Art worth taking a minute with.
Spend some time at the MCA and explore our fully-activated museum.
📸 @jalenntaylor in our "Virginia Jaramillo: Principle of Equivalence" exhibition.
In her MCA exhibition, Maryam Taghavi creates new works that expand her interest in perception by interrogating the space between the illusive vanishing point of the horizon and the immutability of distance.
"Chicago Works: Maryam Taghavi مریم تقوی" is closing soon on July 14.
Make sure to stop in!
All galleries at the MCA are open!
Explore hundreds of pieces of art, sculpture, and video at one of the best contemporary art museums in the Midwest. On view:
"Arthur Jafa: Works from the MCA Collection"
“Chicago Works: Maryam Taghavi”
"Descending the Staircase"
"Nicole Eisenman: What Happened"
“Atrium Project: Do Ho Suh”
"Virginia Jaramillo: Principle of Equivalence"
“Trade Windings: De-Lineating the American Tropics”
"Edie (The Destroyer)"
Although Eisenman has made sculptures since the 1990s, she has increasingly focused on the medium, bringing her wit and material exploration into three dimensions. This monumental sculpture is an ode to the artist's cat, Edie, who entered her life during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Underscoring the amusingly exaggerated impact of an otherwise diminutive housecat, Eisenman has rendered the larger-than-life bronze head as a wrecking ball, tethered by a chain to a crane.
Eisenman selected this particular crane, emblazoned with the manufacturer's name MARSDEN, as an homage to the US artist Marsden Hartley (1877-1943). With this nod to art history, Eisenman traces a lineage between Hartley's vibrant paintings and her own figurative style.
He greets you as soon as you walk inside.
Learn more about “LeRage” and Arthur Jafa’s work in “Arthur Jafa: Works from the MCA Collection.”
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Discover the creativity of Chicago artists and designers with our curated collection.⭐ From @kidochicago to @hebrubrantley , shop unique gifts ranging from apparel, accessories, kids activities, and much more.
Tickets for the 2024 season of Chicago Performs are now on sale! Grab tickets at the link in our bio.
We're thrilled to bring back an intimate festival of live arts highlighting essential local artists on a national platform.
The 2024 iteration of Chicago Performs includes work by cat mahari, Lynkanthea, and Every house has a door, who will present a variety of performances across the MCA’s grounds, including the Edlis Neeson Theater and the Anne & John Kern Terrace Garden.
Their works include a play-inspired performance, lush and environmental musical activations that transform the MCA Stage, and an outdoor performance inspired by The Carnival of the Animals that addresses climate change.
Summer is SIZZLING at the MCA!
There’s something for everyone on our event and exhibition lists. 📃
Check it out at the link in our bio.
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On this day in 2018 we opened, "I Was Raised on the Internet."
"I Was Raised on the Internet" focused on how the Internet has changed how we experience the world. Due to new types of gaming and entertainment and the rise of social media and alternative modes of representation, the every day is no longer what it used to be.
The ways we interact have shifted through the connected nature of telecommunications devices across the internet, including mobile applications, social media platforms, and large search engines that have become everyday tools for individuals from all walks of life.
The exhibition was organized by former Manilow Senior Curator and Director of Global Initiatives Omar Kholeif.
You can learn more about all of the artists included in this exhibition on our website.
