SUMMER 2016
ON STAGE & IN THE GALLERIES
SUMMER 2016 Tickets: 413.662.2111 or massmoca.org
Saturday, May 28, 5pm
Saturday, July 16, 8:30pm
July 13–30, 1:30pm & 4:30pm
Saturday, July 16, 11:30am
EXPLODE EVERY DAY
THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE
BANG ON A CAN GALLERY RECITALS
KIDS CAN TOO!
OPENING RECEPTION / P. 20
FILM WITH LIVE MUSIC / P. 11
MUSIC FESTIVAL / P. 12
MUSIC FESTIVAL / P. 12
Saturday, May 28, 8:30pm
Saturday, June 11
Saturday, June 18, 11am
Saturday, July 23, 8pm
Saturday, July 30, 4pm
Saturday, August 6, 8pm
LUNA
THE NATIONAL
KIDSPACE
BANG ON A CAN ALL-STARS
BANG ON A CAN MARATHON
MARIACHI FLOR DE TOLOACHE
LIVE MUSIC / P. 5
LIVE MUSIC / P. 6
OPENING CELEBRATION / P. 23
MUSIC FESTIVAL / P. 12
MUSIC FESTIVAL / P. 13
LIVE MUSIC / P. 14
Saturday, June 18, 2pm
Beginning June 25
Saturday, June 25, 8pm
Saturday, August 13, 8pm
Friday, August 19, 8pm
Saturday, August 20, 8pm
SUMMER HOURS
DAN ZANES’ LEAD BELLY PROJECT
THE SUITCASE JUNKET
CHARLES BRADLEY
ROOMFUL OF TEETH
SHERLOCK JR.
Sundays–Wednesdays, 10am–6pm Thursdays–Saturdays, 10am–7pm
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LIVE MUSIC / P. 15
LIVE MUSIC / P. 16
FILM WITH LIVE MUSIC / P. 16
Friday, July 1, 8:30pm
Saturday, July 2, 8pm
Saturday, July 9, 8pm
Saturday, August 27, 8pm
Saturday, September 3, 8pm
September 16–18
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
GHOST TRAIN ORCHESTRA
JOE PERA
RUBBLEBUCKET
EVERTON BLENDER
FRESHGRASS
MOVIE AT THE AIRPORT / P. 9
LIVE MUSIC / P. 10
COMEDY / P. 10
LIVE MUSIC / P. 17
LIVE MUSIC / P. 18
MUSIC FESTIVAL / P. 19
FOR FAMILIES / P. 7
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As you explore our factory campus this summer, you’ll notice a lot of changes, with a lot more under way.
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LIVE MUSIC
Up front, Bright Ideas Brewing and Tunnel City Coffee join Gramercy Bistro and Lickety Split Café. We know art and music matter, but we don’t underestimate the power of great ice cream, coffee, and beer to make for a fine summer day. Or better yet, a whole weekend. Check out massmoca.org for interesting itineraries that will keep you in the Berkshires —listening to music, enjoying art and architecture, biking, birding, rafting, hiking, and eating fresh food. Plan to linger; there’s no way to do it all in one day. At MASS MoCA, you will want to take time to absorb Alex Da Corte’s glowing exhibition Free Roses this summer. It feels like swimming: lit with colored neon and the refracted light of sexy, sharply observed video, you will never look at a bottle of VO5 shampoo in the same way again. Explode Every Day, Sarah Crowner’s Beetle in the Leaves, Richard Nonas’ spacechanging, place-making Building 5 installation, and, of course, Sol LeWitt and Anselm Kiefer are all super shows. Our outdoor film programming is particularly strong this season, including an annual trip to the North Adams Airport on the 1st of July, and The Triplets of Belleville with live music by Benoît Charest’s 9-piece Le Terrible Orchestre de Belleville on July 16. One of our treasured summer rituals is opening The Chalet, artist Dean Baldwin’s riverside beer garden adjacent to our campuscenter courtyards. Raise a glass with us there on Thursdays this season, but you’ll find us at Bright Ideas on Friday nights where there’s always good beer and good music.
