Jenny Holzer designed the bronze plaque, which features one of the artist’s truisms: “It is in your self-interest to find a way to be very tender.” Past recipients include noted collector and patron Beatrice Gersh (1994), editor Tina Brown (1997), choreographer Twyla Tharp (1999), actress and director Anjelica Huston (2001), and artists Barbara Kruger (2001) and Yoko Ono (2003).įor 30 years, Jenny Holzer has presented her astringent ideas, arguments, and sorrows in public places and international exhibitions, including 7 World Trade Center, the Reichstag, the Venice Biennale, the Guggenheim Museums in New York and Bilbao, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

The MOCA Award to Distinguished Women in the Arts was established by The MOCA Projects Council in 1994 to recognize the many gifted women providing leadership and innovation in the visual arts, dance, music, and literature. Its programs serve 30,000 students and community members each year.” “The focus of the Projects Council support group is MOCA Education, which has a long history of collaborating with artists and community organizations to bring the rewards and challenges of contemporary art to a broad audience. “We hope that the community will join us in recognizing and celebrating the achievements of this accomplished and exceptional artist, and in supporting one of the leading contemporary art education programs in the United States,” said The MOCA Projects Council President Pamela J. “This unique fundraising opportunity celebrates the work of a brilliant artist, who has created powerful statements of conviction and social commentary for more than three decades.”

“MOCA is thrilled to honor Jenny Holzer with the 6th MOCA Award to Distinguished Women in the Arts,” said MOCA Chief Executive Officer Charles E. The 6th MOCA Award to Distinguished Women in the Arts Luncheon is presented by BVLGARI. Edythe Broad will present the award to Holzer and remarks will be made by MOCA Projects Council President Pamela J. Hosted by one of the museum’s major support organizations, The MOCA Projects Council, this fundraiser benefits MOCA’s award-winning educational programming. Holzer will be honored for her extraordinary talent and contributions to the arts during an exclusive award luncheon on Wednesday, April 28, 2010, at the Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills. One change he’s considering is reducing admission fees.Los Angeles – The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), is pleased to announce artist Jenny Holzer as the recipient of the 6th MOCA Award to Distinguished Women in the Arts. He brought in a new chief curator in August, but it will take time to restore the museum to its former prominence. Known for his collaborative and artist-oriented style, he has said MOCA has to be the most innovative museum in the country. MOCA endured six rocky years of financial problems and increasingly sparse programming before new director Philippe Vergne was lured away from New York’s Dia Art Foundation in early 2014. San Vicente, West Hollywood) is an earth-toned cube next to the design center that focuses on contemporary architecture and design. MOCA Pacific Design Center (8687 Melrose Ave. With the easiest parking of the three, it’s a good place to start.

Temple Metro Gold Line to Little Tokyo/Arts District) shows the museum’s most interesting rotating exhibitions-it held the largest show of Mark Kelley’s work to date in 2014. The warehouse-like Geffen Contemporary at MOCA in Little Tokyo (152 N. It also houses the museum’s popular restaurant, Lemonade (open during museum hours tel. Thad Kosciuszko Way Metro Red Line to Pershing Square.), the main venue, opened “Andy Warhol: Shadows,” the first West Coast showing of all 102 parts of the monumental painting, in September 2014. The imposing red sandstone MOCA Grand Avenue (250 S. Its 6,800-piece collection-one of the best in the country, including numerous Rothkos, Pollack’s first drip painting, Johns, and dozens of other 20th century artists, as well as challenging work by emerging artists-is spread among three locations. Known for its provocative, ambitious, and sometimes difficult exhibits, MOCA is L.A.’s only museum focusing solely on art from 1940 to the present.

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