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Bennett Simpson on Reneé Green’s Import/Export Funk Office
MOCA Associate Curator Bennett Simpson leads an in-depth discussion of Reneé Green’s Import/Export Funk Office; currently on view at Collection: MOCA’s First Thirty Years. Recorded Thursday, February...
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Previewing Iannis Xenakis: Composer, Architect, Visionary
Opening November 6, 2010 at MOCA Pacific Design Center Study for Polytope de Montréal (light score), c. 1966, color pencil paper, 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches, Iannis Xenakis Archives, Bibliothèque nationale...
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Previewing William Leavitt: Theater Objects
William Leavitt, Painted Image, 1972, oil on canvas, wood easel 66 x 33 1/2 in., The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, purchased with funds provided by John Baldessari, photo by Brian Forrest....
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Talking about Theater Objects
On the occasion of the opening day of William Leavitt: Theater Objects, MOCA Curator Bennett Simpson, Stedelijk Museum Director Ann Goldstein, and artist William Leavitt discussed the artist’s work...
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Giving Form to the Los Angeles Romance, Bennett Simpson on William Leavitt
William Leavitt, Hillside Lights (Incandescent), 2004, Oil on canvas, 24 x 60 in. (61 x 152.4 cm), Courtesy of Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles MOCA Curator Bennett Simpson delivered these remarks at...
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MOCA Announces Blues for Smoke
Rachel Harrison, Untitled, 2012, colored pencil on paper, 22 3/8 x 27 7/8 x 1 1/2 in., 56.8 x 70.8 x 3.8 cm, courtesy the Artist and Greene Naftali, New York October 21, 2012–January 7, 2013 The...
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Listen: Bennett Simpson on Having the Blues, Archive, and Anticipation
Bennett Simpson speaking at Blues For Smoke on November 15, 2012. In the first of two Art Talks, Blues for Smoke curator Bennett Simpson led a conversation entitled “Why Contemporary Art Gives Me the...
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Room to Live
Nan Goldin, Self-portrait in blue bathroom, London, 1980, Cibachrome print, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Susan Bay-Nimoy and Leonard Nimoy Family Foundation October 5, 2013—January 12,...
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Bob Mizer & Tom of Finland
Bob Mizer, Physique Pictorial Volume 16 Number 4, February 1968, Publication, Printed with permission of Bob Mizer Foundation, Inc. MOCA presents Bob Mizer & Tom of Finland, the first American...
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The Shaping of Desires
To expand the conversation around Bob Mizer & Tom of Finland, on view now at MOCA Pacific Design Center, MOCA hosted “The Shaping of Desires,” a panel discussion featuring artists Heather Cassils,...
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