Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
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The Living End
Challenge your assumptions about painting with this major exhibition.
![Grayscale painting of two people sitting at a table with several works of art behind them, all rendered in different artistic styles.](https://media.mcachicago.org/image/LWSBCQX8/original.jpg)
On Stage: Lineages
![A group of people of various ethnicities holding various positions against a black brick wall.](https://media.mcachicago.org/image/M3DKJAX5/original.jpg)
Miguel Gutierrez: Super Nothing, 2024. Photo: Amelia Golden.
Bold performances confront colonial histories and cultural lineages in our spring performance series. Tickets now available!
21Minus Proposals
![A young person's back is to us as they lift a cluster of pink balloons over their head in the MCA's atrium. Surrounding them are a sea of balloons and people doing similar playful motions.](https://media.mcachicago.org/image/JAVNUS8H/original.jpg)
TCA members and 21Minus attendees participate in popping pink balloons in the MCA atrium
Photo: Mikayla DelsonCalling anyone 21 or younger—submit your project idea for 21Minus! Submissions are due February 15.
Family Days
![A group of kids raise their arms, mirroring the pose of an adult standing in front of them in a room full of planters hanging from the ceiling](https://media.mcachicago.org/image/LYHON0YV/original.jpg)
Enjoy a new season of art-making with local artists, every second Saturday, October through May!
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Andrea Carlson considers her relationship to landscape in this short documentary created for her exhibition, Shimmer on Horizons.
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