Over at the zen paradise known as the Noguchi Museum (pictured at right), David D. Holbrook has been elected chairman of the board of trustees. Holbrook, an executive at Marsh & McLennan, has been a trustee of the museum and member of its executive committee since 2001. He succeeds Samuel Sachs II, who will continue to serve as a museum trustee. Currently on view at the museum is the special exhibition “Noguchi ReINstalled,” which marks the first time the permanent collection has been on view in its entirety since 2002.On the other side of the country, new blood continues flowing into the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles (MOCA), which earlier this month officially welcomed Jeffrey Deitch as director. Banker Charles L. Conlan II, Laurence “Diamonds on the Soles of His Shoes” Graff, and real estate magnate Edward J. Minskoff have been elected to MOCA’s board of trustees, joining a group filled with moguls (Eli Broad, Peter Brant, Victor Pinchuk) and artists (John Baldessari, Ed Ruscha, Catherine Opie) alike. No word as to whether the latest additions will mean meetings at Graff’s art-filled South African estate. Pass the shiraz!Meanwhile, back in New York, curator and critic Jeffrey Weiss is headed to the Guggenheim. He has been named curator of the Panza Collection, the 350 works of Minimalist, Post-Minimalist, and Conceptual art that the museum recently received a major grant to conserve. Ted Mann has been appointed assistant curator of the Panza Collection. First up for evaluation by the newly launched Panza Collection Conservation Initiative? Those fragile Flavins.New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.
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