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Home » Michael Darling

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Posted inArts & Culture

‘The Long Dream’ and a labor nightmare

by Kerry Cardoza March 3, 2021August 18, 2021

The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago’s latest exhibit preaches equity, but behind the scenes artists and former museum employees are demanding real change.

Posted inArts & Culture

Who’s the octopus in Takashi Murakami’s ‘The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg’?

by Tal Rosenberg June 14, 2017August 18, 2021

A new exhibit of the Japanese artist’s work at the Museum of Contemporary Art is a dizzying depiction of the current cultural moment.

Posted inArts & Culture

The MCA’s ‘Riot Grrrls’ brings art girls to the forefront

by Brianna Wellen January 3, 2017August 18, 2021

A new exhibit of female painters responds to gender inequality.

Posted inBlogs

The U.S. Pizza Museum, Adler After Dark, and more things to do this week in Chicago

by Marc Daalder July 18, 2016August 18, 2021

Burgers and Beer 5K, Summer Night Market, and more happenings from July 18-21.

Posted inBlogs

How to get ‘David Bowie Is’ to come to your town

by Aimee Levitt September 23, 2014August 18, 2021

And a few other fun facts about the exhibit currently at the MCA

12 Ballads for Huguenot House
Posted inArts & Culture

The house Theaster Gates built

by Aimee Levitt May 10, 2013August 19, 2021

Theaster Gates’s 12 Ballads for Huguenot House goes on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art.

Abelardo Morell's camera obscura image of the Empire State Building in bedroom
Posted inArts & Culture

Landscape with really huge phalluses

by Sam Worley July 10, 2012August 19, 2021

The Museum of Contemporary Art presents “Skyscraper: Art and Architecture Against Gravity”

Posted inBlogs

“New York City is like Disneyland and LA is a freak show”

by Elly Fishman April 2, 2012August 19, 2021

Interview with Dieter Roelstraete, the new Manilow senior curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

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