Tag: Mass MoCA

In new MoCA show, artists summon the power of talismans, rituals   In Gelare Khoshgozaran’s “U.S. Customs Demands to Know,” packages from the artist’s parents in Tehran become illuminated lanterns. The work is part of the new “Like Magic” show at Mass MoCA. Photo courtesy of Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art   By KATE ABBOTTContributing read more

New MoCA show draws on the thrills, bright lights of amusement parks   Viewers can sign up to ride the single-cart roller coaster at the center of “Brake Run Helix,” the new installation by Los Angeles artist EJ Hill at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. Courtesy Mass MoCA   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer NORTH read more

Ceramics, sculpture anchor new shows at Mass MoCA   Tomato frames bound together with kudzu vines form one portion of Lily Cox-Richard’s new installation, “Weep Holes,” at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams. The museum also has a new group show, “Ceramics in the Expanded Field,” with works by eight artists. Photo read more

Los Angeles artist Glenn Kaino comes to Mass MoCA, honoring a history of protest in film and music, shadow play and illusion. By Kate Abbott read more

Los Angeles photographer Clifford Prince King offers images of refuge and care in ‘Close to You,’ a solo show of photography at Mass MoCA. By Kate Abbott read more

Exhibit at Mass MoCA tells story of Montana’s Apsaalooke nation   A large cutout drawn from a historical photo is part of Wendy Red Star’s new exhibit, “Apsaalooke: Children of the Large-Beaked Bird,” in the Kidspace at Mass MoCA. Courtesy Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. He is read more

MoCA show explores ways to forge links across cultures, media   A detail view of Jimena Sarno’s “taracata trabaja” (2018), shows an image of the hornero, the national bird of Argentina, on ceramic plates. The sound installation, with music by Axel Krygier based on the bird’s song, will be included in “Kissing through a Curtain,” read more

In MoCA group show, artists explore human condition in post-truth era   Titus Kaphar’s oil painting “Seeing Through Time 2” (2018) is among works by 16 artists that are gathered in the group show “Suffering from Realness” that opened last month at Mass MoCA. courtesy Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer read more

A winding multi-colored pathway gives the feeling of being on a gameboard as it leads visitors through “Mind of the Mound: Critical Mass.” The show by artist Trenton Doyle Hancock opened last month at Mass MoCA. Photo courtesy of Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art   By JOHN SEVENContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. Every art show read more

MoCA show draws on artist’s experiences of rural South Allison Janae Hamilton’s “When the Wind Has Teeth” (2015) is among the works featured in her new show, “Pitch,” which opened March 24 at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams. courtesy Mass MoCA   By JOHN SEVENContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. A new read more