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Installation view, Simon Starling: Metamorphology, MCA Chicago, Jun 7–Nov 2, 2014

Gillian Fry © MCA Chicago

Contemporary Art 101 Tours

About Contemporary Art Tours

What is contemporary art?

Come ready to unpack this question and more in this 20-minute interactive tour led by MCA Learning staff. Uncover new insights with a different artwork on the third Thursday of every month.

Join us in the atrium at noon.

Tours

Tour guide and visitors with artwork

Our intimate tours offer engaging conversations with docents or artist guides. Pictured: Public tour of The Language of Less (Then and Now), Oct 18, 2011

Photo: Nathan Keay © MCA Chicago

To maintain social distancing, the MCA is currently only offering Private Tours

Private Tours

Photo: Nathan Keay,

Private guided tours are led by artist guides—practicing artists who receive special training around each MCA exhibition. Our guides are experts at sharing background information about the artists and artworks, providing social and historical context, and creating connections with everyday life.