“SIMPLE, GRACEFUL, CHIMING” — the Guardian
LUNA
Cheers,
Joseph Thompson, Director
Saturday, May 28, 8:30pm COURTYARD C OR HUNTER CENTER $25 ADVANCE | $32 DAY OF | $40 PREFERRED
Storied indie rock quartet Luna—led by Dean Wareham, seen most recently at MASS MoCA as onehalf of Dean & Britta—returns after a 10-year hiatus. With its 1999-era lineup (Wareham, Britta Phillips, Sean Eden, and Lee Wall), the band sounds as strong as ever and is back with a sweet vengeance to open our summer season. “One of indie rock’s most beloved live acts.” — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone
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FOR FAMILIES Detail from Wall Drawing #797, MASS MoCA, courtesy of the Estate of Sol LeWitt
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LIVE MUSIC
CELEBRATING AN AMERICAN ICON
DAN ZANES’ LEAD BELLY PROJECT
Saturday, June 18, 2pm COURTYARD C OR HUNTER CENTER | $12 KIDS 6-16 $18 ADVANCE | $24 DAY OF | KIDS 5 AND UNDER COME FOR FREE COME EARLY FOR AN OPENING CELEBRATION IN KIDSPACE AT 11AM.
Dan Zanes, the Grammy-winning Springsteen of the pre-teen set, dives headlong into the music of iconic American folk and blues legend, Huddie William Ledbetter, best known as Lead Belly—whose catalog includes standards such as “Goodnight Irene” and “Midnight Special.” Guests from Zanes’ forthcoming Lead Belly record (Smithsonian Folkways, Fall 2016) fill out the show. “The crown prince of contemporary kids’ music.” – People
ONLY NORTHEAST HEADLINE SHOW IN 2016
WITH YASSOU Saturday, June 11, 7pm JOE’S FIELD | $49 EARLY BIRD (THROUGH MAY 29) | $55 ADVANCE | $59 DAY OF | GATES OPEN AT 5PM COME EARLY TO CATCH SOME OF RAGNAR KJARTANSSON’S 6+ HOUR VIDEO, A LOT OF SORROW, WHICH FEATURES THE NATIONAL.
a concert to benefit MASS MoCA and Hawthorne Valley Association a co-presentation with Higher Ground Presents
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FRESHGRASS PRESENTS
THE SUITCASE JUNKET
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Saturday, June 25, 8pm DRÉ PAVILION OR CLUB B10 | $12 STUDENTS + ADVANCE $18 DAY OF | $24 PREFERRED
Artist, tinkerer, tunesmith, Swamp Yankee—Signature Sounds artist Matt Lorenz is a one-man salvage specialist singing into the hollow of a dumpster guitar, railing on a box of twisted forks and bones, and belting out mountain ballads till the house sings back.
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LIVE MUSIC
FLY-IN FUN
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
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Friday, July 1, 8:30pm HARRIMAN-WEST AIRPORT, NORTH ADAMS $14 PER CAR | $7 ADULTS | $3 KIDS UNDER 12 GATES OPEN AT 7PM | RAIN DATE: JULY 3 | RATED PG-13 TICKETS ONLY AVAILABLE BY CASH OR CHECK AT THE GATE
Travel Around the World in 80 Days as we screen this epic, Academy Award-winning adventure film on the largest movie screen in all of New England—the door of an airplane hangar! We’ll start the night with classic flight-themed cartoons, balsa wood gliders, and hot coals…so come hungry. Lickety Split will serve up hamburgers, hot dogs, popcorn, and ice cream as we settle in for this technicolor caper under the stars. B.Y.O.C. (bring your own chair), but don’t B.Y.O.B. (full bar on-site).
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ROARING LIKE THE ‘20S
Saturday, July 2, 8pm
GHOST TRAIN ORCHESTRA
DRÉ PAVILION OR CLUB B10 | $12 STUDENTS + ADVANCE $18 DAY OF | $24 PREFERRED
Reimagining the wild jazz that came pouring out of speakeasies and cabarets of Chicago and New York City in the 1920s—forever changing the face of American music—Ghost Train Orchestra swings by for a prohibitionera party that will have everything but the cigarette smoke. Check inhibitions at the door.
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COMEDY
PRESENTS
JOE PERA
LE HOT JAZZ, LE TOUR
THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE
Saturday, July 9, 8pm DRÉ PAVILION OR CLUB B10 | $16 STUDENTS + ADVANCE $22 DAY OF | $28 PREFERRED
Our favorite High Mud funny-man, Dave Hill, calls Joe Pera “a Dave-approved weirdo.” The Comic’s Comic calls this Buffaloborn, Brooklyn-based deadpan artist “…more Twilight Zone than Moth, more Andy Kaufman than Chris Gethard. Pera can be seen on Adam Devine’s House Party, and on the exceptionally hilarious web series, Pancake Breakfast and How to Make It in USA. See him right here on the Dré Pavilion this summer!
