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Mass MoCA

The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), opened in 1999, is located in North Adams, Massachusetts. It occupies a vast complex of 19th-century factory buildings and is one of the largest centers for contemporary visual and performing arts in the United States. Mass MoCA is renowned for its large-scale installations and innovative exhibitions, featuring artists such as Sol LeWitt, Anselm Kiefer and Jenny Holzer. The museum offers dynamic public programs, performances, and educational initiatives, making it a significant cultural institution dedicated to contemporary art and creativity. Read more about Museums.

Two performers sit on a dark stage illuminated by large glowing red and orange screens, creating an abstract digital environment around them.

How Kay Matschullat’s MAX Is Rewriting the Language of Performance in the Age of Techno Art

In her transdisciplinary Media Art Xploration series, science provides the data that art transforms into sensory and emotional experiences.
By Elisa Carollo

The Best Gifts From Museum Shops

A treasure trove of artful delights.
By Merin Curotto
An open gallery space with wood floors, white walls and high ceilings has installed a row of framed photos and a large freestanding work featuring an American soldier taking an oath

One Fine Show: ‘Vincent Valdez, Just a Dream…’ at MASS MoCA

The survey spans 25 years of work confronting American violence, memory and power.
By Dan Duray
A large, open gallery space with brightly lit windows showcasing colorful, textile-based installations, including suspended garments and vibrant, geometric patterns on elevated platforms, with a mural of a large, circular rainbow-like image on the far wall.

As NEA Cuts Hit Hard, Arts Groups Ready Their Fundraising Pitches

By Daniel Grant
A large, open gallery space with brightly lit windows showcasing colorful, textile-based installations, including suspended garments and vibrant, geometric patterns on elevated platforms, with a mural of a large, circular rainbow-like image on the far wall.

One Fine Show: Jeffrey Gibson’s ‘POWER FULL BECAUSE WE’RE DIFFERENT’ at MASS MoCA

By Dan Duray
Climate activists call on NYC's Museum of Modern Art to drop board chair

The Year in Museums: Political Unrest on One Side and Major Gifts on the Other

By Daniel Grant
An art installation with hanging heads

One Fine Show: “Steve Locke, the fire next time” at MASS MoCA

By Dan Duray
Colorful artwork mounted from the ceiling and on walls in a large gallery space

One Fine Show: “Eluding Capture” at MASS MoCA

By Dan Duray

The 9 Must-See Museum Exhibitions of Summer 2021

By Helen Holmes

The New Dia Chelsea is Bolder, Streamlined and Ready to Elevate Talented Artists

By Helen Holmes

MASS MoCA is Going to Open a New James Turrell ‘Skyspace’ in May

By Helen Holmes
"Slowed and Throwed: Records of the City Through Mutated Lenses" at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston.

Spring’s Best Museum Shows Celebrate the Influence of Daring Experimentalists

By Helen Holmes

Ad Minoliti Riffs on the Visual Language of Kid’s Books in Her Otherworldly Installations

By Mariana Fernandez

Annie Lennox: ‘I’m a Magpie of Sorts.’ How She Amassed All the Items in Her Mass MoCA Exhibition

By Laura Pitcher

50 Years On, the Art That Defined 1969 Is More Relevant Than Ever

By Paddy Johnson
Installation view of "An Archaeology of Another Possible Future," by Lizz Glynn, on view at Mass MoCA.

Liz Glynn Questions the Direction of American Progress at Mass MoCA

By Margaret Carrigan
Wilco performs at Solid Sound.

5 Ways Wilco’s Biennial Music Festival Outdid Larger Summits

By Justin Joffe
Martin Shkreli smirking his way through a Congressional hearing.

Gallery ‘Sorry’ for Pro-Trump Art Show, Christie’s Opens Beijing Outpost … And More

By Guelda Voien
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See Alex Da Corte’s Wildly Psychedelic Immersive Installations at MASS MoCA

By Karen Robinovitz
Renderings of the Global Contemporary Art Museum (GCAM) in North Adams, Massachusetts. (Photo: © Gluckman Tang Architects)

Berkshires Boom? Museum Honcho Tom Krens Unveils Plans for Huge, For-Profit Art Hub

By Alanna Martinez
Thomas Krens. (Photo: ©Patrick McMullan)

He’s Back: Former Guggenheim Czar Tom Krens Plans For-Profit MegaMuseum in Berkshires

By Alanna Martinez
Christian Jankowski. (Courtesy Patrick McMullan)

Art World Abstracts: Manifesta 11 Gets a Chief Curator, And More!

By Nate Freeman

Lifting the Veil: Izhar Patkin Celebrates Mass MoCA Show

By Zoë Lescaze

Weekend in New England

By Amanda Julius
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