MAC3 Buys Out the Biennial
Gabriela Ruiz, Collective Scream , 2025. Mohn Art Collective (MAC3) In August 2024 the Hammer, LACMA, and MOCA announced the Mohn Art Collective (MAC3) , an alliance to buy and share contemporary art funded by Jarl and Pamela Mohn. The Mohns' founding gift included 260 works by L.A. artists, many drawn from the Hammer's "Made in L.A." biennials. Great concept, but how does it work going forward? The just-closed 2025 biennial offers the first data point. MAC3 acquisitions include a strong sample of "Made in L.A. 2025" artists , starting with Mohn Award winner Ali Eyal. His sole work in the show, a hellish vision of street-vendor capitalism outside New York's 9/11 memorial, was purchased. Ali Eyal, And Look Where I Went , 2025 So were Pat O'Neill's photograph of a car and palm tree (featured on the street banners); Alonzo Davis' Eye on '84 ( recreated as the stairway commission); Gabriela Ruiz's Collective Scream; Beaux Mendes...