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Saturday, July 16, 8:30pm COURTYARD C OR HUNTER CENTER | $12 KIDS 6-16 $16 STUDENTS | $20 ADVANCE | $26 DAY OF $32 PREFERRED | KIDS 5 AND UNDER COME FOR FREE
This unclassifiable Oscar-nominated (Best Animated Feature, Best Song) film—a fantastical caper involving the Tour de France and the French Mafia—becomes a spectacular live event featuring dancing, singing, Foley sound effects, and the original hot swing score performed live by its composer, Benoît Charest, and his 9-piece Le Terrible Orchestre de Belleville band. Beautiful, outrageous fun for the whole family.
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MUSIC FESTIVAL
BANG ON A CAN SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL JULY 13–JULY 30 SPECIAL FESTIVAL GUEST COMPOSER, JOHN LUTHER ADAMS The best way to Bang is with a MASS MoCA membership, which offers free gallery admission and $5 concert tickets!
July 13 – July 29
DAILY GALLERY RECITALS
1:30pm: Fellows | 4:30pm: Faculty FREE WITH MUSEUM ADMISSION
Saturday, July 16, 11:30am KIDS CAN TOO! CLUB B10 | $5 MEMBERS | $8 NOT-YET-MEMBERS
Friday, July 22, 10pm L ATIN MUSIC BIG BAND NORTH ADAMS AMERICAN LEGION | FREE
Saturday, July 23, 4:30pm Pianist Vicky Chow plays compositions by Bang on a Can founders Michael Gordon, David Lang, and Julia Wolfe, plus a world premiere by composer Chris Cerrone.
Saturday, July 23, 8pm
BANG ON A CAN ALL-STARS PLAY BRIAN ENO’S MUSIC FOR AIRPORTS All-Stars bring Eno’s pioneering ambient work to life in an expanded performance that includes a full orchestra of festival fellows. The concert will also feature new entries in the All-Stars’ Field Recordings project—new music interwoven with archival recordings—including works by Roomful of Teeth’s Caroline Shaw, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Gabriella Smith, René Lussier, and more. HUNTER CENTER | $5 MEMBERS | $12 STUDENTS, BANG ALUM + ADVANCE | $18 DAY OF | $24 PREFERRED
Sunday, July 24, 4:30pm Fellows and faculty perform John Cage’s ethereal Atlas Eclipticalis.
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MUSIC FESTIVAL
Monday, July 25, 4:30pm WORLD PREMIERE COMPOSER CONCERT Over 40 young exciting composers and performers from around the world debut festival work—some mere days, or hours, old. HUNTER CENTER
Tuesday, July 26, 4:30pm Martin Bresnick’s music has influenced a generation of composers, including many Bang on a Can regulars. Come celebrate his 70th birthday with us.
Wednesday, July 27, 4:30pm Born in Macau and now splitting time between Paris and Poestenkill, Bun-Ching Lam spins a virtuosic East / West fusion.
July 28 & 29, 10pm AFTER HOURS AT THE CHALET Spontaneous music with the fellows in our summer beer garden, which careens from rock to jazz to salsa to avant-ballads.
Friday, July 29, 4:30pm Music for percussion by John Luther Adams
Saturday, July 30, 4–10pm
BANG ON A CAN MARATHON 6-hour festival finale featuring more music by guest composer, eco-revolutionary John Luther Adams, plus a special rendition of Steve Reich’s early classic Music For Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ, Julia Wolfe’s raucous Tell Me Everything, and a world premiere by Bang on a Can All-Star and festival favorite, Ken Thomson.
Wednesday, July 27, 7pm CONCERT AT THE LAKE
HUNTER CENTER | $5 MEMBERS | $12 STUDENTS, BANG ALUM + ADVANCE | $18 DAY OF | $24 PREFERRED
Our annual blow-out avant-variety show. Bring a blanket.
The Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA is made possible with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, and with support from the Amphion Foundation, ASCAP Foundation Irving Caesar Scholarship, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, Robert Black Bass Scholarship, Gabriel Taubman, Chamber Music America, Henry S. McNeil, Jr., and Williamson Foundation for Music. Special thanks go out to Drury High School, Williams College, and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Concert pianos provided courtesy of Falcetti Music.
WINDSOR LAKE, NORTH ADAMS | FREE
Thursday, July 28, 4:30pm Ashley Bathgate performs the explosive Bach Unwound, for solo cello, written by the Sleeping Giant collective.
