After a tumultuous several years, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles is set to announce its new director. The role is expected to go to Philippe Vergne, director of the Dia Art Foundation in New York, according to a report from the New York Times, citing unidentified sources.

News of the long-awaited appointment comes a week after MOCA announced that it had achieved its goal of a $100 million endowment. Much of the money was raised in the past year, from just $6 million in 2008.

Vergne would take over for Jeffrey Deitch, who was also plucked from New York and had brought on some controversy during his tenure from 2010 to last summer.

Controversy has come Vergne's way, too, including his decision to sell works from the Dia's collections to fund new acquistions. At a Sotheby's sale, the works fetched $38.4 million.

Museum trustees were on the search committee along with prominent California artists who had resigned from the board in 2012 over the museum's course, namely, John Baldessari, Catherine Opie, Ed Ruscha and Barbara Kruger.