Museum of
Contemporary Art
Chicago

Current Exhibitions

• Direct Message: Art, Language, and PowerSat, Oct 26, 2019–Sun, Jan 26, 2020

  

  Seven black-and-white illustrations hang on a white wall. While some depict what appears to be im...

  1. Short Seven black-and-white illustrations hang on a white wall. While some depict what appears to be images of violence, others show mundane objects like a bed, cart, and raft.
• Chicago Works:Assaf EvronTue, Jul 23, 2019–Sun, Mar 1, 2020

  

  A photographic print of a desert scene features a rock formation against a blue sky on a sun-fill...

  1. Short A photograph of a light-colored rock formation shows a cross-section of sediment lines.
  2. Long A photographic print of a desert scene features a rock formation against a blue sky on a sun-filled day. The formation is made up of layers of sediment colored in a range of cream, sand, tan, and umber. The sun rakes across the surface to reveal the texture of the rock and creates long shadows. The central sediment lines are squiggly, winding horizontally across the surface of the rock. Dark crevices appear at the base of the formation and small, dried-up vegetation grows sporadically across the rocky ground. It appears as though it could dried-up riverbed.
• Commons Artist Project:blkHaUS studiosTue, Nov 12, 2019–Sun, Mar 1, 2020

  

  Two people stand on small mounds that are woven like wicker baskets. They are surrounded by four ...

  1. Short Two people stand on small mounds that are woven like wicker baskets. They are surrounded by four other similar mounds and urban greenery.
• Mika Rottenberg: EasypiecesWed, Oct 2, 2019–Sun, Mar 8, 2020

  

  In a short animation, light-skinned hands with vivid yellow finger nails repeatedly massage a lar...

  1. Short In a short animation, light-skinned hands with vivid yellow finger nails repeatedly massage a large mass of mint-green goo.
• The Shape of the FutureSat, Oct 19, 2019–Sun, Apr 5, 2020

  

  In a complex but quiet scene, a tennis court occupies the foreground. Behind the court are a line...

  1. Short In a complex but quiet scene, a tennis court occupies the foreground. Behind the court are a line of modernist buildings, with the Egyptian pyramids looming in the distance.
• Becoming the Breeze: Alex Chitty with Alexander CalderSat, Nov 16, 2019–Sun, Apr 12, 2020

  
• Routes and TerritoriesSat, Nov 2, 2019–Sun, Apr 19, 2020

  

  Two adults stand in an open field.

  1. Short Two adults stand in an open field.
• Atrium Project:Ad MinolitiSat, Dec 7, 2019–Sun, Jun 7, 2020

  

  An abstracted group of curvy shapes is flatly rendered in vivid shades of green, purple, pink, re...

  1. Short An abstracted group of curvy shapes is flatly rendered in vivid shades of green, purple, pink, red, and blue.
• Water After AllSat, Dec 14, 2019–Sun, Jun 14, 2020