2025 Annual Report
Photo: Peter McCullough, © MCA Chicago.
Letter from the Board Chair
MCA Board Chair Bill Silverstein. Photo: Maria Ponce.
Dear friends of the MCA,
As I step into the role of Board Chair for the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, I am both honored and energized to lead during such a vibrant season of creativity and community. Looking back on this past fiscal year—from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025—I am inspired by all that we accomplished together and proud to share an overview of the museum’s activities in this year’s Annual Report.
This year reaffirmed the power of contemporary art to spark connection, conversation, and change. Our galleries, theater, and gathering spaces came alive with joy and curiosity through thoughtful exhibitions, performances, and programs that brought people together and built lasting connections.
Two highlights stand out as reflections of our community’s strength. The MCA’s 2025 Art Auction was more than a fundraising powerhouse: it was a celebration of decades of relationships between artists and curators, galleries and collectors, Trustees and staff, and a demonstration of our shared belief in the MCA’s mission. Meanwhile, we welcomed over 16,000 people to 70 sold-out performances and events, including the beloved Tuesdays on the Terrace—an illustration how deeply the museum connects with Chicago and its many visitors.
None of this would have been possible without you. Whether you are a member, donor, visitor, or advocate, you are at the heart of everything we do. Your support fuels exhibitions that inspire, programs that connect, and a museum that energizes our city. I’m also grateful for the contributions of my predecessor, Cari Sacks, and for the dedication of our Trustees and staff, whose commitment laid the groundwork for this momentum.
As I begin my tenure, I look forward to building on this foundation—partnering with our Trustees, staff, and supporters to deepen the MCA’s impact, elevate artists’ voices, and create meaningful cultural experiences for Chicago and beyond. Thank you for being part of this extraordinary journey.
With gratitude and anticipation,
Bill Silverstein
Chair, MCA Board of Trustees
Letter from the Director
MCA Pritzker Director Madeleine Grynsztejn. Photo: Maria Ponce.
Dear friends,
As we reflect on fiscal year 2025, I am deeply grateful for the community that makes the MCA sing—our artists, visitors, members, donors, Trustees, and staff. Together, we welcomed 182,126 visitors and transformed the museum into a civic space where contemporary art fosters belonging, fuels discovery, and sparks dialogue.
This year, we presented some of the most compelling art of our time, strengthening the MCA’s role as a cultural catalyst in Chicago and beyond. In February Wafaa Bilal: Indulge Me harnessed technology to confront conflict, migration, and memory, while over the summer Paul Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom reframed the spectacle of sport and celebrity with striking clarity. Our Kovler Atrium became a site of reflection and community through Do Ho Suh’s monumental installation Who Are We, a meditation on identity and connection, and Edie Fake’s vibrant The Free Clinic for Gender Affirming Care—part of City in a Garden: Queer Art and Activism in Chicago, which illuminates the essential yet underrecognized role of local artists and activists in shaping queer history and culture. As I write this, our fourth-floor galleries are alive with Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind, a landmark retrospective of an artist who pioneered art as a vehicle for peace, wonder, and participation.
The same spirit of inquiry animated our performances and learning programs this year. Anne Collod’s Moving alter-natives revisited colonial legacies in modern dance, while Kaneza Schaal returned to our stage with KLII just before receiving the 2025 Doris Duke Artist Award. In Learning, 21 Minus: Time gave young artists the run of the museum for a day of installations and performances, and The SPACE Between paired Chicago high school students with artist Gloria “Gloe” Talamantes to explore the transformative power of art in civic life.
Equally significant was our work to increase access and inclusion. The MCA’s bilingual initiative was recognized in the Chicago Sun-Times as a national model, making us one of the few US museums where Spanish is fully integrated across galleries, programs, and education. Bilingual Family Days and new celebrations such as Día de Reyes extend this work, ensuring the MCA is not only in Chicago but truly of Chicago.
Any reflection on the past year must celebrate the remarkable 2025 Art Auction. Occurring only once every five years, this signature event gathered artists, collectors, gallerists, and friends in celebration of contemporary art. Beyond its fundraising success, the 2025 Art Auction honored the relationships that sustain the museum and the bold artistic voices it champions, embodying the spirit of community and shared purpose that defines this institution.
FY25 also marked the first full year of leadership for Joey Orr, Deputy Director and Chief of Curatorial Affairs, and Courtney Rowe, Chief of Strategy and Board Relations Officer, whose vision and collaboration have been vital in shaping the MCA. We also celebrated the promotion of Jadine Collingwood to Pamela Alper Associate Curator and welcomed Gemma Kim as our new Marjorie Susman Curatorial Fellow, among other exciting new voices at the museum.
Looking ahead to 2026, I’m energized by the momentum we’ve built together. The MCA is a gathering place for Chicago’s creative and cultural community—it is also an international platform that carries artists’ ideas onto the world stage. I am deeply grateful to our Board of Trustees for their leadership, and to every artist, visitor, member, donor, and colleague whose commitment sustains our mission. I look forward to all we will imagine and accomplish together in the years ahead.
With gratitude and appreciation,
Madeleine Grynsztejn
Pritzker Director
Departmental Reports
Curatorial
Exhibitions
Opening day of The Living End: Painting and Other Technologies, 1970–2020, MCA Chicago, Nov 09, 2024. Photo: Ricardo Adame.
Chicago Works | Andrea Carlson: Shimmer on Horizons
Aug 03, 2024–Feb 02, 2025
Turner Gallery
The Living End: Painting and Other Technologies, 1970–2020
Nov 09, 2024–Mar 16, 2025
Griffin Galleries of Contemporary Art
Dieter Roth and Björn Roth: Balabild 5
Dec 21, 2024–Jul 06, 2025
McCormick Tribune Gallery
Wafaa Bilal: Indulge Me
Feb 01–Oct 19, 2025
Bergman Family Gallery
Pipilotti Rist: Supersubjektiv
Feb 22–Sep 14, 2025
Turner Gallery
Emerge Selections 2025
Mar 15–Mar 27, 2025
Barancik Visitor Gallery
Atrium Project: Edie Fake
Mar 25, 2025–Mar 29, 2026
Kovler Atrium
Paul Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom
May 03–Aug 31, 2025
Griffin Galleries of Contemporary Art
2025 Art Auction
May 30–Jun 06, 2025
Neil and Fischel Galleries
Accessions
Elizam Escobar, La ficción, 1989. Oil over acrylic on canvas; framed: 50 × 75 1/8 × 1 3/4 in. (127 × 190.8 × 4.4 cm); 48 × 72 in. (121.92 × 182.88 cm). Purchased with funds provided by Mellon Foundation. Photo: John Betancourt.
