Reviews Nicole Eisenman’s Chicago Retrospective Places Her Among the Great Jewish Artists Though her queerness and gender are commonly considered, this show places a new emphasis on her faith. By Alex Greenberger Aug 9, 2024 7:00 am
Interviews Will Rawls Won’t Let His Green Screens Disappear "People say the color green is supposed to look bad on skin, but that's predominately true for white performers," says Rawls. By Emily Watlington Apr 14, 2023 10:16 am
Reviews A Complex Survey of the Caribbean Diaspora in Chicago Goes Beyond Geographical Boundaries Mentioning the Caribbean may conjure images of lush landscapes and isolated leisure on a beach, of palm trees and a shared sea. Many will think of islands, big and small. But whose… By Marina Reyes Franco Apr 12, 2023 11:04 am
Artists Nick Cave’s Maximalist Art That Speaks to Today’s Most Pressing Issues Takes Center Stage at the Artist’s First Career Retrospective Organized by curator Naomi Beckwith, the exhibition is now on view at the MCA Chicago. By Sarah Belmont May 16, 2022 9:00 am
Artists Firelei Báez Brings an Afrofuturist Empire in the Atlantic to the MCA Chicago The New York-based artist's monumental mural 'Untitled (Drexciya)' fills the museum's atrium. By Tessa Solomon Apr 7, 2022 8:00 am
News MCA Chicago Hires New Museum Triennial Curator Jamillah James The institution has also named René Morales as chief curator. By Maximilíano Durón Nov 17, 2021 2:02 pm
News MCA Chicago Makes Round of Layoffs, Intensifying Divisions Between Staff and Leadership Around 10 percent of full-time employees and around half of the museum's part-time employees were cut. By Claire Voon Jan 25, 2021 4:15 pm
News Naomi Beckwith Named Deputy Director and Chief Curator at Guggenheim Museum She is currently the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago's senior curator. By Alex Greenberger Jan 14, 2021 4:43 pm
News MCA Chicago Staff and Administration Eye Each Other Warily in Response to Job Restructurings The new structure comes amid an open letter from staff and a sit-in protest. By Claire Voon Aug 17, 2020 2:43 pm
News Calls for Museums to Divest from Police Intensify as Protests Sweep United States The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago is the latest museum to say it will alter its relationship with local police. By Claire Voon Jun 5, 2020 4:05 pm
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BGR Netflix’s raunchy new film Incoming is a throwback to R-rated comedies like Superbad and American Pie