The MCA’s grounds include a variety of free spaces, and there is art by artists of local and international renown in all of them. Explore the temporary and semi-permanent projects on view now in the Atrium, the Commons, the Sculpture Garden, the Street, and our restaurant, Marisol.
The MCA commissioned British artist Chris Ofili(b. 1968) to design an immersive artwork for Marisol. The vibrant wall painting in the private dining room is based on this watercolor study depicting a sorceress in a cave, two figures, and a mythical beast. Ofili also designed the restaurant's color scheme and the flowers and birds on the walls and windows. The work exemplifies the blending of the imagined and the real in Ofili's works.
Mexico City–based architecture firm Pedro y Juana (Ana Paula Ruiz Galindo and Mecky Reuss) created the site-specific installation From the Tropics with Love for the Commons. The installation includes an urban garden consisting of 221 planters and lamps (named Brunhilde,