MOCA Cleveland Director Jill Snyder Resigns Following Cancellation of Exhibition on Police Violence

The Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland's executive director, Jill Snyder, resigned last Friday after being with the institution for the past 23 years. Snyder's resignation follows MOCA's public apology earlier this month surrounding the cancellation of Shaun Leonardo's exhibition on police violence entitled "The Breath of Empty Space." Leonardo was initially going to display his charcoal drawings of Black victims of police brutality including Eric Garner and Tamir Rice -- first reported by ...