Since 2019, MASS MoCA has curated selections from a private collection of music photography. In conjunction with this year’s Solid Sound Festival, we handed over the selection process to the members of Wilco, who have chosen 35 images featuring performers such as Johnny Cash, The Clash, James Taylor and Carole King, Patti Smith and Tom Verlaine, Leonard Bernstein, Kurt Cobain, Stevie Wonder, The Supremes, The Band, and many more.

The exhibition will feature some quotes from Wilco and the collector about the importance of how music images our times.