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Happy #InternationalCatDay! "Felix" by artist Maurizio Cattelan is inspired by SUE the Tyrannosaurus Rex at the @fieldmuseum. In supersizing a benign house cat skeleton, and thereby creating a powerful even potentially unsettling artwork, Cattelan invites viewers to enjoy fantasy more than truth. (at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago)
We've gone wrong in the mind tank after @noelfielding11 from "The Mighty Boosh" visited us this afternoon. Cheers Noel! (at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago)
We need your vote in #ArtMadness today! Our "Rabbit" by Jeff Koons takes on @hammer_museum's sculpture in the museum version of #MarchMadness brackets. Vote online 👉 polarb.com/236722 (at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago)
"Art does not solve problems, but it makes us aware of their existence. It opens our eyes to see, and our brains to imagine." —Magdalena Abakanowicz #wednesdaywisdom #art #artquote #quote #womenshistorymonth #SheInspiresMe #sculpture (at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago)
✈️ Incredible capture by @andy.robot on #MCAPlaza over @casadacunha's sculpture "Figurehead." (Do you have a shot that you think we should post? Direct message us via Instagram with it.) (at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago)
#TBT #throwbackthursday A year ago #DavidBowieIs closed this week and these mysterious (and suspicious) babysitter posters disappeared too—DO NOT HIRE JARETH G KING AS A SITTER!! 😈👶 (at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago)
No Candy Crush or FPS here: @bitbashchicago brings their alternative video game festival to the MCA tomorrow at 6 pm; FREE for IL residents and we're open until 8 pm. #gamer #chicago #videogame #gameon (at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago)
How products were displayed, sold, and motivated consumers fascinated many pop artists, including, of course, Andy Warhol. Discover more in #MCAPopArt opening to the public tomorrow. (at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago)
We're very pleased to note that The #FreedomPrinciple has been selected by the UK's @guardian as the #1 art exhibition in the US for 2015. If you agree, tell us what made this show number 1 for you! (at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago)
Congratulations to our current artists in residence, eighth blackbird, on their @grammypro nomination for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance!
eighth blackbird is nominated to win their fourth Grammy for their album Filament, featuring works by Bryce Dessner of The National, Nico Muhly, @sonlux, and Philip Glass.
eighth blackbird will extends its yearlong MCA residency with performances of Hand Eye in January and two concerts featuring new works by Dessner and composer David T. Little in March.
Thanks to @abbijacobson for stopping by The #FreedomPrinciple last week before it closed! (at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago)
Wadsworth Jarrell, New Orleans–style group photo in painter Wadsworth Jarrell’s backyard, c. 1968
The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now links the vibrant legacy of the 1960s African American avant-garde to current art and culture. It is occasioned in part by the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), of which Wadsworth Jarrell was a member. A still-flourishing organization of Chicago, the AACM still brings musicians whose interdisciplinary explorations expanded the boundaries of jazz together.
To learn more about The Freedom Principle visit the Museum of Contemporary Art website.
There is nothing a yeti hates more than singed fur when trying to remove a frozen pizza from the oven. It's just . . . abominable. Get the Yeti Oven Mitt at mcachicagostore.org (at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago)
☁️☁️☁️🐦🐦🐦☁️☁️☁️ #chitecture #chigram #Chicago #sculpture #MCAChicago (at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago)
Our MCA talk with Ania Jaworksa and the exhibition’s curator, Grace Deveney, will be at the museum tomorrow, November 14 at 3 pm. It’s free with admission. More information: http://bit.ly/1kTgvfQ
The exhibit is open through January 31, 2016.
Hi. We’ve launched the first version of our new website + a new logo, and graphic design: http://mcachicago.org (at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago)
This peaceful fall moment in our sculpture garden is brought to you by #NationalStressAwarenessDay. #Chicago #igchicago #chitecture #chigram #MCAChicago #instagood #sculpture #art (at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago)