Thursday, July 28, 7:30pm A rare outdoor performance of Ten Thousand Birds, by renowned new music master, John Luther Adams.
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Saturday, August 6, 8pm
MARIACHI FLOR DE TOLOACHE
Trailblazing Latin Grammy nominees Mariachi Flor de Toloache are New York City’s first all-female mariachi band. They infuse the classic ranchero sound with bursts of hip-hop, soul, jazz, and salsa, and are about as much fun as it gets.
DRÉ PAVILION OR CLUB B10 | $16 STUDENTS + ADVANCE $22 DAY OF | $28 PREFERRED
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SOUTH OF THE BORDER SWING
photo by Shayan Asgharnia
LIVE MUSIC
SOUL REVIVAL
CHARLES BRADLEY & HIS EXTRAORDINAIRES Saturday, August 13, 8pm COURTYARD C OR CLUB B10 $26 ADVANCE | $33 DAY OF | $45 PREFERRED
Not since James Brown has the world seen the likes of Charles Bradley, an old-school revivalist who leaves every ounce of what he’s got on stage.
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ROOMFUL OF TEETH
Friday, August 19, 8pm HUNTER CENTER | $16 STUDENTS + ADVANCE $22 DAY OF | $28 PREFERRED
Roomful of Teeth, the ensemble of Grammy-winning vocal titans led by Williams College faculty member Brad Wells returns here to its summer home to create new works and hone techniques, culminating in a knock-out performance.
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A WORLD OF HARMONY
LIVE MUSIC
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LIVE MUSIC
PSYCHEDELIC INDIE DANCE POP
RUBBLEBUCKET Saturday, August 27, 8pm COURTYARD C OR HUNTER CENTER | $25 ADVANCE $32 DAY OF | $40 PREFERRED
With electronica flourishes slithering around organic grooves, huge horn parts, and surprising arrangements, Rubblebucket is one of the most experimental—and fun—dance bands to emerge in the last decade. Frontwoman Kalmia Traver and bandleader Alex Toth, who met at UVM and cut their teeth in the stalwart reggae group John Brown’s Body, lead the charge. The party follows.
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FILM WITH LIVE MUSIC
SILENT CLASSIC, SLAMMING SCORE
SHERLOCK JR. WITH LIVE SCORE BY THE BQE PROJECT Saturday, August 20, 8pm COURTYARD C OR HUNTER CENTER | $16 STUDENTS + ADVANCE $22 DAY OF | $28 PREFERRED
Last seen at MASS MoCA over a decade ago, the outstanding BQE Project presents its original live score to the hilarious Buster Keaton classic Sherlock Jr. (1924), a typically Keaton-esque high-octane romp about a film projectionist who longs to be a detective. BQE warms up for Keaton with two classic animations, Sure-Locked Homes (1928), featuring Felix the Cat, and Fadeaway (1926).
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OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW GLEN HANSARD ★ RICKY SKAGGS & KENTUCKY THUNDER
THE DEVIL MAKES THREE ★ ROSANNE CASH THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS ★ DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER KITCHEN AOIFE O’DONOVAN ★ ALISON BROWN ★ FRANK SOLIVAN & DIRTY STEPHANE WREMBEL ★ JOHN REISCHMAN AND THE JAYBIRDS MR. SUN ★ OLD SALT UNION ★ ZOE & CLOYD ★ MILE TWELVE THE GRASS’D WALTZ : ALISON BROWN & FRIENDS THE BAND PLAY THE MUSIC OF
THE FRESHGRASS AWARD : 20 EMERGING ARTISTS COMPETE FRESHSCORES : LIVE MUSIC + SILENT FILM FEATURING AOIFE O’DONOVAN ★ STEPHANE WREMBEL ★ DAROL ANGER
REGGAE DANCE PARTY, STRAIGHT FROM JAMAICA
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Saturday, September 3, 8pm COURTYARD C OR HUNTER CENTER $5 MEMBERS + STUDENTS | $10 ADVANCE | $16 DAY OF
Spend one last summer night at MASS MoCA with the cool, steady, and easy grooves of reggae legend Everton Blender, whose perfect combination of classic roots and dancehall rhythm makes him a powerful presence in the world of Jamaican music.