Janine Antoni (b. 1964, Freeport, Bahamas; lives in New York, NY)
Inhabit, 2009
Digital chromogenic development print
116 1/2 × 72 in. (295.91 × 182.9 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of the American Art Foundation by exchange, 2025.1
Iván Argote (b. 1983, Bogotá, Colombia; lives in Paris, France)
Wild Flowers, Augustus: A Hip, 2024
Bronze, plants, and soil
23 5/8 × 39 3/8 × 33 7/16 in. (60 × 100 × 84 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Restricted gift of Emerge, 2025.13
Nairy Baghramian (b. 1971, Isfahan, Iran; lives in Berlin, Germany)
Maintainers B, 2018
Cast aluminum, painted aluminum, cork, Styrofoam, and paraffin wax
58 2/3 × 100 1/3 × 129 7/8 in. (149 × 255 × 330 cm) overall
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Katherine S. Schamberg by exchange, 2024.8.a–e
Subhankar Banerjee (b. 1967, Berhampore, India; lives in Santa Fe, NM)
Hulula Okpila Delta III (from the series Oil and The Caribou (Arctic NWR)), 2006
Digital chromographic print
Overall: 68 × 86 in. (172.7 × 218.4 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Lannan Foundation, 2024.14
Subhankar Banerjee (b. 1967, Berhampore, India; lives in Santa Fe, NM)
Sheenjek River II (from the series Oil and The Caribou (Arctic NWR)), 2006
Digital chromogenic print
Overall: 68 × 86 in. (172.7 × 218.4 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Lannan Foundation, 2024.16
Subhankar Banerjee (b. 1967, Berhampore, India; lives in Santa Fe, NM)
Hulula Okpila Delta I (from the series Oil and The Caribou (Arctic NWR)), 2006
Digital chromographic print
Overall: 68 × 86 in. (172.7 × 218.4 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Lannan Foundation, 2024.15
Subhankar Banerjee (b. 1967, Berhampore, India; lives in Santa Fe, NM)
Caribou Pass on Kongakudt River (from the series Oil and The Caribou (Arctic NWR)), 2002
Digital chromogenic print
Overall: 86 × 68 in. (218.4 × 172.7 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Lannan Foundation, 2024.17
Subhankar Banerjee (b. 1967, Berhampore, India; lives in Santa Fe, NM)
Romanzof Mountains, 2002 from the series Oil and The Caribou (Arctic NWR), 2002
Ultrachrome print
Overall: 78 3/8 × 58 3/8 in. (199.1 × 148.3 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Lannan Foundation, 2024.18
Thomas Bayrle (b. 1937, Berlin, Germany; lives in Frankfurt, Germany)
iPhone Meets Caravaggio, 2015
Acrylic, digital print on canvas
106 1/4 × 70 1/2 in. (270 × 179 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Joel Lubin, 2024.12
Marcel Broodthaers (b. 1924, Brussels, Belgium; d. 1976, Cologne, Germany)
5 Pots avec visages, 1966
Wood, aluminum, paper, glass
8 × 16 × 8 in. (20.5 × 40.5 × 20.5 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Promised gift of Helen and Sam Zell
Sarah Charlesworth (b. 1947, East Orange, NJ; d. 2013, Hartford, CT)
Snake Girl (from Objects of Desire series), 1985
Cibachrome prints with lacquered wood frame
Triptych, overall: 40 × 64 in. (101.6 × 162.56 cm)
Edition of 3 + 2APs
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of the American Art Foundation, Dr. John J. Drammis, Jr., and Susan and Lewis Manilow by exchange, 2025.9
Sarah Charlesworth (b. 1947, East Orange, NJ; d. 2013, Hartford, CT)
Temple of My Father, 1989
Laminated cibachrome print in lacquered frame
78 × 57 in. (198.1 × 144.8 cm)
Edition of 4
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of the Oliver-Hoffmann Foundation, 2025.8
Salvador Dalí (b. 1904, Figueras, Spain; d. 1989, Figueras)
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, 1969
Portfolio with 12 illustrations and one colored etching
16 3/4 × 22 3/4 in. (42.5 × 57.8 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Lannan Foundation, 2024.20.1–13
Marlene Dumas (b. 1953, Cape Town, South Africa; lives in Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
The Trophy, 2013
Oil on canvas
78 15/16 × 71 in. (200.5 × 180.3 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, purchase and gift of the Edlis Neeson Foundation
Elizam Escobar (b. 1948, Ponce, Puerto Rico; d. 2021, Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico)
La ficción, 1989
Oil over acrylic on canvas
Framed: 50 × 75 1/8 × 1 3/4 in. (127 × 190.8 × 4.4 cm); 48 × 72 in. (121.92 × 182.88 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Mellon Foundation, 2025.4
Sayre Gomez (b. 1982, Chicago, IL; lives in Los Angeles, CA)
Bodyshop Carwash, 2024
Acrylic on canvas
60 × 84 in. (152.4 × 213.4 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of the Ranch, New York
Félix González-Torres (b. 1957, Guáimaro, Cuba; d. 1996, Miami, FL)
“Untitled” (Sand), 1993–94
Edition of 12 + 6 APs
Published by Edition Julie Sylvester, New York
Photogravures on Somerset Satin paper
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Andrea Rosen; and gift of the American Art Foundation by exchange, 2024.10.1-10
Rashid Johnson (b. 1977, Chicago, IL; lives in New York, NY)
Bruise Painting “Starmen”, 2021
Oil on linen
95 1/4 × 121 × 2 1/2 in. (241.9 × 307.3 × 6.5 cm) (framed)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Andrea and James Gordon, 2024.13
Simone Leigh (b. 1967, Chicago, IL; lives in Brooklyn, NY)
Untitled, 2023-2024
Stoneware, raffia, and steel armature
78 × 84 × 65 in. (198 × 213 × 165 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Promised gift of Helen and Sam Zell
Agnes Martin (b. 1912, Macklin, Saskatchewan, Canada; d. 2004, Taos, NM)
Untitled, 1991, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam portfolio, 1991
Portfolio of 10 lithographs on vellum
Each: 12 × 12 in. (30.5 × 30.5 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Lannan Foundation, 2024.21.1-10
Harold Mendez (b. 1977, Chicago, IL; lives in Los Angeles, CA)
Field, 2019/2022
Archival pigment print, litho crayon, pigment, and charcoal mounted on Dibond in three parts
79 × 135 1/2 in. (200.7 × 344.2 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Mary and Earle Ludgin by exchange, 2025.2.a-c
Dennis Oppenheim (b. 1938, Electric City, WA; d. 2011, New York, NY)
An Attempt to Raise Hell, 1974
Bronze, cloth, plastic, wood, particle board, electric motor, and other materials
40 × 23 3/4 × 47 3/4 in. (101.6 × 60.3 × 121.3 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Nathan, 2025.11
Trevor Paglen (b. 1974, Camp Springs, MD; lives in New York, NY)
Reaper in the Sun, 2013
Chromogenic print
68 × 81 1/2 in. (172.72 × 217.17 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Lannan Foundation, 2024.19
Julia Phillips (b. 1985, Hamburg, Germany; lives in Chicago, IL)
Bower, 2021–22
Ceramic, bronze, granite, nylon hardware
70 × 69 × 54 in. (178 × 175 × 138 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of Helen and Sam Zell, 2024.11.a-f
Arnaldo Roche Rabell (b. 1955, San Juan, Puerto Rico; d. 2018, San Juan)
Aquí y Allá, 1989
Oil on canvas
84 × 120 in. (213.36 × 304.8 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Mellon Foundation; and gift of Mary and Earle Ludgin by exchange, 2024.9
Miriam Schapiro (b. 1923, Toronto, Canada; d. 2015, Hampton Bays, NY)
Horizontal Woman (or Khartoum #2), 1971
Pencil, acrylic, and spray on canvas
72 × 108 in. (182.9 × 274.3 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of the American Art Foundation by exchange, 2025.12
Rosemarie Trockel (b. 1952, Schwerte, Germany; lives in Cologne, Germany)
Who Will Be In In ’99?, 1988
Wool
83 × 63 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (210.82 × 161.29 × 3.81 cm)
Edition 3 of 3
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of the American Art Foundation by exchange; restricted gift of David Droga NYC/AUS, Alexandra Hess, and Savannah James, 2025.5
Tunga (b. 1952, Palmares, Brazil; d. 2016, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Vê-nus, 1976
Rubber, lightbulb, electrical material, metal, and plastic fly
72 × 98 3/8 × 36 5/8 in. (183 × 250 × 93 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of the American Art Foundation by exchange, 2025.3.a-d
Carrie Mae Weems (b. 1953, Portland, OR; lives in New York, NY)
Lewitt’s Wall, 2003–05
Digital chromogenic print
Sheet: 71 1/2 × 59 1/2 in. (181.6 × 151.1 cm) Framed: 73 3/8 × 61 5/8 × 2 1/2 in. (186.4 × 156.5 × 6.4 cm)
Edition 1 of 5 + 2 AP
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Restricted gift of Helen and Sam Zell, 2025.10
H.C. Westermann (b. 1922, Los Angeles, CA; d. 1981, Danbury, CT)
See America First, 1968
Portfolio of 18 lithographs
Sheet: 21 × 30 in. (53.3 × 76.2 cm); Framed: 30 × 38 × 2 in. (76.2 × 96.5 × 5.1 cm)
Edition of 20
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of JPMorgan Chase Art Collection, 2025.6.1-18
Guanyu Xu (b. 1993, Beijing, China; lives in Chicago, IL)
The Dining Room (from the series Temporarily Censored), 2018
Archival pigment print
Sheet: 40 × 50 in. (101.6 × 127 cm); Framed: 44 × 54 × 2 in. (111.8 × 137.2 × 5.1 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of JPMorgan Chase Art Collection, 2025.7
Performance
Tuesdays on the Terrace
Rotary Connection 222 performs during Tuesdays on the Terrace 2025, Anne and John Kern Terrace Garden, MCA Chicago, Jul 22, 2025. Photo © MCA Chicago.
