MOCA Director Philippe Vergne sits down with Architectural Digest’s West Coast editor, Mayer Rus, reflecting on his vision for the museum, and his first time in Los Angeles.  “The driving! Chris Burden kept saying, ‘You can’t drive through the riot areas,’ but I’d get lost and be afraid that I was somewhere I was not supposed to be. Plus, I was going to meet these guys who were absolute legends to me. It was pure adrenaline the whole time.” (more…)

The Pompidou has hired Sylvia Chivaratanond as its first adjunct curator in New York. The move is part of the museum’s effort to promote a current knowledge of the contemporary art scene among its Paris curators. She has organized shows for major US institutions and is married to Philippe Vergne, director of the Dia Art Foundation.

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The Dia Art Foundation hires architect Roger Duffy to construct its new Chelsea home, “We want to make sure that 22nd Street will re-engage with new generations of artists,” says Dia’s director Philippe Vergne.

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