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MORE THAN 50 BANDS IN ALL WORKSHOPS ★ LUTHIERS ★ CAMPING ★ JAM SESSIONS ★ LOCAL MUSIC STAGE
SEPTEMBER 16–18 ★ FRESHGRASS.COM
EXHIBITIONS Megan and Murray McMillan, In What Distant Sky, 2013-16
EXPLODE EVERY DAY AN INQUIRY INTO THE PHENOMENA OF WONDER
Members’ Opening Reception
Saturday, May 28, 5–6:30pm RSVP to members@massmoca.org or 413.664.4481 x8112
Lightning (detail), 2015-16. Courtesy of the artist and Luxembourg & Dayan Gallery, New York, photo by John Bernardo
EXHIBITIONS
ALEX DA CORTE FREE ROSES “The immersive world the exhibition creates can seem Wonka-ish, candy-colored and animated, with deranged elements like mirrorstriped floors, flying bats, plastic fruits and vegetables, a giant hoagie made of rubber, and a sculptural rendition of the couch in The Simpsons. But Mr. Da Corte, who has become highly sought-after in recent years for a riotous post-post-Pop sensibility, significantly darkens the picture around the corner from the romantic swans, where a video shows a man (Mr. Da Corte’s boyfriend at the time) shooting a syringe full of [soda] into his arm, drawn from a plastic liter bottle, in a work inspired by Rimbaud’s A Season in Hell. – The New York Times his exhibition is supported by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Massachusetts T Cultural Council, the Barr Foundation, Luxembourg & Dayan Gallery, and ArtNet. Exhibitions of emerging artists are made possible in part by the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation.
Wonder agitates, mesmerizes, and shocks. It is a sudden intake of breath, a gaping mouth, and a surrender to the ineffable. In Explode Every Day: An Inquiry into the Phenomena of Wonder, 23 artists working in a wide range of media explore perception, time, and the cosmos, to provoke viewers into their own state of wonder. Featuring artists: Jonathan Allen, Jen Bervin, Jason de Haan, Tristan Duke, Sharon Ellis, Tom Friedman, Christopher Gausby, Hope Ginsburg, Laurent Grasso, Pierre Huyghe, The Institute For Figuring, Nina Katchadourian, Michael Light, Charles Lindsay, Megan and Murray McMillan, Ryan and Trevor Oakes, Demetrius Oliver, Véréna Paravel and Lucien CastaingTaylor, Dario Robleto, Rachel Sussman, Julianne Swartz, Chris Taylor, and Fred Tomaselli This exhibition is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and a grant from the Artist’s Resource Trust, with additional support from the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Barr Foundation, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
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BEETLE IN THE LEAVES
Sarah Crowner’s first solo U.S. museum exhibition features sewn paintings made from raw and painted canvas and new large-scale tile works. Mining the legacy of abstraction within both the fine and applied arts, Crowner creates patterns and makes subtle associations between her works, their architectural surroundings, and the history of art. In the main gallery, a raised platform covered with cement tiles—designed and hand-painted by the artist in Marrakech—becomes a stage. Partially surrounding this structure, a wall supports new, sumptuously painted, large-scale abstract paintings, which reference the landscape and trees visible through gallery windows. his exhibition is supported by the Horace W. Goldsmith T Foundation, the Barr Foundation, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill, Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger, Christopher Bass, Michael and Roberta Joseph, Tristin and Martin Mannion, and Lise and Jeffrey Wilks.
Rotated Stretched Stems, 2016. Courtesy of the artist and Casey Kaplan, New York, photo by Jean Vong
SARAH CROWNER
KIDSPACE Federico Uribe, On Good Faith, 2015. Image courtesy of the artist and Adelson Galleries
EXHIBITIONS
FEDERICO URIBE HERE COMES THE SUN
NICK CAVE
Opening Celebration
Saturday, June 18, 11am–1pm In Here Comes the Sun, Federico Uribe’s menagerie of animals crafted out of leather bags, bullets, shoelaces, and colored pencils will leave viewers ever-more optimistic. Kidspace’s Art 4 Change is a four-year project that explores problem-solving through empathy, optimism, and courage. To give us a taste of what’s in store for his Building 5 exhibition opening this October, Nick Cave wraps the Kidspace ArtBar to create a Kaleidoscopic Playground.
KALEIDOSCOPIC PLAYGROUND Education at MASS MoCA is made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Additional support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, The Hearst Foundation, Milton and Dorothy Sarnoff Raymond Foundation, the Amelia Peabody Foundation, Holly Swett, the Feigenbaum Foundation, John Hancock, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the C & P Buttenwieser Foundation, TD Charitable Foundation, Berkshire Bank, Price Chopper’s Golub Foundation, the Gateway Fund and the William and Margery Barrett Fund of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, and an anonymous donor. The Milton and Dorothy Sarnoff Raymond Foundation’s gift is in memory of Sandy and Lynn Laitman.
