A Legacy of Performance
Ping Chong staged a performance that engaged local artists, and, years later, Tino Seghal did the same.
1980s
Few Resources, Lots of Creativity
Starting out with few resources, the MCA found ways to connect audiences with artists in programs such as gallery talks with Vito Acconci and Jeff Koons.
Chicago Art Goes International
A trip to Documenta in 1982 shows Chicago collectors and museum-goers a bit more of the international art world.
On Magdalena Abakanowicz
King Harris buys five charcoal drawings from Abakanowicz's 1983 exhibition.
Small, but Ambitious
Lynne Warren describes what it was like working for the MCA in the 1980s.
Turning the Building Inside Out
Judith Kirshner describes two exhibitions by artists who thought outside of the box.
Launching a Museum Career
Ann Goldstein, now the Deputy Director, and Chair and Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Art Institute of Chicago, talks about her first museum job. The MCA holds. . . more
A Whole City
Judy Freeman recalls a site-specific work by Charles Simonds in the MCA's Ontario Street building.