Photo: Adrian Gaut, © MCA Chicago.
I promise you: we will have the title of great museum —Allen Turner
Christo, Museum of Contemporary Art (Packed-Project-About 20,000 Square Foot Surface), 1968. Canvas, twine, plastic, staples, graphite, colored pencil, and marker on paper; sheet: 21 7/8 × 27 3/4 in. (55.6 × 70.5 cm). Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, gift of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Bergman, 1977.27. Photo © MCA Chicago.
That project in Chicago was designed for the winter. We need to have very, very thick cloth. —Christo
Valerie Scher, "The Art of Running a Museum," Parade, Jul 19, 1981. Courtesy of the MCA Library and Archives.
The gentleman to my right said, “Excuse me miss, would you get me a cup of coffee? —Helyn Goldenberg
Installation view, Vito Acconci: A Retrospective 1969–1980, MCA Chicago, Mar 21–May 18, 1980. Photo © MCA Chicago.
"Dear King, Waste Management and the MCA are in the same business. We collect garbage." —King Harris
Installation view, Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy, MCA Chicago Jun 26–Oct 17, 2010. © 2010 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago.
You would often find Ruth and Lindy together in the galleries with Ruth verbally telling her friend what they were seeing —Lisa Key
The MCA at 237 E Ontario Street. Photo © MCA Chicago.
Chicago will have its Museum of Contemporary Art. To everyone who accepts the challenge of the untried and unproven, the museum will offer the excitement of discovery.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's proclamation for MCA Day, Oct 20, 2017.
I hereby proclaim October 21, 2017, to be MCA DAY IN CHICAGO —Rahm Emanuel
It has always been a museum of the new. —Madeleine Grynsztejn