Comment on MOCA's director defends his record, denies charges of some trustees

Jeffrey Deitch, head of Los Angeles' Museum of Contemporary Art, rejects the idea that the institution has lost its artistic bearings and is increasingly under the control of Eli Broad.Over the last three weeks, as the Museum of Contemporary Art has weathered an uproar over the resignation — some would say ouster — of its chief curator, Paul Schimmel, and the subsequent resignation of four internationally known artists from MOCA's board, one key person has been notably silent: Jeffrey Deitch, the museum's director.