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Los Angeles Times
30-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
MOCA shakeup: Ann Goldstein named interim director as Johanna Burton departs
The Museum of Contemporary Art has appointed former senior curator Ann Goldstein as its interim director, beginning Aug. 18. The Board of Trustees said Wednesday that it has launched an international search for a new permanent director. The move comes less than a week after the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania announced that MOCA's current director, Johanna Burton, would be its new director, with a start date of Nov. 1. MOCA did not issue its own press release about the leadership shakeup until Wednesday. When news of Burton's departure broke, she said she timed her departure so that she could oversee the opening of MOCA's highly anticipated 'Monuments' exhibit, which is scheduled for Oct. 23. But a source close to MOCA, who asked to remain anonymous because they were not authorized to speak on the record, said Burton's last day is Friday. MOCA declined to comment on the timing of Burton's departure or the discrepancy between when she said she was leaving and the museum's announcement that Goldstein will start in her role Aug. 18, but Burton confirmed her earlier departure to The Times. Burton said she had offered to stay up until the last minute before she was scheduled to begin her new job, but that MOCA's board, 'Probably just realized that it needed to move more quickly towards thinking about the next phase, which makes sense to me.' 'I think everybody just has the best interest of the museum in mind,' Burton said, adding that she is proud of her time with MOCA and leaves with only good feelings about what she and her staff have accomplished over the past four years. 'I'm delighted that they're in a position where that kind of runway can be taken up by somebody who is as wonderful as Ann, and it makes me feel really good handing it off.' Goldstein has a long history with MOCA, having shaped her career at the museum, beginning in 1983, just a few years after the museum was established. Over the next two-and-a-half decades Goldstein rose to senior curator. From 2009 to 2013 she served as director of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam; and in 2016 she became deputy director of the Art Institute of Chicago. 'No one knows MOCA like Ann. Her deep institutional knowledge and passion for our collection and community coupled with her international directorial expertise makes her the ideal leader to maintain the museum's momentum,' said Carolyn Clark Powers, chair of MOCA's board of trustees. 'While Johanna Burton's departure marks a moment of transition for MOCA, thanks to her leadership the museum is well positioned for the future.' Burton is the fifth director to leave MOCA since 2008. She became the museum's first female director four years ago in what The Times called 'something of an embarrassed addendum' to the news that MOCA's former director and recently named artistic director Klaus Biesenbach had taken a job in Berlin. Two weeks prior, MOCA had announced that Burton would assume the role of executive director to co-run the museum with Biesenbach as part of a management restructuring plan. Suddenly alone in the top role, Burton became the museum's seventh director in MOCA's nearly 40-year history. The museum was emerging from a period of instability after a series public stumbles, including a canceled fundraising gala due to public outcry over a lack of diversity in its honorees, the firing of chief curator Helen Molesworth and what many considered to be an unexpected announcement that former director Philippe Vergne wouldn't renew his five-year contract. Despite the internal turmoil, and a significant drop in membership, as well as a COVID-19-induced closure that lasted more than a year, MOCA's endowment hit a high watermark of $170 million at the time of Burton's initial appointment.
Daily Tribune
28-04-2025
- Sport
- Daily Tribune
Ruthless Pogacar wins LiegeBastogne-Liege for third time
AFP | Liege Slovenian cycling superstar Tadej Pogacar produced a stunning turn of pace to solo his way to his third Liege-Bastogne-Liege yesterday to close the 'Monuments' season. The 26-year-old road race world champion, who took off as expected on the Cote de la Redoute with 34km to go, finished a minute ahead of Italy's Giulio Ciccone and Ireland's Ben Healy. Him in rival, Belgian Remco Evenepoel, the winner in 2022 and 2023, was never in the hunt and finished more t h a n three minutes behind the winner. Pogacar has already done enough in his cycling career to be considered a legend but his third win, after 2021 and 2024, only underlines his remarkable record. Yesterday's win means the UAE leader becomes only the second rider after Eddy Merckx, still considered to be the greatest of all time, to win the Tour of Flanders and Liege-Bastogne-Liege in the same year. The reigning world champion, who wrote a note in felt-tip pen on his race number in memory of the mother of his partner who died three years ago, is even the first rider to finish on the podium of six consecutive Monuments. The Slovenian now has nine Monument wins -- the five biggest classics on the calendar -- to his name, joining Fausto Coppi, Sean Kelly and Costante Giardengo in third place on the all-time list. Merckx holds the record with 19 Monuments, including five Liege-Bastogne-Liege wins. Pogacar's victory in Liege rounded off an intense classics campaign in which the Slovenian shone on all fronts.
The 42
27-04-2025
- Sport
- The 42
Pogacar wins Liege-Bastogne-Liege as Ben Healy takes first 'monument' podium
SLOVENIAN CYCLING SUPERSTAR Tadej Pogacar produced a stunning turn of pace to solo his way to his third Liege-Bastogne-Liege to close the 'Monuments' season. The 26-year-old road race world champion, who took off as expected on the Cote de la Redoute with 34km to go, finished a minute ahead of Italy's Giulio Ciccone and Ireland's Ben Healy. It was a day to remember for Healy, producing a strong display to earn his first 'monument' podium. Advertisement For Pogacar, his main rival, Belgian Remco Evenepoel, the winner in 2022 and 2023, was never in the hunt and finished more than three minutes behind the winner. Pogacar has already done enough in his cycling career to be considered a legend but his third win, after 2021 and 2024, only underlines his remarkable record. Sunday's win means the UAE leader becomes only the second rider after Eddy Merckx, still considered to be the greatest of all time, to win the Tour of Flanders and Liege-Bastogne-Liege in the same year. The reigning world champion, who wrote a note in felt-tip pen on his race number in memory of the mother of his partner who died three years ago, is even the first rider to finish on the podium of six consecutive Monuments. The Slovenian now has nine Monument wins — the five biggest classics on the calendar — to his name, joining Fausto Coppi, Sean Kelly and Costante Giardengo in third place on the all-time list. Merckx holds the record with 19 Monuments, including five Liege-Bastogne-Liege wins. Pogacar's victory in Liege rounded off an intense classics campaign in which the Slovenian shone on all fronts. His earlier wins in the Strade Bianche, Tour of Flanders and Fleche Wallonne gives him four victories and he also had three other podiums, including Paris-Roubaix, in his seven races. The 26-year-old will now take a break of over a month before returning to racing at the Criterium du Dauphine in June to prepare for his next major objective — the Tour de France in July where he will be aiming for a fourth victory.