Tuesdays on the Terrace | Jorge Morataya: Marimba
Jun 25, 2024
The Commons
Tuesdays on the Terrace | Maggie Brown
Jul 02, 2024
Anne and John Kern Terrace Garden
Tuesdays on the Terrace | Shaun J. Wright
Jul 09, 2024
The Commons
Tuesdays on the Terrace | Heliacal Rising of Sothis featuring Sharon Udoh and Yaw Agyeman
Jul 16, 2024
Anne and John Kern Terrace Garden
Tuesdays on the Terrace | A Celebration of Alice Coltrane with Brandee Younger
Jul 23, 2024
Edlis Neeson Theater and The Commons
Tuesdays on the Terrace | Rudy de Anda
Jul 30, 2024
Anne and John Kern Terrace Garden
Tuesdays on the Terrace | Julian Davis Reid’s Circle of Trust
Aug 06, 2024
Anne and John Kern Terrace Garden
Tuesdays on the Terrace | The Aggregation featuring Justin Dillard
Aug 13, 2024
Anne and John Kern Terrace Garden
Tuesdays on the Terrace | Sistazz of the Nitty Gritty
Aug 20, 2024
Anne and John Kern Terrace Garden
Tuesdays on the Terrace | Alexis Lombre
Aug 27, 2024
Edlis Neeson Theater
Related event:
Talk and Performance | An Oral History of Alice Coltrane
Jul 21, 2024
Edlis Neeson Theater
Chicago Performs 2024
Chicago Performs 2024, Lykanthea, Some Viscera, Edlis Neeson Theater, MCA Chicago, Sep 26, 2024.
Lykanthea, Some Viscera
Sep 26–27, 2024
Edlis Neeson Theater
cat mahari, blk ark: the impossible manifestation
Sep 28–29, 2024
Edlis Neeson Theater
Every house has a door, Broken Aquarium
Sep 28–29, 2024
Anne and John Kern Terrace
Chicago Performs After Party
Sep 28, 2024
The Commons
On Stage: Lineages
On Stage: Lineages, Elisa Harkins, Wampum / ᎠᏕᎳ ᏗᎦᎫᏗ, Edlis Neeson Theater, MCA Chicago, Jan 31, 2025. Photo: Alice Feldt Photography.
Elisa Harkins, Wampum / ᎠᏕᎳ ᏗᎦᎫᏗ
Jan 31–Feb 01, 2025
Edlis Neeson Theater
Anne Collod and guests, Moving alter-natives
Feb 13–15, 2025
Edlis Neeson Theater
Miguel Gutierrez, Super Nothing
Mar 28–30, 2025
Edlis Neeson Theater
Kaneza Schaal, KLII
April 17–19, 2025
Edlis Neeson Theater
Related events:
Exhibition | Elisa Harkins: Teach Me a Song
Jan 08–Feb 14, 2025
Off-site: Center for Native Futures
Talk | On Process, Performance, and Monumentality: Kaneza Schaal with Natacha Nsabimana, moderated by Jane Saks
Apr 23, 2025
The Commons
Stand-Alone Performances
Edgar Arceneaux, Until, Until, Until . . . , Edlis Neeson Theater, MCA Chicago, Oct 18, 2024.
Edgar Arceneaux, Until, Until, Until . . .
Oct 17–19, 2024
Edlis Neeson Theater
Joseph Lefthand
Oct 22, 2024
The Commons
Learning
Teacher Programs
Teacher Institute | Curriculum Share-Out, The Commons, MCA Chicago, Apr 19, 2025.
Educator Workshop | Care Practices through Artistic Lineages with Leah Ra’chel Gipson, Part 1
Aug 10, 2024
The Commons
Educator Workshop | Care Practices through Artistic Lineages with Leah Ra’chel Gipson, Part 2
Sep 21, 2024
Crown Family Room
Learning Series | The Creative Classroom and Post-Quarantine Gaps, Part 1
Teacher Institute
Oct 05, 2024
Crown Family Room
Learning Series | The Creative Classroom and Post-Quarantine Gaps, Part 2
Teacher Institute
Nov 16, 2024
Crown Family Room
Learning Series | Painting, Pedagogy, & Other Technologies
Teacher Institute
Mar 01, 2025
Crown Family Room
Teacher Institute | Curriculum Share-Out
Apr 19, 2025
The Commons
Learning Series | The Space Between
Teacher Institute and School Partnership for Art and Civic Engagement (SPACE)
May 17, 2025
Crown Family Room
Educator Workshop | Color Alchemy
Jun 17, 2025
The Commons
Family Programs
Family Day | It’s Alive!, MCA Chicago, Apr 12, 2025. Photo: Natasha Moustache, © MCA Chicago.
Family Day | Patterns & Portals
Oct 12, 2024
Family Day | Screen Time
Nov 09, 2024
Family Day | Zines!
Dec 14, 2024
Family Day | Press Play
Jan 11, 2025
Family Day | Comfy Cozy
Feb 08, 2025
Family Day | Future Past
Mar 08, 2025
Family Day | It’s Alive!
Apr 12, 2025
Family Day | Playoffs
May 10, 2025
Youth Programs
Youth-Led Programming | Reflections on Wafaa Bilal: Indulge Me, MCA Chicago, May 24, 2025. Photo: Sarah Kam, © MCA Chicago.
