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ArtsJournal: music
2019-03-01 12:29:29
Philippe Vergne, Pushed Out Of Directorship Of LA MOCA, Lands New Job
The 53-year-old curator, who left Los Angeles after the controversy over his firing of chief curator Helen Molesworth (among other troubles), will be director of the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art in Porto, Portugal’s second city. His predecessor there left last September after another controversy, this one over a Robert Mapplethorpe show. – ARTnews
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ArtsJournal: music
2018-05-27 15:30:38
For The Love Of All That's Holy, Los Angeles MOCA, Please Get A Decent Museum Director This Time
As Philippe Vergne heads out the door, art critic Christopher Knight wonders if there's some way to DNA-test curators to see if they can make the leap to becoming museum directors - a very different role. "Like his MOCA predecessors Jeremy Strick (1999-2009) and Jeffrey Deitch (2010-2013), Vergne was unable to make the transition from […]
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ArtsJournal: music
2018-05-27 11:30:49
As Expected, LA MOCA's Philippe Vergne Will Not Get A Contract Renewal
The parting of ways with the contemporary museum comes after the director fired the respected chief curator, Helen Molesworth, and after various other issues rocked the museum. "Neither Vergne nor MOCA would say where Vergne might be heading. A spokesperson for the museum did confirm that while the search for his replacement is underway, Vergne […]
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ArtsJournal: music
2018-04-13 13:03:00
In Wake Of Curator Firing, Is MoCA's Director About To Resign?
"Is Museum of Contemporary Art Director Philippe Vergne on his way out? That's the question swirling in the art-world air following his surprise firing of MOCA's chief curator one month ago, the sudden cancellation of the museum's annual gala fundraiser and, perhaps most important, the pending expiration of Vergne's contract. ... Vergne has placed his […]
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