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.

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    Curious Theatre Branch: Still in Play

    Preview the performance in this video interview with Jenny Magnus, a founding co-artistic director of the Curious Theater Branch.

    Five people on a stage in various positions not interacting with each other. A projection of people is on a screen behind them.
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    Motor Cocktail: Aluminum Piano concerts

    Learn more about François and Bernard Baschet’s Aluminum Piano (1962), one of the works included in Motor Cocktail: Sound and Movement in Art of the 1960s.

    A small child's keyboard covered in several shiny metal conical objects, similar to satellite dishes
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    The Mark Bradford Project

    Learn about Mark Bradford's artist residency in this video created for The Mark Bradford Project.

    A person sits on a desk with their back to us in a classroom setting with students sitting at desks with stools placed upside down in front of them
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    The Mark Bradford Project: Mark on TMBP

    Mark Bradford discusses his yearlong residency with Chicago students as part of his MCA artist-in-residence program.

    Two people with dark skin smile in a classroom setting
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    Jim Nutt: On Nutt

    Artists Paul Nudd, Diane Simpson, Gladys Nilsson, and Karl Wirsum discuss Jim Nutt's contributions and influences on their own work.

    A green blob breaks through diagonal lines of white yellow and black
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    Jim Nutt: How Nutt Paints

    Curator Lynne Warren and Jim Nutt discuss the artist's painting processes.

    Cartoonish portrait of a person wearing a hat and spitting out a cigar
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    Luc Tuymans: MCA Mural

    Watch as Belgian artist Luc Tuymans creates his first wall mural in the United States, Inspired by the soaring, light-filled, vaulted ceiling of the MCA’s atrium.

    Two people face a wall with black paint on it
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    Deb Sokolow at MCA Chicago

    Hear from the artist as they install an artwork in "Production Site: The Artist's Studio Inside-Out."

    A female presenting person with brown curly hair pulled back in a ponytail points to an artwork hanging on a wall with her left hand
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    John Neff at MCA Chicago

    Hear from the artist as they install an artwork in "Production Site: The Artist's Studio Inside-Out."

    A male presenting person in an apron stands in front of a step ladder with several pictures hung on a white wall
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    Amanda Ross-Ho at MCA Chicago

    Hear from the artist as they install an artwork in "Production Site: The Artist's Studio Inside-Out."

    View from below as a person reaches over a railing toward a wall with artwork
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    Justin Cooper at MCA Chicago

    Hear from the artist as they install an artwork in "Production Site: The Artist's Studio Inside-Out."

    A closeup of the back of a person's head as they look at a room filled with objects on the floor and a small tv on the wall
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    Nikhil Chopra Live at MCA Chicago

    Hear from the artist as they perform an artwork in "Production Site: The Artist's Studio Inside-Out."

    A person at the entrance of a gallery featuring a person dressed only in white briefs draws a black line on a wall

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