Strapped for cash, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) said Friday, it would be trimming staff (20%) and cutting operating costs, to help reduce annual expenditure by approximately $4.4-million. In short, out of 160, 32-jobs i. e. 16 full-time and 16 part-time across all museum departments, will be eliminated.

MOCA Chief Executive Charles E. Young has declined to name individuals who will lose their jobs, but revealed the curatorial support, educational and development departments had the largest staff reductions, though curators and senior staff are to be retained.

Considered the most comprehensive contemporary art museum in the western United States , MOCA trustees accepted a $30-million financial bailout last year from billionaire Eli Broad, which helped them effectively eliminate another bailout offer in the form of a merger with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

MOCA's nearly 6,000 works of art produced since the 1940s, include pieces by Roy Lichtenstein, Mark Rothko and Jackson Pollock.