Modern Art Museum Of Contemporary Art Chicago

The mca s permanent collection includes more than 2 500 artworks that span media and movements from the 1920s to the present.

Modern art museum of contemporary art chicago.

The mca chicago is an innovative and compelling center of contemporary art where the. Museum of contemporary art chicago takes pride in our support of nonprofit organizations and schools both locally and across the country. Featuring painting sculpture installation art and new media work the department s significant collection of contemporary art encompasses the many major art movements from 1945 to the present including pop art word art conceptual art minimalism and gutai. The museum of contemporary art in chicago was created as a result of a 1964 meeting of 30 critics collectors and dealers with the idea of organizing and building a museum of contemporary art to compl.

All donation requests will be reviewed within two weeks. Museum of contemporary art chicago address. Just a hop skip and a jump off the magnificent mile stands the museum of contemporary art mca chicago home to some of the world s most intriguing modern artworks installations and performances with a stunning purpose built space and rotating exhibitions featuring its impressive permanent collection and loans from the world s greatest collections the mca is a challenging but. Mca makes membership donations to local 501 c 3 organizations.

The entire collection with images and descriptions is presented here for the first time. Explore it by artist title or creation date. 220 e chicago ave chicago il 60611. Museum of contemporary art chicago.

Generously donated by chicago collectors stefan edlis and gael neeson these 44 paintings sculptures and photographs transform the museum s presentation of contemporary art bringing new depth and perspective to the art institute s already strong holdings and making this collection the strongest of any encyclopedic art museum in the world. Images in this. 179 487 likes 2 170 talking about this 152 807 were here. Museum of contemporary art chicago store 220 east chicago avenue chicago ll 60611 312 397 4000 sign up for special offers open tue.

The museum s collection is composed of thousands of objects of post world war ii visual art the museum is run gallery style with.