MOCA LA Names Former Public Media Executive as New Director

For its next director, the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles has gone with a figure whose expertise lies outside the art world.Jonathan Abbott, the former head of the public media organization GBH, was announced as the institution’s new director on Thursday, formally filling a post that was held in an interim capacity by curator Ann Goldstein. She had taken the leadership role after Johanna Burton left in 2025 to lead the Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia.It is an unconventio