After nearly six months of intensive drafting and painting by a team of some sixty-five artists and art students, Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective is fully … Read more
Spencer Finch, the subject of a major mid-career survey at MASS MoCA in 2007 titled What Time is it on the Sun?, returns to the museum in May 2017 with a long-term … Read more
Louise Bourgeois described her artistic practice as an attempt to work through whatever tumult plagued her — psychologically, personally, artistically — to find perfect … Read more
MASS MoCA Building 4, 2nd Floor + 5A Jimena Sarno engages craft traditions to imagine a future built on values of collectivity, reconfiguration, and repair. For Rhapsody, … Read more
Jarvis Rockwell’s collection has “walk” over to nearby Hotel Downstreet to be displayed in Studio 03 off the main lobby after being on exhibit at MASS MoCA. Take in the … Read more
Victoria Palermo Bus Stand Off – Campus on Main Street in North Adams The Bus Stand, designed by artist Victoria Palermo, is a public artwork and permanent addition … Read more
The comparison of a city’s clock to a person’s heart, though it has been made countless times, remains evocative. When Christina Kubisch first visited MASS MoCA in 1996, … Read more
A Coin in the Corner is an installation of 100 special-edition minted coins by Toronto-based artist Micah Lexier. Originally commissioned as part of MASS MoCA’s 2012 … Read more
Sarah Oppenheimer creates precise instruments for manipulating our built environment–altering our frame of spatial reference, displacing our experience of inside and out, … Read more
Julianne Swartz’s work is rooted in emotion, vulnerability, and the provocation to recognize and connect to one another as feeling human beings. Over the years Swartz has … Read more
Photographer Nicholas Whitman began photographing North Adams’ abandoned Sprague Electric Company factory in 1988 “because it would surely be razed.” Documenting the … Read more
Spencer Finch, the subject of a major mid-career survey at MASS MoCA in 2007 titled What Time is it on the Sun?, returns to the museum in May 2017 with a long-term … Read more
Building #6 Sarah Crowner’s gorgeous 10 × 20 foot tile mural Wall (Hot Blue Terra Cotta) — fabricated for her recent MASS MoCA exhibition — now guides visitors in and out … Read more
Louise Bourgeois described her artistic practice as an attempt to work through whatever tumult plagued her — psychologically, personally, artistically — to find perfect … Read more
Laurie Anderson is one of today’s premier multimedia artists, known for her achievements as a visual artist, composer, poet, photographer, filmmaker, vocalist, and … Read more
Hunter Hallway Rooted in observation and fueled by a curiosity about the history of objects and handicraft processes, Carly Glovinski makes work that explores the … Read more
Primary Separation was first designed by the artist Donald Gummer in 1969 in a small model, and was realized here at full scale in 2006. The sculpture consists of a … Read more
Over a period of fifty years, Gunnar Schonbeck assembled a collection of hundreds of instruments, handmade from a diverse and unexpected range of materials. His … Read more
Joe Wardwell currently on view at Mass MoCA (1040 Mass MoCA Way, North Adams, MA) in Building #6 Boston-based artist Joe Wardwell’s Hello America: 40 Hits from the 50 … Read more
I can make the sky any color you choose.” — James Turrell Thirty years in the making, James Turrell’s largest free-standing circular Skyspace in North America — titled … Read more
Martin Puryear’s monumental sculpture Big Bling has landed for at least the next five years at MASS MoCA. Sited at the museum’s extreme southern perimeter in the heart of … Read more
Renowned watercolor artist Barbara Ernst Prey paints a monumental watercolor for MASS MoCA’s expansion. Prey’s work will be 8 feet tall by 15 feet wide and depicts the … Read more
Sónia Almeida will present three site-responsive installations for this exhibition in public spaces at the Clark. Almeida (b. 1978, Lisbon; lives and works in Boston) is … Read more
B6: The Robert W. Wilson Building Responding to the rapidly advancing technologies that are shaping our daily lives and social fabric, the artists in Technologies of … Read more
