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Crisis-Stricken LA Museum Mulls Merger

MoCA director prepares to resign as bigger museum offers lifeline

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 17, 2008 8:13 AM CST

(Newser) – The future of LA's troubled Museum of Contemporary Art became somewhat clearer yesterday, as the institution's director began negotiating his resignation and the larger Los Angeles County Museum of Art proposed a merger. Tomorrow the MoCA board will meet to decide the fate of the... Read full story »

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MoCA director prepares to resign as bigger museum offers lifeline

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