Museum of Contemporary Art
Museum of Contemporary Art and The Geffen Contemporary
Hours: Monday and Friday 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Thursday 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM, Saturday and Sunday 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM. The museum is closed on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Admission: General admission $8, Students and Seniors $5, Children under 12 are free.
The Museum of Contemporary Art and The Geffen Contemporary celebrates new and contemporary art as we know it today. No other museum in Los Angeles engages the population in current art like the Museum of Contemporary Art.
Over 5,000 pieces of art call the Museum of Contemporary Art home. There are several permanent fixtures as this museum that draw large crowds each and every year. They are masterpieces that everyone should view once in their lifetime.
One of the collections in the Museum of Contemporary Art is the Barry Lowen Collection. This is a collection of 67 pieces of art by artists like Agnes Martin, Joel Shapiro, and Julian Schnabel. They are depicted through minimalist and post-minimalist sculptures, paintings, and photography.
Another section of the Museum of Contemporary Art is the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Photography Collection. This is a huge collection of 2,300 documentary photos by giants in photography such as Robert Frank and Danny Lyon.
Something everyone should attend during the summer is a twelve night celebration at the Museum of Contemporary Art. This celebration shows film screenings, has live music, food, and music. It is meant to involve the general public in contemporary art in a way they never knew was possible. The cost of this event is free with Museum of Contemporary Art admission.
The arts are an important element of culture. As time goes on, people and art have gotten further and further separated. The Museum of Contemporary Art aims to bridge that gap and bring the arts back to the public.
The 1996 bequest of Marcia Simon Weisman brought 83 exquisite prints and drawings to MOCA's permanent collection, including work by Willem de Kooning, Richard Diebenkorn, Sam Francis, David Hockney, Jasper Johns, Robert Motherwell, Barnett Newman, and Clyfford Still. In connection with the gift, MOCA has established a works-on-paper study center at the museum.
The remarkable growth of MOCA's permanent collection received renewed attention in 1997 when the Lannan Foundation made an extraordinary gift of 114 works by 53 artists. This important gift increased the museum's holdings of several significant Southern California artists such as Wallace Berman, Chris Burden, Mike Kelley, Charles Ray, and Jim Shaw. Additionally, within the past two years, the museum has received several individual gifts of video and multimedia installations, including pieces by Doug Aitken, Tracey Emin, Steve McQueen, Pipilotti Rist, and Diana Thater.
MOCA has also been fortunate to receive gifts of work from many artists. Among the most significant of these gifts are 10 paintings from Sam Francis representing the major phase of his development from 1951 to 1992 and a gift from Ed Moses of 11 paintings from pivotal phases of his career. In 1996 the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation donated six box constructions and 15 collages by Joseph Cornell, one of the most significant American artists of this century.
While the museum does not have a large budget for the purchase of artwork, several essential acquisition funds make purchases possible. MOCA was able to purchase 32 significant works by accomplished California artists including Terry Allen, Lari Pittman, Alexis Smith, and Bill Viola, thanks to the El Paso Natural Gas Company Fund for California Art. The Citibank Private Bank Emerging Artists Award sponsored several exhibitions and purchases of work by emerging artists including Kevin Appel, Jessica Bronson, and Catherine Opie. The Gene J. Burton Acquisitions Endowment allows the museum to purchase works on paper, and The MOCA Acquisition and Collection Committee raises funds for specific acquisitions in consultation with museum staff
Hours: Monday and Friday 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Thursday 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM, Saturday and Sunday 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM. The museum is closed on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Admission: General admission $8, Students and Seniors $5, Children under 12 are free.
The Museum of Contemporary Art and The Geffen Contemporary celebrates new and contemporary art as we know it today. No other museum in Los Angeles engages the population in current art like the Museum of Contemporary Art.
Over 5,000 pieces of art call the Museum of Contemporary Art home. There are several permanent fixtures as this museum that draw large crowds each and every year. They are masterpieces that everyone should view once in their lifetime.
One of the collections in the Museum of Contemporary Art is the Barry Lowen Collection. This is a collection of 67 pieces of art by artists like Agnes Martin, Joel Shapiro, and Julian Schnabel. They are depicted through minimalist and post-minimalist sculptures, paintings, and photography.
Another section of the Museum of Contemporary Art is the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Photography Collection. This is a huge collection of 2,300 documentary photos by giants in photography such as Robert Frank and Danny Lyon.
Something everyone should attend during the summer is a twelve night celebration at the Museum of Contemporary Art. This celebration shows film screenings, has live music, food, and music. It is meant to involve the general public in contemporary art in a way they never knew was possible. The cost of this event is free with Museum of Contemporary Art admission.
The arts are an important element of culture. As time goes on, people and art have gotten further and further separated. The Museum of Contemporary Art aims to bridge that gap and bring the arts back to the public.
The 1996 bequest of Marcia Simon Weisman brought 83 exquisite prints and drawings to MOCA's permanent collection, including work by Willem de Kooning, Richard Diebenkorn, Sam Francis, David Hockney, Jasper Johns, Robert Motherwell, Barnett Newman, and Clyfford Still. In connection with the gift, MOCA has established a works-on-paper study center at the museum.
The remarkable growth of MOCA's permanent collection received renewed attention in 1997 when the Lannan Foundation made an extraordinary gift of 114 works by 53 artists. This important gift increased the museum's holdings of several significant Southern California artists such as Wallace Berman, Chris Burden, Mike Kelley, Charles Ray, and Jim Shaw. Additionally, within the past two years, the museum has received several individual gifts of video and multimedia installations, including pieces by Doug Aitken, Tracey Emin, Steve McQueen, Pipilotti Rist, and Diana Thater.
MOCA has also been fortunate to receive gifts of work from many artists. Among the most significant of these gifts are 10 paintings from Sam Francis representing the major phase of his development from 1951 to 1992 and a gift from Ed Moses of 11 paintings from pivotal phases of his career. In 1996 the Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation donated six box constructions and 15 collages by Joseph Cornell, one of the most significant American artists of this century.
While the museum does not have a large budget for the purchase of artwork, several essential acquisition funds make purchases possible. MOCA was able to purchase 32 significant works by accomplished California artists including Terry Allen, Lari Pittman, Alexis Smith, and Bill Viola, thanks to the El Paso Natural Gas Company Fund for California Art. The Citibank Private Bank Emerging Artists Award sponsored several exhibitions and purchases of work by emerging artists including Kevin Appel, Jessica Bronson, and Catherine Opie. The Gene J. Burton Acquisitions Endowment allows the museum to purchase works on paper, and The MOCA Acquisition and Collection Committee raises funds for specific acquisitions in consultation with museum staff
