Peter M. Brant, Steven T. Mnuchin, Victor Pinchuk Add Muscle to MOCA Board
Los Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) continues its make-over, tapping three wealthy collectors for the board. The museum added seven other new trustees in 2009, in a wake of a financial mess that imperiled the museum’s future. Board members commit $75,000 in annual dues.
Longtime collector Peter M. Brant, chairman of art publisher Brant publications and White Birch Paper Company, recently founded The Brant Foundation Art Study Center in Greenwich, Connecticut, where art can be viewed by appointment. He produced art films Basquiat, Pollock and the 2006 PBS’s Andy Warhol: A Documentary.
Steven T. Mnuchin is chairman and CEO of OneWest Bank Group, formerly IndyMac, a Southern California bank with 33 branches and assets of $18 billion. He is also chairman and co-chief executive officer of Dune Capital Management. He is the son of art dealer Robert Mnuchin, and like his Dad, previously worked at Goldman Sachs.
Victor Pinchuk is a Ukrainian collector and founder of the PinchukArtCenter which recently exhibited over 100 works by Damien Hirst. He launched the Future Generation Art Prize in New York last week. Read more about that here.
MOCA has raised $64 million in 2009. The museum was founded in 1979 and contains 6,000 artworks in the permanent collection.



