“It Was Thrilling”
The MCA's first years were marked by experimentation and excitement. Helyn Goldenberg recalls some highlights.
Christo
Wrapping the MCA
Christo describes the materials and methods that were used for his MCA project.
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
Inside and Outside
Christo works with a group of students from SAIC to wrap the MCA—his first and only US museum wrap.
Christo and Jan van der Marck
Christo became friends with the first director of the MCA, Jan van der Marck, just prior to the museum's founding.
Friends with the Founders
Christo's friendships with some of MCA's founders—dating back to the early sixties—led to the 1968 project Packed.
Wrapping the MCA Sign
How fabric was stitched together to cover the MCA sign.
Joseph Randall Shapiro and the Fire Department
Fire inspectors come to inspect the Christo installation and are "reassured" by Joe Shapiro.