Teen Creative Agency | Zine Fest for Families
Dec 14, 2024
Youth-Led Programming | Next Up In Dialogue with Chicago Creatives
May 03, 2025
Youth-Led Programming | Teen Creative Agency: 2000s Clothing Swap
May 10, 2025
Off-site: Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
Youth-Led Programming | Reflections on Wafaa Bilal: Indulge Me
May 24, 2025
Youth-Led Programming | 21Minus: Time
Jun 14, 2025
Public Programs
Access Praxis: Pooja Pittie, Talk and Workshop, The Commons, MCA Chicago, Apr 15, 2025. Photo © MCA Chicago.
Public Tour | Nicole Eisenman: What Happened
Wednesdays and Sundays, Apr 07–Sep 22, 2024
Talk | Andrea Carlson
Aug 03, 2024
The Commons
Cripping the Galleries | Janhavi Khemka
Jul 06, 2024
The Commons
Talk | Notes in the Margins: “Why I Don’t Talk About ‘The Body’”
Oct 05, 2024
Edlis Neeson Theater
Screening | The D.Daskalopoulos Collection Gift
Oct 15, 2024
The Commons
Talk | Politics of Poetics: Heid E. Erdrich and Andrea Carlson
Oct 26, 2024
Edlis Neeson Theater
Workshop | Heid E. Erdrich
Oct 26, 2024
Off-site: Center for Native Futures
Live Arts | Lit & Luz Festival: Live Magazine Show
Nov 02, 2024
Edlis Neeson Theater
Talk | The Living End Artists Roundtable
Nov 10, 2024
Edlis Neeson Theater
Talk and Book Signing | Lee Quiñones, Dao-Yi Chow, Romi Crawford
Nov 12, 2024
Edlis Neeson Theater
Screening | A Day Without Art: Red Reminds Me
Dec 01, 2024
Edlis Neeson Theater
Talk | On Techno and Art: Robert Hood, Arthur Jafa, DeForrest Brown Jr.
Dec 07, 2024
Edlis Neeson Theater
Public Tour | The Living End: Painting and Other Technologies, 1970–2020
Wednesdays and Sundays, Jan 12–Mar 16, 2025
Talk | New Art School Modality: Making New Monuments
Jan 21, 2025
The Commons
Talk | Wafaa Bilal and Bana Kattan
Feb 04, 2025
Off-site: The Art Institute of Chicago
Screening | Out of the Picture
Feb 22, 2025
Edlis Neeson Theater
Talk | Publishing Arts Criticism
Feb 22, 2025
Edlis Neeson Theater
Live Arts and Screening | Natural Information Society and the Films of Stan Brakhage
Mar 07, 2025
Edlis Neeson Theater
Talk | Politics of Poetics: Molly McCully Brown and Matt Bodett
Apr 05, 2025
The Commons
Talk and Workshop | Access Praxis: Pooja Pittie
Apr 15, 2025
The Commons
Talk | Paul Pfeiffer, Iyko Day, Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa
May 03, 2025
Edlis Neeson Theater
Public Tour | Paul Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom
Wednesdays and Sundays, May 03–Aug 31, 2025
Screening | The Price of Everything
Jun 12, 2025
Edlis Neeson Theater
Community Programs
It’s Just Breakfast | Breakfast Beyond, The Art of Perspective, Crown Family Room, MCA Chicago, Apr 18, 2025. Photo: Troy of Dsgnrz.
SOAR Farmers Market 2024
Tuesdays, Jun 04–Nov 05, 2024
MCA Plaza
37th Annual Streeterville Dog Halloween Party
Oct 26, 2024
Anne and John Kern Terrace Garden
It’s Just Breakfast | Breakfast Beyond, The Art of Perspective
Apr 18, 2025
Crown Family Room
SOAR Farmers Market 2025
Tuesdays, Jun 03–Oct 28, 2025
MCA Plaza
MCA Store Programs
Program: Meet Chicago Street Artist Sentrock, MCA Plaza, MCA Chicago, Oct 01, 2024.
Sidewalk Sale
Aug 10–11, 2024
Meet Chicago Street Artist Sentrock
Oct 01, 2024
Meet and Greet with Chelsea B
Oct 13, 2024
Members’ Double Discount Days
Nov 15–24, 2024
Apparel launch and artist collaboration with Hebru Brantley | EXPO CHICAGO 2025
Apr 23–27, 2025
Off-site: Navy Pier
Sueños x MCA Collaboration Featuring Runsy
May 20, 2025
Ruptur Collaboration Launch
Jun 03, 2025
Publications
Exhibition Catalogues
The Living End. © MCA Chicago
- The Living End: Painting and Other Technologies, 1970–2020
Published by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Directors’ Foreword by Madeleine Grynsztejn. Essay by Jamillah James. Artist entries by Jamillah James and Jack Schneider. Softcover, 96 pages.
The catalogue won the Society of Typographic Arts’ STA 100 award for Branding Identity and AIGA’s 50 Book | 50 Covers award for Book Design.
Wafaa Bilal. © MCA Chicago
- Wafaa Bilal: Indulge Me
Published by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and Delmonico Books, New York. Foreword by Madeleine Grynsztejn. Curator’s Acknowledgements by Bana Kattan. Essay by Bana Kattan. Text by Wafaa Bilal. Interview by Lynn Hershman Leeson. Softcover, 132 pages.
- 2025 Art Auction
Published by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.
Exhibition Brochures
Andrea Carlson: Shimmer on Horizons | Hydrologic Unit Code. Artist essay published in conjunction with Andrea Carlson: Shimmer on Horizons. Text by Andrea Carlson and Rozalinda Borcilǎ. English/Spanish.
City in a Garden: Curator Essay. Published by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Digital essay. English/Spanish.
Nicole Eisenman: Family Resource Guide. Published by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Softcover, 3 pages. English/Spanish.
Performance Brochures
On Stage: Chicago Performs. Published by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Text by Laura Paige Kyber and featuring digital interviews with the artists. Softcover, 4 pages.
On Stage: Lineages | Elisa Harkins. Published by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Text by Laura Paige Kyber. Softcover, 6 pages.
On Stage: Lineages | Anne Collod. Published by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Text by Laura Paige Kyber and Anne Collod. Softcover, 10 pages.
On Stage: Lineages | Miguel Gutierrez. Published by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Text by Laura Paige Kyber and Miguel Gutierrez. Softcover, 10 pages.
On Stage: Lineages | Kaneza Schaal. Published by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Text by Laura Paige Kyber and Kaneza Schaal. Softcover, 6 pages.
Music Talk: Remembering Charles Stepney with Duane Powell and the Stepney Sisters. Published by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Softcover, 8 pages.
Music Talk: An Oral History of Alice Coltrane. Published by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Softcover, 4 pages.
Edgar Arceneaux, Until, Until, Until . . . Published by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Text by Laura Paige Kyber. Softcover, 8 pages.
Media Highlights
Town & Country, Jul 22, 2024
Can Art’s Soft Power Help American Diplomacy?
Pull quote: “Rahm Emanuel, the former Mayor of Chicago and current U.S. Ambassador to Japan, thinks so. He and Madeleine Grynsztejn, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago’s Pritzker Director, are using art to bridge the worlds of two seemingly disparate places. This is thanks in part to the U.S. Department of State’s Art in Embassies program, which has worked to provide artworks and throw exhibitions in embassies, consultants, and other diplomatic facilities around the world for nearly five decades. In this case, the program has helped Grynsztejn and Emanuel acquire and place art in institutions in both Japan and Chicago.”
