Lannan Foundation September 26, 2008

The remarkable growth of MOCA's permanent collection received renewed attention in 1997 when the Lannan Foundation made an extraordinary gift of 114 works by 53 artists. This important gift increased the museum's holdings of several significant Southern California artists such as Wallace Berman, Chris Burden, Mike Kelley, Charles Ray, and Jim Shaw. Additionally, within the past two years, the museum has received several individual gifts of video and multimedia installations, including pieces by Doug Aitken, Tracey Emin, Steve McQueen, Pipilotti Rist and Diana Thater.