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Look closely at artworks and explore themes of MCA exhibitions with these videos.

A wave-like sculpture made up of repeating heads and feet on a white pedestal in a gallery space
Installation view, The Long Dream, MCA Chicago November 7, 2020–January 17, 2021 Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
Artworks in a gallery lit by a warm glow. A rocking chair appears to float in midair in front of several framed works of art hanging on the wall.
Installation view, The Long Dream, MCA Chicago, Nov 7, 2020–Jan 17, 2021. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
Jim Dine, (American, b. 1935), Tools, 1970. Lithograph on paper; 39 ½ × 53 ¾ in. (100.3 × 139.1 cm). Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of American Art Foundation, 1980.58. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
Wolfgang Tillmans, German, b. 1968, Window Caravaggio, 1997. Chromogenic development print; sheet: 82 ½ × 54 ½ in. (209.6 × 138.4 cm); framed: 86 5/8 × 58 ½ × 2 ½ in. (220 × 148.6 × 6.4 cm). Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Joseph and Jory Shapiro Fund by exchange, 2006.13. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
Two mossy stone figures with human legs and fish torsos sit leaning against each other on a mossy stone by the seashore. On the horizon the shape of a double-masted sailing vessel made out of water rises out of the sea and cuts into the blue, cloud-filled sky.
René Magritte, Belgian, 1898–1967, Les merveilles de la nature (The Wonders of Nature), 1953. Oil on canvas; encased: 42 5/8 × 50 5/8 × 6 1/2 in. (108.3 × 128.6 × 16.5 cm). Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Joseph and Jory Shapiro, 1982.48. Photo: Nathan Keay © MCA Chicago
Squiggly Window Art installation view Photo: James Jankowiak
Illustration of three people holding up their left hands and a cat
Lizz Ortiz, Paper Dolls Image courtesy of artist
H.C. Westermann, Memorial to the Idea of Man If He Was an Idea, 1958. Pine, bottle caps, cast-tin toys, glass, metal, brass, ebony, and enamel; 56 1/2 × 38 × 14 1/4 in. (143.5 × 96.5 × 36.2 cm). Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Susan and Lewis Manilow Collection of Chicago Artists, 1993.34. Photo: Nathan Keay © MCA Chicago
An illustrated guide shows twelve steps to creating crankie scrolls. Courtesy of Myra Su
An illustration labeled Hand-made Toy Balls with instructions to collect plastic bags and newspapers, wrinkle the paper, wrap it in the plastic bag, compress the bag and tie it tight, then decorate it with yarn, and play with your newly made ball
An informational illustration demonstrating how to make hand-made toy balls from recycled materials. Drawings by Angella Kilabo. Graphic design by Rosario A. Aybar.
White text on a dark grey background reads Visitor Resources, What can you do if your children see nudity or sex in art? A resource for caregivers with children under twelve
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Broken Portrait example by Corinne Mucha
A left hand holds out a pink object that has the imprints of the fingers in it from being squeezed
Squeeze playdough to make a hand impression.
A large and neat stack of white paper with a black border sits on a concrete floor.
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, "Untitled" (The End), 1990. Print on paper, endless copies; 22 in. (at ideal height) x 28 x 22 in. (55.9 x 71.1 x 55.9 cm) (original paper size). Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, restricted gift of Carlos and Rosa de la Cruz; Bernice and Kenneth Newberger Fund, 1995.11. © The Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation, courtesy of Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
Selva Aparicio, Tejo (Hopscotch) (detail), 2018. Steel, felt, and Portland cement casts from human dead donors; 2 x 192 x 48 in. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Robert Chase Heishman.
Two people sitting in chairs across from each other knit one long piece of fabric.
Performance view, Stan Shellabarger & Dutes Miller: Untitled (Pink Tube), MCA Chicago, Oct 15–Nov 19, 2013 Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago