Free | Tuesdays on the Terrace

Curator Tour: Fragments of a Crucifixion

  • June 11, 2019 | 12 pm–1 pm

This event has been canceled. We will reschedule this tour to a later date. For any questions, please contact our Box Office at 312-397-4010.

A black-and-white photograph depicts smoke billowing from a body-sized trench in a clearing with weeds and trees on the horizon.
Ana Mendieta, Untitled (from the Silueta series), 1973–77. Silver dye-bleach print; Sheet: 19 7/8 x 15 7/8 in. (50.5 x 40.3 cm). Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, gift from The Howard and Donna Stone Collection, 2002.46.7. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago © The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection

Join Chanon Kenji Praepipatmongkol, Marjorie Susman Curatorial Fellow, for an in-depth tour of Fragments of a Crucifixion on the museum’s second floor. Fragments of a Crucifixion examines the enduring symbolic relevance of the crucifixion of Christ in today’s culture of diverse religious beliefs.

Live interpretation events are organized by Rosie May, Associate Director of Interpretation and Visitor Research and Meagan Burger, Manager of Interpretation.