In July 2018, MoMA PS1 curator Klaus Biesenbach was named as the new director of MOCA, following the abrupt resignation of Philippe Vergne.[9] Vergne, formerly the director of the Dia Art Foundation in New York, began his tenure as MOCA's director in January 2014,[10] and ended it amid a series of controversies, including the firing of chief curator Helen Molesworth.[9] In 2021, it was announced that Johanna Burton was joining MOCA as executive director, with Biesenback becoming artistic director.