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Screening | Out of the Picture

February 22, 202511:00 am - 1:00 pm

Edlis Neeson Theater

Tickets on sale in January. Save on tickets to both the screening and the talk.

A female-presenting person gestures with their hands while looking up in a newsroom.
The outline of a person standing in front of a large painting on an indigo wall
Cameras and lights surround a person sitting in a living room
Three people on a sandy hill overlooking a building and a dusty road. One is sitting on a stone bench looking at a person standing while being filmed by someone sitting on the ground with a camera
A female-presenting person gestures with their hands while looking up in a newsroom.
The outline of a person standing in front of a large painting on an indigo wall
Cameras and lights surround a person sitting in a living room
Three people on a sandy hill overlooking a building and a dusty road. One is sitting on a stone bench looking at a person standing while being filmed by someone sitting on the ground with a camera

About the Event

Join us for a screening of the first documentary film about art critics in the United States, Out of the Picture (2024). The film follows a handful of writers from across the United States through a critical time of cultural reckoning and historic transformation to both art and media. A Q&A with director Mary Louise Schumacher follows the screening.

Access Information

To request accessibility services like ASL interpretation or audio description, please contact us via email at [email protected] or call 312-397-4076.

Funding

Lead support for the 2024–25 season of MCA Performance is provided by Elizabeth A. Liebman.

Generous support is provided by Ginger Farley and Bob Shapiro, Martha Struthers Farley and Donald C. Farley, Jr. Family Foundation, N.A., Trustee; Anne L. Kaplan; and Carol Prins and John Hart/The Jessica Fund.

The MCA is a proud member of the Museums in the Park and receives major support from the Chicago Park District.