Stories
From experimental art to the Chicago creative community, MCA Stories offer insight to contemporary culture through the voices of artists, archivists, writers, and more.
Results
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Video
Introducing Chicago Performs
Hear from the three artists debuting works at our new fall series, Chicago Performs.
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Video
Martine Syms
Martine Syms describes how humor, complexity, and visual culture inform her conceptual project She Mad.
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Book
Nick Cave: Forothermore
Hardcover; 304 pages with 250 color illustrations. Copublished by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and DelMonico Books•Prestel.
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Video
Nick Cave: Forothermore
Learn more about Nick Cave's artistic process in this video created for the exhibition "Nick Cave: Forothermore."
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Video
Talk: Omar Velázquez with Carla Acevedo-Yates
Hear from artist Omar Velázquez in this virtual conversation with Carla Acevedo-Yates.
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Video
Identity and Dissent with Patrisse Cullors and Alice Sheppard
Two artists share their strategies for holding multiple viewpoints and pushing against the impulse to frame and label their practice.
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Video
Andrea Bowers
Andrea Bowers talks about how her artistic practice has evolved over three decades and how she creates work with and about activists.
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Video
Talk: Sanctuary In Chicago and Centro Sin Fronteras
In tandem with the exhibition Andrea Bowers, the MCA presents a discussion about sanctuary in Chicago.
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Video
TV for Your Body
Look at art that depicts bodies to think about how we see and feel about our bodies.
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Article
In Darkness, a Language Forms
Wresting language from its public functions, Kent explores how a private, invented language can forge new modes of intimacy, affiliation, and belonging.
