The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Where the Art Institute leaves off, and the genuinely new begins If the Art Institute is where we went to stand in front of paintings I'd already studied for years, the MCA was where we went to be surprised. Set on the Near North Side near Water Tower Place, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago picks up almost precisely where the Art Institute's historical collection ends, devoting itself entirely to art made since 1945. With a background...
