MOCA-National Gallery Of Art Deal Is An Empty Prospect

MOCA-National Gallery Deal A 'Big, Fat Nothing-Burger'
Rami Cohen (L) and his 2-year-old daughter Naomi look through an art book as others view the Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, February 20, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Jim WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
Rami Cohen (L) and his 2-year-old daughter Naomi look through an art book as others view the Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, February 20, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Jim WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

A proposed five-year collaboration deal between the troubled Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown Los Angeles and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., is, to use a critically astute technical term, a big, fat nothing-burger.

The plan sidesteps the most pressing needs facing MOCA, which are financial health and managerial competence, while needlessly embarrassing both museums.

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