The New York Times, Oct 26, 2024
Painting Is Dead? Long Live Painting.
Pull quotes: “This fall, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago is mounting a spirited defense of the medium, with an exhibition that looks at the ways that painting has evolved (and thrived) over roughly the last 50 years.
‘The Living End: Painting and Other Technologies, 1970–2020,’ curated by Jamillah James and Jack Schneider, an assistant curator at the museum, and featuring both paintings made the traditional way and works made using media and other technology, will be on display from Nov. 9 through March 23.
“James, who is also the museum’s senior curator, explained in an email interview: ‘The show looks at how computers, the internet, cameras (including video and photography) and automation have influenced the production and reception of painting.’”
Third Coast Review, Oct 27, 2024
Pull quote: “The Museum of Contemporary Art hosted a 50-minute performance of Edgar Arceneaux’s Until, Until, Until… for three performances in October. The LA-based writer/director/producer/performer devised the production 10 years ago to remember, revisit and reinterpret a 1981 performance for Ronald Reagan’s inauguration. Reagan was the first president to coin the coded racist phrase ‘Let’s Make America Great Again,’ a sentiment making a comeback in our current election season.”
Chicago Sun-Times, Nov 22, 2024
MCA and Mexican Consulate bring Chicagoans together in cultural spaces
Pull quote: “Working at the intersection of art and public service, we have found that culture is a powerful tool. Culture is a place where we can all meet, and feel safe and included, even when we feel far from our families, roots, and ways of life. Our pan-institutional partnership, spanning two seemingly unrelated fields, is bridging differences and connecting communities with meaningful cultural experiences. As we look towards the new year, we invite other organizations and institutions across Chicago to join us in protecting and building community through similar partnerships.”
Telemundo, Dec 13, 2024
Alianza entre el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo y el Consulado de México en Chicago
Pull quote: “Desde hace siglos, la diplomacia y el arte caminaron de la mano para lograr acuerdos que parecían imposibles. Y en la sala con pinturas de la artista mexicoamericana Virginia Jaramillo, la cónsul general de México en Chicago refrenda en cada paso su amistad con la directora del Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Chicago en una alianza estratégica que beneficia a la comunidad.”
Crain’s Chicago Business, Feb 10, 2025
A Chicagoan to know: Gwendolyn Perry Davis of the Museum of Contemporary Art
Pull quote: “Gwendolyn Perry Davis, deputy director and chief operating officer of Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art, has been an executive there for more than 13 years. She also is board chair of the city’s Poetry Foundation. Davis and her husband live in River North, surrounded by art.”
The Art Newspaper, Mar 11, 2025
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago receives $10m gift to support performance programme
Pull quote: “The $10m gift will enable the MCA to build on that legacy of commissioning major live art pieces, including a lineup of four projects this spring under the auspices of its On Stage programme, whereby four artists will present projects in the museum’s Edlis Neeson Theater. Under the theme of ‘lineages’, the artists Elisa Harkins, Anne Collod, Miguel Gutierrez and Kaneza Schaal will present new works dealing with questions of identity and shared history.”
Art in America, Mar 28, 2025
Wafaa Bilal Still Has Hope for Humanity
Pull quote: “I can’t think of a more relevant and necessary exhibition right now than Wafaa Bilal’s survey at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. It isn’t only that the exhibition is topical—though, sadly, its critiques of Islamophobia and the ways technology sanitizes warfare and distances us from its effects are timely. (Bilal takes on these topics unflinchingly, but we hardly need an art show to remind us of them.) Instead, what stands out is the way his faith in humanity carries on despite it all.”
The Art Newspaper, Mar 31, 2025
Yoko Ono’s acclaimed Tate Modern retrospective will travel to MCA Chicago
Pull quote: “While the Japanese-born artist has been a New Yorker since 1956, the MCA’s ties to the Fluxus movement—in which Ono was a key figure—from the moment of its founding make the Chicago museum an apt venue for her retrospective. In fact, just two years after it opened, the museum hosted a performance by Charlotte Moorman and Nam June Paik in which they re-created pieces by Ono and other Fluxus artists. (Chicago is also home to Ono’s first permanent public art piece in the Americas, Sky Landing, installed in Jackson Park on the city’s South Side in 2016.)”
Cultured Magazine, Apr 9, 2025
Cult 100: Madeleine Grynsztejn
Pull quote: “The director of The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago is at the forefront of a movement to make museums more welcoming, accessible, and reflective of the communities they serve—DEI backlash be damned.”
Chicago Tribune, May 1, 2025
Imaging the future of trans healthcare — and plastering it across the MCA
Pull quote: “Meaning, standing in front of the mural, this jumble of an ecstatic home, it’s hard not to see both the past and the future. I think of quilts and ‘80s vector-graphic video games; I see drug capsules and shutters from old homes; I see the crosscut port window of the ‘Amityville Horror’ house, and animated cartoons sprinkled throughout ‘Sesame Street.’ I also saw, more importantly, warmth — a welcoming place.”
Financial Support
Financial Report
Statement of Financial Position
| Years Ended June 30 | |||||
| ($ in 000s) | |||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | |||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ 12,992 | $ 6,934 | |||
| Contributions receivable, net | 2,802 | 3,380 | |||
| Other receivables | 168 | 2,717 | |||
| Inventories | 790 | 925 | |||
| Prepaid expenses and other | 834 | 856 | |||
| Investments | 155,378 | 153,058 | |||
| Property and equipment, net | 36,655 | 37,506 | |||
| Right-of-use operating lease assets | 3,474 | 4,297 | |||
| Interest rate swap | 245 | 772 | |||
| Total assets | 213,338 | 210,445 | |||
| Liabilities | |||||
| Accounts Payable | 2,559 | 2,517 | |||
| Deferred revenue | 408 | 309 | |||
| Accrued expenses | 2,729 | 2,602 | |||
| Lease liabilities | 3,601 | 4,386 | |||
| Bonds payable, net | 29,980 | 29,960 | |||
| Total liabilities | 39,277 | 39,774 | |||
| Net Assets | |||||
| Without donor restrictions | 129,347 | 122,761 | |||
| With donor restrictions | 44,714 | 47,910 | |||
| Total Net assets | 174,061 | 170,671 | |||
| Total liabilities and net assets | 213, 338 | 210,445 | |||
Statement of Activities
| Years Ended June 30 | |||||
| ($ in 000s) | |||||
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | |||||
| Public support | $ 5,768 | $ 6,085 | |||
| Tax appropriations | 1,701 | 1,940 | |||
| Government grants | 309 | 671 | |||
| Special events, net | 7,056 | 1,115 | |||
| Ancillary services | 4,058 | 4,183 | |||
| Museum programs | 93 | 186 | |||
| Membership and admissions | 1,851 | 1,876 | |||
| Other revenue | 1,339 | 1,720 | |||
| Investment spending allocation | 6,639 | 6,258 | |||
| Total revenue | 28,814 | 24,034 | |||
| Expenses | |||||
| Program services: | |||||
| Museum programs | 19,077 | 19,615 | |||
| Guest services | 2,261 | 2,418 | |||
| Ancillary services | 5,556 | 5,682 | |||
| Support services: | |||||
| Development and membership | 3,492 | 4,381 | |||
| Management and general | 4,528 | 4,498 | |||
| Total expenses | 34,914 | 36,594 | |||
| Change in Operating Net Assets | (6,100) | (12,560) | |||
| Nonoperating Income (Loss) | |||||
| Investment gain, net | 18,507 | 17,733 | |||
| Investment spending allocation | (6,639) | (6,258) | |||
| Change in value of interest rate swap, net | (527) | (168) | |||
| Strategic initiatives | — | (767) | |||
| Loss on disposals | (322) | (480) | |||
| Contributions for collection acquisitions | 500 | 30 | |||
| Collection acquisitions | (2,029) | (1,782) | |||
| Total nonoperating income | 9,490 | 8,308 | |||
| Decrease in Net Assets | 3,390 | (4,252) | |||
| Net Assets – Beginning of Fiscal Year | 170,671 | 174,923 | |||
| Net Assets – End of Fiscal Year | $ 174,061 | $ 170,671 | |||
Museum Supporters
Donor Recognition
MCA Chicago Pritzker Director Madeleine Grynsztejn in conversation with artist Sarah Sze at Visionary 2024, Oct 07, 2024. Photo: Jeremy Lawson Photography, © MCA Chicago.