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EXHIBITIONS
This exhibition is made possible by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in support of MASS MoCA, the Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art, and the Cultural Council of Northern Berkshire, with additional support provided by the Awesome Without Borders chapter of the Awesome Foundation. The exhibition is curated by Nina Wexelblatt, a second-year student in the Williams College Graduate Program.
THE MAN IN THE EMPTY SPACE On view through September 5
HALL ART FOUNDATION
Anselm Kiefer and Franz West: Les Pommes d’Adam are long-term installations realized in collaboration with the Hall Art Foundation.
Richard Nonas, The Man in the Empty Space (installation view), 2016, photo by David Dashiell
RICHARD NONAS
ANSELM KIEFER
Wall Drawing 1152, April 2005
ZAROUHIE ABDALIAN | WALEAD BESHTY | EDSON CHAGAS ANDY GRAYDON | AMALIA PICA | RACHEL SUSSMAN AUDRA WOLOWIEC
Amalia Pica, Stabile (with confetti) (detail), 2012, photo by Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, Gunnar Meier
THE SPACE BETWEEN
Velimir Chlebnikov, 2004 (detail), courtesy of White Cube.
EXHIBITIONS
SOL LEWITT
A WALL DRAWING RETROSPECTIVE
This exhibition is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and Francis Greenburger and Isabelle Autones.
This exhibition is a collaboration of MASS MoCA, Yale University Art Gallery, and the Williams College Museum of Art.
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OUTDOOR EXHIBITIONS photo: LesTK Pommes D’Adam (2014). photo by Arthur Evans
FRANZ WEST LES POMMES D’ADAM
Michael Oatman, all utopias fell, 2010, photo by Zoran Orlic
EXHIBITIONS
ON CAMPUS
UNTETHERED
OFF CAMPUS
STEPHEN VITIELLO: ALL THOSE VANISHED ENGINES
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VICTORIA PALERMO: THE BUS STAND Main Street WALTER FÄHNDRICH: MUSIC FOR A QUARRY Natural Bridge State Park HARMONIC BRIDGE Under the overpass – Rt. 2 at Marshall Street
This exhibition is supported by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
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DON GUMMER: PRIMARY SEPARATION
Victoria Palermo, The Bus Stand (2012), photo by Arthur Evans
RAN HWANG
Left: Barbara Takenaga, Nebraska, 2015 (installation view) Right: Ran Hwang, Untethered, 2015 (installation view)
NEBRASKA
NATALIE JEREMIJENKO: TREE LOGIC
CHRISTINA KUBISCH: CLOCKTOWER
Anselm Kiefer and Franz West: Les Pommes d’Adam are long-term installations realized in collaboration with the Hall Art Foundation.
BARBARA TAKENAGA
MICHAEL OATMAN: all utopias fell
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HOURS Summer (June 25–September 5) Sundays–Wednesdays, 10am–6pm Thursdays–Saturdays, 10am–7pm
PLAN YOUR VISIT We hope you’ll visit downtown North Adams, check out Mt. Greylock (Massachusetts’ tallest peak), and dip into neighboring Adams and Williamstown while you’re in the Berkshires.
Through June 24 and after September 5 11am to 5pm, closed Tuesdays ADMISSION Adults $18 Seniors/Veterans $16 Students w/ID $12 Kids (6 – 16) $8 Kids under 6 and museum members always visit for free. Admission to Kidspace is always free. The ArtBar is open weekends and during school breaks. Williams College and MCLA students are members and receive free admission with valid ID. 3 Museum Combo Ticket (MASS MoCA, the Clark, Williams College Museum of Art) $32 admission and save 20% at WCMA store Norman Rockwell Combo Ticket (MASS MoCA, Norman Rockwell Museum) $30 PUBLIC TOURS (free with admission) June 25–September 5 Tours daily at 11am, 1pm, and 3pm Through June 24 Daily 2pm Museum Highlights Saturday 12pm Sol LeWitt Sunday 12pm Sol LeWitt or Anselm Kiefer (seasonally) Detailed schedule at massmoca.org/visit LIVE EVENTS Reserve tickets for all performances even if they are free. All performances and artists are subject to change, and often sell out. No refunds or exchanges. All events are rain or shine.
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Alex Da Corte, Lightning (detail), 2015-16, Courtesy the artist and Luxembourg & Dayan Gallery, New York. photo: John Bernardo