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MCA has had some success reinvigorating popular conversation about contemporary art with its David Bowie Is exhibition, which recently wrapped up its run at the museum after drawing nearly 200,000 ...
MCA Chicago worked with many of the active artists in designing their own gallery spaces and creating unique work for the exhibit. MCA exhibit celebrates Chicago’s role as center for comics ...
MCA Chicago reopens with 2 timely, of-the-moment exhibitions ‘Just Connect’ and ‘Seeing Chicago’ are uniquely suited for this chapter of history. Stepfanie Romine.
The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago is a very different-looking institution as 2018 begins than it was in 2017. There’s a top-notch new first-floor restaurant, Marisol, plus cafe and plaza… ...
After the record-setting Bowie exhibit showcased the career of the shape-shifting rock star, the Museum of Contemporary Art is planning its own ch-ch-ch-changes. This morning, the museum announced ...
Museum reopenings continue this week as MCA Chicago welcomed visitors back Tuesday, and the Chicago History Museum and Museum of Science and Industry prepared for Thursday and Sunday reopenings, re… ...
MCA becomes latest Chicago museum to form union An open letter signed by 32 workers cited a number of concerns from overwork because of staff shortages to fair wages and stable benefits.
After reopening briefly at limited capacity over the summer, Chicago museums closed their doors to visitors when Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Tier 3 mitigations in November, responding to a spike ...
Finally, after nine years of trying, Randall Fried is making Heaven Is a Playground, a feature-film adaptation of Rick Telander's inner-city basketball book.
MCA show highlights Puerto Rican diaspora’s impact on Chicago. Puerto Rican Chicagoans shaped the city in the mid-to-late 20th century through art and activism — and continue to do so.