The generous support of our donors plays a vital role in the MCA’s ability to bring contemporary art to Chicago and beyond. Each year, your contributions enable visitors to experience the art of our time.
Your commitment touches every part of the museum, helping us highlight the voices of contemporary artists and foster deep connections between visitors, artists, and communities. We are truly grateful for your generosity and the difference it makes in ensuring that art remains accessible to all. Thank you!
$100,000 and above
Leslie Bluhm and the Bluhm Family Foundation
Chanel
Chicago Park District
Crown Family Philanthropies
Dimitris Daskalopoulos
Laura and Tony Davis and Linden Capital Partners
R. H. Defares
Droga Family NYC/AUS
Ford Foundation
Google
Kenneth C. Griffin
Caryn and King Harris
Hauser & Wirth
Jana and Bernardo Hees
Henry Crown and Company
Alexandra Hess
Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Savannah James
Anne L. Kaplan
Julie and Guy Lakonishok
Liz and Eric Lefkofsky
The Loewenberg Charitable Foundation, Robin Loewenberg Tebbe and Mark Tebbe
The Mellon Foundation
NBC Universal
H. Gael Neeson, Edlis Neeson Foundation
Northern Trust
Polk Bros. Foundation
Carol Prins and John Hart/The Jessica Fund
The Pritzker Traubert Foundation
Cari and Michael Sacks
Rebekah and Ilan Shalit
Karyn and Bill Silverstein
Wagner Foundation
Zell Family Foundation
$50,000–$99,999
Dr. Anita Blanchard and Martin Nesbitt
Marlene Breslow-Blitstein and Berle Blitstein
Robert J. Buford
Ellen-Blair Chube
Nancy and Steven Crown
Eisen Family Foundation
Marilyn and Larry Fields
Helyn D. Goldenberg and Michael Alper
Agnes Gund +
Harris Family Foundation
Stephanie and John Harris
Illinois Arts Council
Jarvis Foundation
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Kovler Family Foundation
Hugo A. Lorenz
Max Mara
Museum of Contemporary Art Endowment Fund at The Chicago Community Foundation
Carrie Reyes Murphy
Terra Foundation for American Art
Lynn and Allen Turner
Winzeler Gear
Joyce Yaung and Matt Bayer
$25,000–$49,999
The Albert Goodstein Family Foundation
Anonymous [2]
Elise and Peter J. Barack
Shari Behnke
Barbara Bluhm-Kaul and Don Kaul
BMO Bank
Christie’s
Clayco
Carol and Douglas Cohen
Tarrah Cooper Wright and Jeffrey Wright
Lisa Duarte
Gagosian Gallery
GCM Grosvenor
Nancy and Nicholas Giampietro
Madeleine Grynsztejn and Tom Shapiro
Jack and Sandra Guthman
Nickol and Darrel Hackett
Cynthia Hunt and Philip Rudolph
Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation
John R. Halligan Charitable Fund
The Joyce Foundation
Julius N. Frankel Foundation
Susie L. Karkomi and Marvin Leavitt, Karkomi Family Fund
Becky and Lester Knight
Ron and Fifi Levin
Schuyler and Jon Levin
James and Danielle Litinsky
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
Lugano
Gary Metzner and Scott Johnson
Nancy Lauter & Alfred McDougal Charitable Fund
Newcity
Claire and Michael O’Grady
Reyes Holdings, LLC
Nathaniel Beau Robinson
Eve Reppen Rogers
Megan and Joshua Rogers
Liz Stiffel
Deborah and Nigel Telman
Nancy and Daniel Yih
$15,000–$24,999
Bank of America
Susan and Michael Canmann
The Comer Family Foundation
Culinaire International
Discover Financial Services
Laura and Marshall B. Front
David and Rachel Grund
Illinois Tool Works Inc.
The Krehbiel Family Foundation
Katherine Mackenzie and Murat Ahmed
D. Elizabeth Price
Cheryl and John Seder
Sotheby’s
Marjorie and Louis Susman
Von Rydingsvard and Greengard Foundation, Inc.
WEC Energy Group
$10,000–$14,999
Anonymous
Atelier 4
Jennifer and Alex Brown
Valerie Carberry and Richard Wright
Creative Capital
DIETL International
Dixon Art Services
The Edgewater Funds
Paul Gray and Dedrea Armour Gray and Richard Gray Gallery
Andrew and Christine Hall
Horejsi Charitable Foundation
Irving Harris Foundation
Sylvia Neil and Daniel Fischel
PURE Insurance
Robert Rennie and Carey Fouks
Rothschild Family Charitable Fund
Marjorie K. Staples
Penelope and Robert Steiner
Don and Liz Thompson
$5,000–$9,999
The Abra Wilkin Fund
Anonymous
Trissa Babrowski and Sundeep Mullangi
Erica A. Barrish
Alexis and Jerry Bednyak
Julie and Larry Bernstein
Kathleen and Gerhard Bette
Susan Brunstrum
Holly Johnson Carr and Tom Carr
Chicago Bulls
Constantine Ltd, Constantine House
David D. Colburn
The Cultivist
Sarah E. de Blasio
Jill and Bob Delaney, Jr.
Andrea and Steven DeMar
DeWoskin/Roskin Foundation
Dr. Scholl Foundation
Richard L. Eastline
Marcia and Tom Fraerman
Tonya and Matt Geesman
Mary L. Gray
Karen Z. Gray-Krehbiel and John H. Krehbiel, Jr.
Melissa A. Grund
Hales Gallery
Hobson Lucas Family Foundation
Jamerson & Bauwens Electrical Contractors, Inc.
Jessica Silverman Gallery
Anne Kern
James E. Knox
Lester and Edward Anixter Family Foundation
The LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation
Local Eclectic
Luminarts Cultural Foundation
Laura and Craig Martin
Masterpiece International, Ltd.
MCA North Shore Affiliates
The Neisser Family Foundation
The Pace Gallery
Bryan L. Perry, ESQ.
Christine and Michael Pope
Marvin and Catheryn Rotstein
Sahara Enterprises, Inc.
Gabrielle Berger Sainati
Arvin Scott and Ayrika Hall
Dale Taylor and Angela Lustig
United Healthcare
U.S.Art Company, Inc.
