LA MOCA LAUNCHES NEW VIDEO CHANNEL

The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles has announced that it will be launching its own online video channel where it will feature news and talk-show programs along with other arts-related programming. This endeavor is being launched in tandem with YouTube’s plan to compete aggressively with network and cable television by creating specialized programming for the Internet. Randy Kennedy reports for the New York Times that MOCA TV, as the channel will be called, will also feature studio visits with artists, an art comedy series, and an educational series called “MOCA University.”

Jeffrey Deitch, the museum’s director as well as the channel’s executive, said, “Contemporary art is the new international language, unifying leading creators across art, music, fashion, film, and design. MOCA TV will be the ultimate digital extension of the museum, aggregating, curating, and generating the strongest artistic content from around the world for a new global audience of people who are engaged in visually oriented culture.”