Throughout the American War for Independence, scores of images circumnavigated the globe, fighting their own battles to establish a comprehensible narrative for the … Read more
This exhibition explores how a rural Massachusetts community responded to the upheaval of the late 1760s through the 1780s. Using objects, documents, and personal … Read more
The exhibition includes more than 20 garments, accessories, textiles, and prints that illuminate the complex role of clothing at the time of the American Revolution. By … Read more
Exhibition - B4.3 Using familiar objects, Michael E. Smith creates installations that thrum with unexpected energy. Drained fish tanks, plaster-filled basketballs, and … Read more
Building 4.1 Spatial Poems is a trio of exhibitions developed by CEI Fellow Marissa Del Toro, who aims to disrupt the art world’s usual curatorial structures by inviting … Read more
Courtyard A Artist and programmer Amanda Lovelee presents Homecoming at MASS MoCA, an immersive environmental art project designed to remember a deeper connection between … Read more
The Clark celebrates the transformative gift received in October 2024 from the foundation of the late collector, philanthropist, and connoisseur Aso O. Tavitian with an … Read more
50 Years of PUNK - The Research & Development Store On view beginning June 26, 2026 The Research & Development Store launches an expanded gallery and event … Read more
On view beginning July 11, 2026 B4.3 In the summer of 2026, Daniela Rivera, who is currently based between Boston and North Adams, will complete a new commission for MASS … Read more
Building 5, rear lower gallery Commissioned by MASS MoCA, Caviar, and Pioneer Works, and created in collaboration with video director Alex Cook, Son Lux’s video … Read more
Manton Research Center reading room In Addition: Extra-Illustrated, Annotated, and Otherwise Altered Books explores how unusual features make their way into volumes, … Read more
Building 5 The largest exhibition of Paris-based conceptual artist Laurent Grasso’s work in the United States, Metaphysical Maze will transform MASS MoCA’s signature … Read more
Held in the Lower Annex Meeting Room Talk, sing, read, write, and play with us! Preschoolers and their caregivers are invited to join us for fun songs, rhymes, stories, … Read more
Meet other new parents and enjoy a baby-friendly visit to the Clark. Join a Clark educator on the first Saturday of the month, (September - June) for an informal, … Read more
Auditorium Sacred, scandalous, and irresistibly alluring, Saint-Saëns’s spectacular take on the biblical hero of legendary strength and the seductive Philistine whose … Read more
The McCann Tea Room is open on the following dates for lunch (Cash Only) from 10:45 am to noon. We do not take reservations Tuesday, December 8th Thursday, December 10th … Read more
The McCann Tea Room is open on the following dates for lunch (Cash Only) from 10:45 am to noon. We do not take reservations Tuesday, December 8th Thursday, December 10th … Read more
B13 & B34 Get to know the current artists-in-residence over snacks and conversation at this season’s Open Studios at MASS MoCA. Each event will take place in Building … Read more
Held in the Lower Annex Meeting Room Talk, sing, read, write, and play with us! Preschoolers and their caregivers are invited to join us for fun songs, rhymes, stories, … Read more
Hunter Center Co-presentation with Jacob’s Pillow bLUr, choreographed by Kimberly Bartosik, is a highly physical and emotionally intense dance piece in which five … Read more
Held in the Lower Annex Meeting Room Talk, sing, read, write, and play with us! Preschoolers and their caregivers are invited to join us for fun songs, rhymes, stories, … Read more
Kidspace Dip your toes into the world of textiles during MASS MoCA’s Textile Repair Salon! Join regional practitioners Jena Duncan and Elsa Cousins from Swanson’s Fabrics … Read more
Machine Dazzle has been creating extraordinary costumes for over 30 years. As an artist, costume designer, set designer, and performance artist, he has presented his … Read more
Family Storytime is held the Saturday of the Month Families with children up to 6 years old are invited to join MASS MoCA Museum Educators for a storytime and related … Read more
Auditorium A beloved New York holiday tradition, Mozart’s enchanting fable takes the stage in the Met’s abridged, English-language production by Julie Taymor—the Tony … Read more