Johanna Burton Departs LA MOCA to Lead ICA Philadelphia

LA MOCA director to helm ICA Philadelphia

Johanna Burton. Photo: Erin Leland Johanna Burton, director of The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, will be leaving to take over the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania. The unusual move to the much smaller institution follows the departure of Zoë Ryan, who headed the ICA from 2020 to 2024 and moved to helm LA’s Hammer Museum. Burton’s joined MOCA in 2021. During her time at the institution, she reinstated i…

Johanna Burton Departs LA MOCA to Lead ICA Philadelphia

Johanna Burton is the next director of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, departing the Museum of Contemporary Art in LA.