Following a yearlong search, the Museum of Modern Artwork (Moca) in Los Angeles has chosen a brand new chief: Jonathan Abbott, a former president and chief govt of the Boston public media broadcaster GBH. Abbott began his function Thursday (24 September), changing interim director Ann Goldstein, who will keep on to help with the transition via November. Abbott is the primary particular person to carry the joint title of director and chief govt at Moca since 2010.
“I wish to assist convey broader assist and audiences to work that’s pressing and thought-provoking,” Abbott stated in a press release, outlining his imaginative and prescient for the museum. “I grew up considering of cultural establishments as public locations that belonged to everybody. Moca was constructed right here by artists and civic leaders, and I’m energised by the chance to assist it stay deeply of this group and for this group.”
Earlier than becoming a member of Moca, Abbott spent 15 years main GBH—the biggest producer of programming for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and a serious companion of each Nationwide Public Radio and the Public Radio Alternate. Throughout his tenure, Abbott led a $215m fundraising marketing campaign and oversaw a progress in belongings from $225m to $1bn. He left his put up at GBH in 2022, having spent greater than 30 years working in public media (together with stints at PBS and KQED in San Francisco).
Goldstein will step again after greater than a 12 months main Moca. She had returned to the museum, the place she first began her profession in 1983 and labored for 26 years, in August 2025. “Moca is in my DNA, and it has been an honour to function interim director,” she stated in a press release. “This extraordinary establishment will at all times have my deep affection, and I’m very pleased to advise Jonathan throughout this transition.”
