Hammer Museum, LACMA, and MOCA Establish MAC3, Joint Collection of Contemporary Art by Los Angeles Artists through Gift from Jarl and Pamela Mohn

(Los Angeles, CA—August 26, 2024) The directors of the Hammer Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, announced today the creation of a jointly owned and managed collection to be founded through the acquisition of 260 artworks from the collection of Los Angeles philanthropists Jarl and Pamela Mohn. The Mohn collection, largely amassed over the last 19 years, is comprised of paintings, sculptures, and mixed-media works by Los Angeles-based artists. The initial gift of artworks seeds what will become a continually growing collection as the Mohns will additionally create an endowment for annual acquisitions in addition to expenses related to the ongoing care and storage of the collection.