A Sense of the City, a Sense of the Institution
A 1994 exhibition featured the work of Fred Wilson, whose work deconstructs museum practices and conventions of display. Here, Wilson discusses his research methodology.
Artists
Links to Chicago
All our projects, they happen in their prime time. There is something you can never have it again. It is a matter of the dynamics of the trustees of the. . . more
Meeting Francesco Bonami
Sally Meyers Kovler describes the unbridled energy of Francesco Bonami.
Shaping Chicago
Each exhibition at the MCA contributes to the shape of Chicago, and this change over time is what it means to be contemporary.
Kounellis’s Chicago Narrative
With the Kounellis show, too—even more than the [Magdalena] Abakanowicz, which was using an exhibition space—Kounellis used industrial buildings at the turn of the 19th and 20th century. So this. . . more
Lynne, Carter, and Calder
While searching for work for Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy, Lynne Warren is surprised by an artist's inspiration.
A Legacy of Performance
Ping Chong staged a performance that engaged local artists, and, years later, Tino Seghal did the same.
One of My Biggest Supporters
Lew Manilow, a founding board member of the MCA, was one of Kerry's biggest supporters since the 1990s.