Ellen Wallace and Steven Gould
The Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Foundation
William Blair & Company
Tom Wilson and Jill Garling
$2,500–$4,999
Alera Group
Alliant/Mesirow Insurance Services
Aloft Mag Mile
Jonathan Anderson
Anonymous
Anton Kern Gallery
Julie and Roger Baskes
Daniel S. Berger and Scott Wenthe
Meta Berger
James Blinder and Mary Wilson
Bockley Gallery
Suzette Bross and Allan E. Bulley, III
Greg Cameron and Greg Thompson
Helen and Joseph Cesarik
The Charles G. and Rheta Kramer Foundation
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events
Patricia O. Cox
Nneka and Craig Dunham
Sang and Shawn Ellis
Jeanne B. Ettelson
European Painting & Decorating Co.
Jana French and Peter Gotsch
Robin L. Gallardi
Gilford-Atkins Foundation
Kathleen Grundhofer
Hoerr Schaudt Landscape Architects
Mickey Jiang
Sylvia and Richard Kaufman
Robert A. Kohl
Marilyn G. Kushen
Caitlynde and James Langer
Laura and Cory Lester
Meryl and Gary Levenstein
Mr. Irwin M. Lowenstein
Karen Matsushima and Gregory M. King
Monique Meloche and Evan Boris
Lauren Peterson
Patti Prince
Alyssa Quinlan
Richard and Martha Melman Foundation
R.L. Roth Charitable Trust
Eva Roby
Nancy Rodin
Sheli Z. and Burton X. Rosenberg
Douglas and Yumi Ross
Ryan Davies LLC
Alice and John Sabl
Mrs. Carolyn Schwarz
Elisa K. Spain
Matthew Steinmetz
Rena and Daniel Sternberg
Kristin and Stan Stevens
Anne Van Wart and Michael Keable
Vielmetter Los Angeles
Ronna and Steven Zoll
$1,500–$2,499
Anonymous [2]
Ellen Stone Belic
Karen and Steve Berkowitz
Joyce Black
Maria Cicarelli and Paul Leinwand
Kathryn and Kevin Doughten
Gail M. Elden
Sharon Fairley
Judith R. Freeman
Forest Capital Management
Geraldine Gedroic
Grund & Leavitt, PC
Gucci
Hillary and Tony Hanas
Todd A. Harding and David W. Lassiter
Sarai L. Hoffman and Stephen T. Pratt
Carol Honigberg
Katie and Billy Hutchens
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
John and Jacolyn Bucksbaum Family Foundation
Kay and Malcolm Kamin
Ken and Barbara Lieberman
Joel Lubin
Judi Male
Elizabeth Mollen
Herbert R. and Paula Molner
Meryl Lyn and Charles Moss
Christina Ochs
Park Hyatt Chicago
Maridee Quanbeck
Susan and Rick Rieser
Alex Rumsey and Clint Paton
The Ruttenberg Foundation
Patrick G. Ryan and Shirley Ann Ryan
Bettylu and Paul Saltzman
Betsy Beierle Showel and Matthew Showel
Patricia F. Sternberg
Catherine Stewart and Geoffrey Smith
Robyn Tavel
Michael Treister and Dana Shepard Treister
Natalie Waechter
Devanee Washington
Audrey Weaver
Deborah and Bartholomew Weldon
Ruth Winter
Gifts made to the museum between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025.
If you prefer a different recognition listing, please reach out to [email protected].
+ In memorium
2025 Auction Donors
2025 Art Auction. MCA Chicago, Jun 06, 2025. Photo: Jeremy Lawson Photography, © MCA Chicago.
Thank you to the talented artists and their gallery representatives for their vital contributions to the MCA’s 2025 Art Auction.
- 1301PE: Petra Cortright, Jessica Stockholder
- Alan Koppel Gallery: Paul Pfeiffer
- Andrew Kreps Gallery: Michael E. Smith, Erika Verzutti
- Anton Kern Gallery: Margot Bergman (with Corbett vs. Dempsey), Anne Collier (with Galerie Neu, Gladstone Gallery, and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd.), Nicole Eisenman, Matthew Monahan
- Avant Arte: Elizabeth Peyton
- BLUM: Umar Rashid
- Bortolami: Barbara Kasten, Rebecca Morris
- CANADA: Sahar Khoury, Scott Reeder
- Carroll Dunham
- Casas Riegner: Feliza Bursztyn, Leyla Cárdenas, Beatriz González
- Casey Kaplan: Igshaan Adams, Kevin Beasley, Caroline Kent (with PATRON), Amanda Williams
- Corbett vs. Dempsey: David Hartt (with David Nolan Gallery, New York; and Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin), Karl Wirsum (with Derek Eller Gallery, New York)
- David Kordansky Gallery: Tala Madani
- David Zwirner: Luc Tuymans
- DOCUMENT: Julien Creuzet (with Andrew Kreps Gallery and Mendes Wood DM)
- ENGAGE Projects: Selva Aparicio, Phyllis Bramson, Edra Soto
- François Ghebaly: Farah Al Qasimi, Max Hooper Schneider
- Gagosian: Ed Ruscha
- Galerie Lelong & Co.: Leonardo Drew, Alfredo Jaar, Yoko Ono
- Garth Greenan Gallery: Howardena Pindell (with Dieu Donné)
- Gladstone Gallery: Arthur Jafa, Carrie Mae Weems
- GRAY: Torkwase Dyson, Jaume Plensa
- Greene Naftali: Tony Cokes, Simone Fattal (with kaufmann repetto, Milan/New York)
- Hauser & Wirth: Firelei Báez, Charles Gaines, Rashid Johnson, Gary Simmons
- James Cohan: Eamon Ore-Giron
- Jeff Wall
- Jessica Silverman, San Francisco: Judy Chicago, Beverly Fishman, Dashiell Manley, Rose B. Simpson
- Jim Hodges
- Kurimanzutto: Leonor Antunes, Nairy Baghramian, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Gabriel Orozco, Damián Ortega
- Lehmann Maupin: David Salle (with Gladstone Gallery, New York)
- Luhring Augustine: Janine Antoni (with Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco), Sarah Crowner
- M. LeBlanc: Arnold J. Kemp
- Marian Goodman Gallery: Matt Saunders
- Mariane Ibrahim Gallery: Raphaël Barontini, Carmen Neely, Peter Uka
- Matthew Marks Gallery: Alex Da Corte, Simone Leigh, Paul Sietsema
- Mendes Wood DM: Sonia Gomes
- Monique Meloche Gallery: Candida Alvarez, Sanford Biggers
- Nazarian/Curcio: Amir H. Fallah
- Night Gallery: Cynthia Daignault, Claire Tabouret
- Oliver-Hoffman Foundation and Rhona Hoffman Gallery: John Ahearn
- Pace Gallery: Lynda Benglis, Virginia Jaramillo (with Hales Gallery), Hank Willis Thomas
- PATRON: Jamal Cyrus, Dianna Frid, Harold Mendez
- Paula Cooper Gallery: Paul Pfeiffer
- Regen Projects: Toba Khedoori
- Sarah Sze
- Sayre Gomez
- SECRIST | BEACH: Hilma’s Ghost, Andrew Holmquist, Liliana Porter
- Sprüth Magers: Senga Nengudi (with Thomas Erben Gallery)
- Stephen Friedman Gallery: Denzil Forrester
- Summer Wheat
- Tanya Bonakdar Gallery: Math Bass, Shilpa Gupta
- Tina Kim Gallery: Tania Pérez Córdova, Suki Seokyeong Kang
- Van Doren Waxter: Jackie Saccoccio (with Carl D’Alvia)
- Victoria Miro: Chantal Joffe
- Vielmetter Los Angeles: Edgar Arceneaux, Sara Berman, Lavaughan Jenkins, Samuel Levi Jones
- Western Exhibitions: Edie Fake, Deb Sokolow
- White Cube: Julie Curtiss, Mona Hatoum, Doris Salcedo
Member Programs
Circle and Members’ Preview Reception for Paul Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom, MCA Chicago, May 02, 2025. Photo: Jeremy Lawson Photography.
