To Be Determined
For the opening ceremony of the museum's 50th birthday weekend, Cheryl Lynn Bruce researched, wrote, and presented a "praise poem for the MCA." TO BE DETERMINED by Cheryl Lynn. . . more
Ontario Street
The State Meets Contemporary Art
The museum's Chicago Avenue location was acquired after a three-way negotiation between the State of Illinois, the National Guard, and the MCA.
A Lunchtime Retreat
Helen Zell describes her first encounter with the MCA.
Gordon Matta-Clark’s Last Big Project
Dorie Sternberg remembers Gordon Matta-Clark's MCA exhibition, the last project he undertook before his death from pancreatic cancer in 1978.
The MCA’s 5th Birthday
The rain held off and thousands of people came for hot dogs and beer.
Bakery + Town House = Museum
Laurence O. Booth explains the challenges of turning a town house into galleries.
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
Growing Pains
Penny Pritzker describes the excitement of rethinking the museum's building before the move to Chicago Avenue.