Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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The Museum of Contemporary Art is an art museum in Los Angeles, Calif.

From the description of Audio tour of The Case Study House Program exhibition, 1990. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 767864712

Art museum; Los Angeles, Calif.

MOCA was opened in 1983 following planning by an Artists Advisory Committee and others who wished to establish an alternative, contemporary art museum. Planning sessions were held in late 1979 through 1982 in various artist committee members' studios or homes. DeWain Valentine was a key figure in the Museum's early development.

From the description of Museum of Contemporary Art records, 1979-1986. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80281834

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referencedIn Isozaki, Arata. Architectural drawings (photographs), 1962-1986 (bulk 1981-1986) Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Giuseppe Panza papers, 1956-1990. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Museum of Contemporary Art records Archives of American Art
creatorOf LA Art Girls. Overflow : A reinvention of Allan Kaprow's fluids [multimedia] / [sponsored by the Getty Research Institute]. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.). Arata Isozaki, 1960-1990 architecture : documents, 1990. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
referencedIn Donahue, Kenneth. Collections and programs at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art : oral history transcript / by George M. Goodwin, under the auspices of the Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles, 1987. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Giuseppe Panza papers, 1956-1990 Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Getty Research Institute. Contemporary Programs and Research. Structures and Systems : Minimal Art in the United States, May 2004. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.). Institutional file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
referencedIn Franklin Furnace Ephemera Collection, Compiled by Matthew Hogan, ca. 1970 - 2007 (Bulk 1985 - 2007) Fales Library & Special Collections
referencedIn Franklin Furnace Ephemera Collection, Compiled by Matthew Hogan ca. 1970-2007 (bulk 1985-2007). Fales Library & Special Collections
referencedIn Video organization file : Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.) : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
referencedIn Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Calif. : vertical file. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
creatorOf Audio tour of The Case Study House Program exhibition Archives of American Art
referencedIn Burton, Elizabeth S., 1923-. Pasadena Art Museum : Elizabeth S. Burton : oral history transcript / by Joanne L. Ratner, Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles, 1990. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Barajas, Randall P. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles [toy] : paper model kit. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
referencedIn Archives of American Art sound recordings Archives of American Art
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referencedIn Oral history interview with Alanna Heiss Archives of American Art
referencedIn Oral history interview with Giuseppe Panza Archives of American Art
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associatedWith Burton, Elizabeth S., 1923- person
associatedWith De Noriega, Taina Rikala. person
associatedWith Dever, Joyce. person
associatedWith Donahue, Kenneth. person
associatedWith Getty Research Institute. Contemporary Programs and Research. corporateBody
associatedWith Heiss, Alanna person
associatedWith Isozaki, Arata. person
associatedWith Karlstrom, Paul J. person
associatedWith Panza, Giuseppe. person
associatedWith Panza, Giuseppe—Art collections person
associatedWith Ratner, Joanne. person
associatedWith Shulman, Julius. person
associatedWith Valentine, DeWain, 1936- person
associatedWith Wilson, Barbara. person
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