The Broad Foundation has made a $1.5 million payment to the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art after withholding a scheduled payment earlier this month because, as a foundation spokesperson told the Los Angeles Times, $2.1 million previously given to the museum had not yet been used. The payments are part of a 2008 agreement that Eli Broad would give MOCA $3 million a year for five years to help support its exhibitions programming. Read More

Kelly Crow, the Wall Street Journal‘s art reporter, just sent out a tweet that says:

“I’m told @MOCAlosangeles canceled its disco show yesterday. Will Deitch be next? I’m listening.” Read More

MOCA Mobilization, an independent community group formed in 2008 to support the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, has released a petition protesting the recent shake-ups at MOCA, including the alleged ousting of chief curator Paul Schimmel, the subsequent resignation of all of the museum’s artist-trustees and claims that the program is too celebrity-focused. The petition is signed by artists Cindy Bernard and Diana Thater. It was posted online Tuesday and, as of this writing, has 251 signatures. The full text is below. Read More

After releasing an official statement regarding the exit of Paul Schimmel, the long-time chief curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, as well as the resignation of the museum’s four artist-trustees, MOCA’s director, Jeffrey Deitch, has commented on the record with the Los Angeles Times about the situation. Read More