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.
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MCA Chicago Plaza Project: Martin Creed
In early August 2012, London-based artist Martin Creed debuted an ambitious new sculpture created especially for the MCA plaza.
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Stew and the Negro Problem, Chicago song cycle
Stew and collaborator Heidi Rodewald discuss their newest song cycle, developed during a summer MCA Stage residency.
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Teatro Buendia: Pedro Páramo
Watch a preview of one of the greatest magical realism tales in Latin American literature—staged by Havana's Flora Lauten and Raquel Carrió.
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Lorraine O'Grady Talk
Lorraine O'Grady discusses her practice, with a particular focus on her work from the 1980s.
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Teen Creative Agency
Learn more about this creative leadership program for Chicagoland youth from some of its current participants.
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Martin Creed Plays Chicago: Meet Martin Creed
Documentation of the introductory artist talk/performance that took place in the Edlis Neeson Theater on February 11, 2012.
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This Will Have Been: Guerrilla Girls on Art, Love & Politics in the 1980s
Artist Frida Kahlo of the Guerrilla Girls discusses the implications of the 1970s feminist movement.
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Audio Tour: This Will Have Been
Learn about the themes and works featured in "This Will Have Been" from the curator and artists featured in the exhibition.
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1980s Gallery Talk: Gregg Bordowitz
Artists and scholars lead gallery conversations based on the major themes of This Will Have Been: Art Love and Politics in the 1980s.
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This Will Have Been: A Mixtape
