Art in the Streets @ MOCA (4/17/11)

[lowpro]

Very interesting. I question whether it's pure economics over public/political pressure. Perhaps the turnout and profits ended up not being all they were expected and hyped up to be. There was a decent enough amount of people in there the week after opening weekend when I went, but nothing crazy. Have any numbers been released by MOCA that anyone caught in any recent articles? Beyond the Brooklyn Museum, I'm not sure which other semi-respectable institution in NYC would have enough of prowess to even bring it to the city without it looking like an embarrassing substitute.

[ricosg11]

This is very unfortunate. Wouldn't it be something if NYC didnt get a taste of this show? C'mon now Jeffrey.

[sleepboy]

Jeffrey Deitch, director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, said he had approached another institution in New York, which he declined to name, about taking the exhibition. “We will find a way to bring it to New York,” Mr. Deitch said in an interview. “If not in a museum, we’ll just do it on our own.”

[lambo]

I am glad I just found this board. First thread I read and WOW Saber is on it. Hope I can learn and share here.

[lowpro]

Perhaps it is purely public sentiment and not economics.

"Art in the Streets," which opened April 17 and runs until Aug. 8, has drawn 112,581 visitors through last Sunday, with a daily average of 2,046. General admission is $10, with Mondays free thanks to sponsorship by street art legend Banksy. The show is on track to beat the total attendance for its 2008 Murakami blockbuster (which had roughly 150,000 visitors), and museum spokeswoman Lyn Winter says the attendance to date "is among the highest ever in MOCA's history, closely tracking the record attendance for the Andy Warhol retrospective at MOCA Grand Avenue in 2002."
latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/07/mocas-art-in-the-streets-and-lacmas-tim-burton-deliver-on-promise-of-big-crowds.html?dlvrit=175674