- In the NYT, Hilarie M. Sheets profiles Shinique Smith.
- In the San Francisco Chronicle, John King finds Leo Villareal’s design project for the Bay Bridge is mighty thin.
- Kenneth Baker offers up many smart takes on SFMOMA’s Garry Winogrand retrospective.
- Andrew Russeth profiles Mark Dion for the New York Observer.
- On the occasion of his Hammer retrospective, Carolina Miranda profiles Llyn Foulkes for NPR.
- In Nuvo, the Indianapolis alt-weekly, David Hoppe “wonders about the [Indianapolis Museum of Art's] continuing relevance in this community.” Smart take, especially after all the mere stenography the Indianapolis Star has fed its readers on the IMA cuts.
On this week’s Modern Art Notes Podcast: Photographer and essayist Leo Rubinfien discusses the Garry Winogrand retrospective he curated for SFMOMA and Gary Simmons talks about his Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth “Focus” exhibition. Download the show, subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher, RSS. See images of Winogrands and Simmmonses discussed on the program.
March 11, 2013, 8:02 am
I certainly agree with Tyler that a strong and supportive relation between Board, Staff, and Community is essential for a vibrant museum. I also agree that the Indy Board did a poor job the past 6 years but their main mistake was not controling MAX especially in the area of finances.
The fist full year Max was at the IMA he oversaw a 500,000 deficit. Max attempting to control cost fired all the gallery guards and replaced them with work study students which is against Federal Regulations. This caused a major long term lender to get very upset and their were concerns the collection would be removed from the IMA.
Tyler sights the Dashboard as a major plus for museum transparency, but the 2012 Expenditures were never posted as in previous years. Why this happened may be because the Venice Beinnale was over 650,000 in the RED. This would have given the Dashboard a negative look so is that why the expenditures were not posted. Tyler you got the story of the IMA partly correct but there is much more and you need to dig deeper