Member Appreciation Night at Tuesdays on the Terrace
Jul 23, 2024
Edlis Neeson Theater and The Commons
Circle Donor Tour | Nicole Eisenman: What Happened
Sep 20, 2024
Griffin Galleries of Contemporary Art
Members’ Open House
Sep 20, 2024
Visionary: Celebrating Leadership in the Arts
Oct 07, 2024
Off-site: The Four Seasons Hotel
Circle Donor Preview | The Living End: Painting and Other Technologies, 1970–2020
Nov 08, 2024
Griffin Galleries of Contemporary Art
Members’ Preview | The Living End: Painting and Other Technologies, 1970–2020
Nov 08, 2024
Griffin Galleries of Contemporary Art
Director’s Vision Council | Toast & Tour of The Living End: Painting and Other Technologies, 1970–2020
Nov 21, 2024
Griffin Galleries of Contemporary Art
Members’ Holiday Party
Dec 12, 2024
MCA Store
Circle Donor Tour | The Living End: Painting and Other Technologies, 1970–2020
Jan 17, 2025
Griffin Galleries of Contemporary Art
Members’ Tour | Wafaa Bilal: Indulge Me
Mar 12, 2025
Bergman Family Galleries
Vernissage 2025
Apr 24, 2025
Off-site: EXPO Chicago, Navy Pier
Circle Donor Preview | Paul Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom
May 02, 2025
Griffin Galleries of Contemporary Art
Members’ Preview | Paul Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom
May 02, 2025
Griffin Galleries of Contemporary Art
The Art Auction
Jun 06, 2025
Sylvia Neil & Daniel Fischel Galleries
Board and Staff
Board of Trustees
Chair
Cari B. Sacks
Immediate Past Chair
Michael O’Grady*
Secretary
Leslie Bluhm
Vice Chairs
Ellen-Blair Chube
Nickol R. Hackett
Treasurer
Michael Canmann
Trustees
Sara Albrecht
Michael Alper
Peter J. Barack
Marlene Breslow-Blitstein
Marc Brooks
Robert Buford
Carol Cohen
Nancy Carrington Crown
Dimitris Daskalopoulos
Laura Davis
Robert H. Defares
Lisa Duarte
Lois Eisen
Larry Fields
Nicholas Giampietro
Rachel Grund**
Madeleine Grynsztejn**
Jack Guthman
John B. Harris
King Harris*
Jana Hees
Cynthia Hunt
Anne L. Kaplan*
Guy Lakonishok
Liz Lefkofsky
Jonathan Levin
Ron Levin
James H. Litinsky
Marquis D. Miller
Sundeep Mullangi
Carrie Reyes Murphy
Martin Nesbitt
Carol Prins
Nathaniel Robinson
Eve Reppen Rogers
Joshua Rogers
Ilan Shalit
William Silverstein
Sara Szold +
Robin Loewenberg Tebbe
Nigel F. Telman
Dia S. Weil
Tarrah Cooper Wright
Joyce Yaung
Dan Yih
Helen Zell
Life Trustees
John D. Cartland*
Marshall Front
Helyn D. Goldenberg*
James A. Gordon
Mary Ittelson*
Don Kaul
Sally Meyers Kovler*
H. Gael Neeson
Penny Pritzker*
Dorie Sternberg
Daryl Gerber Stokols
Marjorie Susman
Allen M. Turner*
Emeritus Trustees
Jennifer Aubrey
Julie Bernstein
Gerhard Bette
Donald J. Edwards
Laura Keidan Martin
Sylvia Neil
Kate Neisser
Lorna Simpson
As of June 30, 2025
* Past Chair
** Ex-Officio
+ In Memorium
Staff Listing
DIRECTOR’S OFFICE
Hanna After Buffalo
Janelle Brooks
Maesie Duncan
Erica Erdmann
Madeleine Grynsztejn
Joey Orr
Gwendolyn Perry Davis
Courtney Rowe
Lucia Villanueva Alonso
Janet Wolski
AUDIENCE EXPERIENCE
Annie Ali
Lily Anderson
Amy Babinec
Spike Bahermez
Perrine Coudurier
Haven Crawley
Gina Crowley
Alexis Dassios
Whitney Davis
Blaine Dixon
David Dowd
David Downs
Julian Esquiliano
Rukmini Girish
Judith Harding
James Harris
Maggie Hart
Alfonzo Kahlil
Kristen Kaniewski
Biz Knapp
Julia Kriegel
Keith Lannon
Dakota Lecos
Anwar Mahdi
Corvin Mecklenburger
María Morales
Hannah Parker
Eddy Resillez
Grant Reynolds
Meg Ryan
Gioia Sabatinelli
Mitchell Scollon
Maria Siciliano
Hua Song
Eric Strom
Michael Thomas
Amy Tran
China Wehr
Andrew Wesley
Kristi Widgery
Alanna Zaritz
BUILDING OPERATIONS
Duncan Anderson
Sam Clapp
Paul Deuth
Astra Duffy
Charlie Dykstal
Bonita Kaze
Haruhi Kobayashi
Emmelia Lamphere
Rafael Loza
Orlando Reyes
Julio Saravia
Matt Sharp
Matt Test
Martino Wilkerson
COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS
Kahari Blackburn
Molly Brennan
Craig Cotsones
Emily Edwards
Kayla Foster
Tom Guenther
Jane Jefferies
Wyatt Lasky
Charlie Miller
Emma O’Halloran
Peixuan Ouyang
Emilie Puttrich
Claire Renaud
Ellie Schrader
Leah Singsank
Teddy Smith
Marisa Szpytman
Iona Woolmington
Geneva Wrona
Ty Wubbenhorst
COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING
Saadia Yasmin Pervaiz
Lindsay Starr
Manuel Venegas
CONTENT STRATEGY
Gabrielle Banks
Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan
Antonio Díaz Oliva
Tyler Laminack
Katie Levi
Ricky Reyes
Mary Richardson
Elijah Teitelbaum
CREATIVE AND DESIGN
Drew Colglazier
Brian Hedrick
Suraiya Nathani Hossain
Katie Leonard
VISUAL ART
Iris Colburn
Jadine Collingwood
Korina Hernandez
Jamillah James
Nolan Jimbo
Jack Schneider
Mark Weiland
DEVELOPMENT
Lizz Biswell
Kathryn Doughten
Hillary Hanas
Julia Katz
Lindsay Lees
Victor Mendoza-Garcia
Amanda Owens
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Wes Moran
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Ryan Bell
Radu David
John Ghorbati
Michael Lynch
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Miguel Aguilar
Ahmad Bracey
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Olive Stefanski
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Moira Brennan
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