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FILTER RESULTS ►With Paul Schimmel as new partner, Hauser & Wirth plans Los Angeles art space
Hauser & Wirth announced that internationally acclaimed curator and scholar Paul Schimmel has been named a partner of the gallery. Schimmel joins Iwan Wirth, Manuela Wirth and Marc Payot in leading an enterprise founded over 20 years ago. Show More Summary
Reflections on Paul Schimmel’s Move to Hauser & Wirth
Nearly a year after Paul Schimmel’s controversial departure from MOCA as the museum’s long-standing chief curator in 2012, Schimmel has come out with his head high above water.
In Brief: Taschen Magic, Take One/Leave One at MAD, Paul Schimmel’s Next Move
Presto. An image from The Big Book of Magic, new this month from Taschen.
• Our favorite way to make $70 disappear is The Big Book of Magic. Newly conjured by Taschen, the century-spanning tome features hundreds of rarely seen vintage...Show More Summary
Paul Schimmel joins gallery world, creating Hauser Wirth & Schimmel
Former MOCA chief curator Paul Schimmel has signed on as a partner with the international gallery Hauser & Wirth. And yes, they are coming to Los Angeles.
Wednesday Links: Art Money and Monopoly Money
Museum news junkies are getting their fix right now with a new expose on the ongoing MOCA saga. All the characters—Jeffrey Deitch, Eli Broad, and Paul Schimmel—seem to have covert motives, personal vendettas, and a screwball sense of the way the world really works. Show More Summary
MOCA Loses Another Curator, With no Plans to Replace Her
The Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art is losing even more staff, though rather than firing legendary curator Paul Schimmel, this time, associate curator Rebecca Morse is leaving the institution of her own free will. We don't blame her.
Weekend roundup
In the Los Angeles Times, Suzanne Muchnic profiles Paul Schimmel. His final MOCA show, “Destroy the Picture: Painting the Void, 1949-62,” closes today and travels next to the MCA Chicago. (Don’t miss Schimmel talking about “Destroy the Picture” on The Modern Art Notes Podcast.)
I saved this for a week because I expected the New York [...]
Paul Schimmel: Contemporary art's ideas man
MOCA chief curator Schimmel, the mastermind of ambitious thematic shows, leaves the L.A. art museum with another one of his signature exhibits — 'Destroy the Picture.' Ninety-six works by 26 artists from the United States, Europe and Asia, brought together to illuminate a big — but overlooked — idea.
Fixing a top 10 mistake
I inadvertently, and stupidly, omitted an exhibition from my 2012 top ten list last week. The list now includes:
“Destroy the Picture: Painting the Void, 1949-62? at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Curator Paul Schimmel’s magnificent exploration of how artists around the world responded to the unprecedented killing and destruction of World War II doesn’t just [...]
The Modern Art Notes Podcast: Paul Schimmel
This week’s Modern Art Notes Podcast features Paul Schimmel, the former chief curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and the curator of the new MOCA exhibition “Destroy the Picture: Painting the Void, 1949-1962.” The show is accompanied by a fascinating catalogue from Skira Rizzoli.
The exhibition examines the way artists responded to the [...]
MOCA's board: Deep pockets aren't a cure-all
The wealthy group with five billionaires couldn't prevent the museum's budget from being cut or keep the forced resignation of Paul Schimmel from erupting in controversy. The trustees of L.A.'s Museum of Contemporary Art meet around portable tables inside its galleries, because 39 members plus a museum director are too many to fit in its boardroom.
Noam Schimmel: Hands Off My Medicare, Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan seems to think that adult Americans under the age of 55 are going to passively allow him to gut Medicare, end the Medicare guarantee, and risk their health security. He's wrong.
MOCA Will Create an Endowed Chief Curator Position
In a letter to trustees, MOCA's executive committee announced it would steer its curatorial department in a new direction by hiring a chief curator to replace Paul Schimmel. According to the letter first published on Bloomberg, MOCAShow More Summary
LA MOCA to Deitch: “No, You Can’t Do Everything”
In a fairly abrupt turnaround, the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art announced yesterday that it will hire a new chief curator, after the controversial resignation at the end of June of Paul Schimmel, who held the chief curator position for 22 years. Show More Summary
MOCA trustees letter says the museum will hire a chief curator
A letter from members of the MOCA board's executive committee informs fellow trustees of the plan to hire a chief curator to replace Paul Schimmel. Following sharp criticism from many corners of the art world, the board of trustees at...Show More Summary
MOCA Crisis: What Do Younger Artists and Curators Think?
The crisis at Los Angeles' Museum of Contemporary Art, which exploded with the ouster of longtime chief curator Paul Schimmel on June 27 but has been simmering since the museum's near financia...
MOCA Withdraws from Paul Schimmel's Richard Hamilton Show
A month after its chief curator, Paul Schimmel, resigned under pressure, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angles has told the Art Newspaper that it will not participate in a traveling exhibition that Mr. Schimmel helped organize, devoted to the work of the British Pop artist Richard Hamilton.
Critic's Notebook: At MOCA as in culture, a celeb versus serious issue
The museum's ouster of curator Paul Schimmel and the celebrity-art interplay pursued by director Jeffrey Deitch is indicative of a greater, ongoing cultural conversation. Flash versus substance. Celebrity versus artistry. Popularity versus integrity.
MOCA Director Jeffrey Deitch posts message, seeking to reassure
For the last three weeks the Museum of Contemporary Art has been in an uproar over the resignation (some might say "ouster") of chief curator Paul Schimmel. Subsequently, four renowned artists who served on MOCA's board also resigned: Catherine Opie, Ed Ruscha, Barbara Kruger and John Baldessari.
Edward Goldman: Paul Schimmel vs. Goliath
It's been less than three weeks since Paul Schimmel, Chief Curator of MOCA, was fired and -- despite more than a dozen newspaper articles and an avalanche of reports on the Internet -- no one knows for sure what happened.
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