Video

Telling a range of stories about contemporary art and our community—from videos made by teens to studio visits to documentaries—MCA videos amplify the individual voices of the museum.

Results

  • Video

    Duro Olowu: Seeing Chicago

    Nigerian-born British fashion designer and guest curator Duro Olowu defines cosmopolitanism and what it means to see the world around you.

    Duro Olowu gestures with his hands on a patterned couch amid artwork
  • Video

    Video Portraits

    Watch stories behind the objects from the collectors themselves in these video portraits, produced by FCB in collaboration with the MCA, highlighting the works in the "Commons Artist Project: blkHaUS studios."

    The torso of a person with light brown skin wearing a purple shirt and a puka shell necklace rests their hands on either side of a small clay sculpture with a looped top handle.
  • Video

    Talk: Brendan Fernandes with January Parkos Arnall

    View documentation of the artist and curator discussing Fernandes's dance-based exhibition in the Commons.

  • Video

    Virgil Abloh

    Virgil Abloh discusses his wide-ranging influences and the creative philosophy that has shaped his career in fashion and beyond.

    Virgil Abloh watering a garden while standing on his
  • Video

    Talk: Allen Ruppersberg and Amanda Ross-Ho

    Documentation of the conversation filmed in the Edlis Neeson Theater on November 17, 2018, as part of the opening day for West by Midwest.

    Three people sit in black chairs on a black stage
  • Video

    Jonathas de Andrade: One to One

    Learn more about Jonathas de Andrade and his artistic process in this video created for the exhibition.

    A man builds a wooden structure in a room with a modern pendant light behind him
  • Video

    Talk: Claudia Rankine with Will Rawls

    Watch video documentation of the event.

    Three people sit on a dark stage looking at the person in the middle who holds a microphone up to their mouth
  • Video

    Talk: Andrea Bowers and Emory Douglas

    Explore how activism influences art and artists in this talk from December 12, 2018.

    Two people holding microphones sit in black leather seats on a black stage
  • Video

    Laurie Simmons

    Laurie Simmons discusses the repeated—but ever-evolving—themes of artifice, domesticity, gender, and the construct of images in her work.

    A light-skinned woman with brown hair that is pulled back into a bun against a gray backdrop
  • Video

    Move Me Soul's 10th Anniversary Celebration

    Video documentation of Move Me Soul's 10th anniversary celebration featuring five performances from the company's repertoire and a conversation.

    Two dancers on stage in flowy blue dresses, one lifts the other in the air
  • Video

    Dialogue Keynote: Elaine Welteroth

    Hear the keynote address for our 2019 Dialogue series, which addresses diversity, youth empowerment, and inclusion.

    A person with full brown hair and milk chocolate skin sits on a black stage while they hold a microphone to their mouth with their left hand
  • Video

    Michael Rakowitz: Backstroke of the West

    Join artist Michael Rakowitz and curator Omar Kholeif for a plate of kubba shwandar as they reflect on Rakowitz’s work, hospitality vs. hostility, Star Wars, and translation.

    Michael Rakowitz, a man with dark curly hair and a mustache, leans against a kitchen counter, talking to a person sitting

Pagination Links