“[Klaus Biesenbach] is really known for championing emerging artists, and MOCA holds dearly to that as the artists’ museum.” — Catherine Opie on today’s news from MOCA*

In eight months or so, MoMA P.S.1 director Klaus Biesenbach will step into Philippe Vergne’s shoes as the new director of MOCA Los Angeles.

* artforum.com/klaus-biesenbach-named-director-of-moca

Patti Smith (left), Klaus Biesenbach, and Adan Pascale Jodorowsky in New York City, 2017. Photograph by John Lamparski.