Exhibition

Alison Pebworth Cultural Apothecary

On view now

B6: The Robert W. Wilson Building

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Randi Malkin Steinberger The Archive of Lost Memories

On view April 5–June 29, 2025

Building 8

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Jeffrey Gibson POWER FULL BECAUSE WE’RE DIFFERENT

On view through May 2026

Building 5

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Bang on a Can: LOUD Weekend 2025

Thursday, July 31–Saturday, August 2, 2025 MASS MoCA

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As Member Appreciation Month comes to a close, we wanted to take a moment to highlight our Library Pass Program with a special appearance from @naplibrary !

MASS MoCA enjoys expanding the cultural and educational life of our regional communities. The Library Pass program ensures that admission fees are not an obstacle for families in the region who want to enjoy the museum.

Visit the link in our bio to learn more.

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As Member Appreciation Month comes to a close, we wanted to take a moment to highlight our Library Pass Program with a special appearance from @naplibrary ! MASS MoCA enjoys expanding the cultural and educational life of our regional communities. The Library Pass program ensures that admission fees are not an obstacle for families in the region who want to enjoy the museum. Visit the link in our bio to learn more.

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On this Trans Day of Visibility, we`re celebrating the numerous Indigenous, two-spirit creatives including DJs, drag performers, academics, and activists whose work makes up the five-channel video work "Your Spirit Whispers in My Ear" that greets visitors to Jeffrey Gibson`s exhibition "POWER FULL BECAUSE WE`RE DIFFERENT."

The video, which interlaces documentary footage with shots of preening drag queens, is a celebration of sovereignty, power, and agency, as the Two-Spirit community unapologetically declares its presence, echoing writer Qwo-Li Driskill’s powerful proclamation: “we were stolen from our bodies, but now we are taking ourselves back. First Nations Two-Spirits are blooming like dandelions in the landscape of a racist, homophobic, and transphobic culture’s ordered garden."

"Your Spirit Whispers in My Ear" features work by:
Sean Stevens and Adrian Snyder, Ty Fierce Metteba, Navi Ho, Carla Rossi, Joseph Pierce, Miko Thomas, Morgan Wallace, Arielle Twist, Lou Cornum, Kairyn Potts, Lady Shug, Beejee (Qahir-beejee Llaneza) Peco, Cocoa Chandelier, Jontay Kahm, Dan Taulapapa McMullin, Razelle Benally, Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, Yoli, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Charlie Amáyá Scott, Kira Xonorika, Evan James Atwood, and Theo Jean Cuthand.

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On this Trans Day of Visibility, we're celebrating the numerous Indigenous, two-spirit creatives including DJs, drag performers, academics, and activists whose work makes up the five-channel video work "Your Spirit Whispers in My Ear" that greets visitors to Jeffrey Gibson's exhibition "POWER FULL BECAUSE WE'RE DIFFERENT." The video, which interlaces documentary footage with shots of preening drag queens, is a celebration of sovereignty, power, and agency, as the Two-Spirit community unapologetically declares its presence, echoing writer Qwo-Li Driskill’s powerful proclamation: “we were stolen from our bodies, but now we are taking ourselves back. First Nations Two-Spirits are blooming like dandelions in the landscape of a racist, homophobic, and transphobic culture’s ordered garden." "Your Spirit Whispers in My Ear" features work by:
Sean Stevens and Adrian Snyder, Ty Fierce Metteba, Navi Ho, Carla Rossi, Joseph Pierce, Miko Thomas, Morgan Wallace, Arielle Twist, Lou Cornum, Kairyn Potts, Lady Shug, Beejee (Qahir-beejee Llaneza) Peco, Cocoa Chandelier, Jontay Kahm, Dan Taulapapa McMullin, Razelle Benally, Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, Yoli, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Charlie Amáyá Scott, Kira Xonorika, Evan James Atwood, and Theo Jean Cuthand.

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Humans have long sought healing, growth, regeneration, rejuvenation, and blessing from natural materials, whether at a healing spring in the Appalachian Mountains or from the dirt floor of a chapel in New Mexico. On the day of each new moon — believed by many to be a time of rebirth — visitors to Grace Clark’s "In a new light (Healing Dirt)" in "Like Magic" are invited to enter the chapel-like room and apply charcoal earth to parts of their body in need of healing, harnessing the magic of belief in change.

"In a new light (Healing Dirt)" will be available to visitors on Saturday, March 29 — consider adding this experience to your visit.

📸 @luis____salazar
✂️ @salt_box_films

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Humans have long sought healing, growth, regeneration, rejuvenation, and blessing from natural materials, whether at a healing spring in the Appalachian Mountains or from the dirt floor of a chapel in New Mexico. On the day of each new moon — believed by many to be a time of rebirth — visitors to Grace Clark’s "In a new light (Healing Dirt)" in "Like Magic" are invited to enter the chapel-like room and apply charcoal earth to parts of their body in need of healing, harnessing the magic of belief in change. "In a new light (Healing Dirt)" will be available to visitors on Saturday, March 29 — consider adding this experience to your visit. 📸 @luis____salazar
✂️ @salt_box_films

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As spring warms up, take a stroll outside of MASS MoCA’s gates to the 40-foot-tall “Big Bling” by Martin Puryear!

The colossal work is the largest temporary installation that Puryear has created, and is built of wood, his signature material, as well as chain-link fence. While the statue was initially created to live in New York City’s Madison Square Park, with its title reflecting the character and inhabitants of the urban environment, its current home at MASS MoCA amplifies the sheer size and impact of the work by placing it somewhere in which its height is rivaled only by our clock tower, the city church steeples, and the surrounding Berkshire mountains.

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As spring warms up, take a stroll outside of MASS MoCA’s gates to the 40-foot-tall “Big Bling” by Martin Puryear! The colossal work is the largest temporary installation that Puryear has created, and is built of wood, his signature material, as well as chain-link fence. While the statue was initially created to live in New York City’s Madison Square Park, with its title reflecting the character and inhabitants of the urban environment, its current home at MASS MoCA amplifies the sheer size and impact of the work by placing it somewhere in which its height is rivaled only by our clock tower, the city church steeples, and the surrounding Berkshire mountains.

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On this World Poetry Day, we`re looking back at poet Anaïs Duplan`s reading of James Baldwin`s "the fire next time" in Steve Locke`s exhibition of the same name at our January Free Day.

Locke`s exhibition takes its title from the 1963 book by American author and civil rights activist James Baldwin, which galvanized the American public with its brutal honesty about racial inequality. Like Baldwin, Locke invites a viewer to grapple with the legacies of racial violence in an exhibition that, borrowing the writer`s phrase, "tells the truth" unflinchingly.

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On this World Poetry Day, we're looking back at poet Anaïs Duplan's reading of James Baldwin's "the fire next time" in Steve Locke's exhibition of the same name at our January Free Day. Locke's exhibition takes its title from the 1963 book by American author and civil rights activist James Baldwin, which galvanized the American public with its brutal honesty about racial inequality. Like Baldwin, Locke invites a viewer to grapple with the legacies of racial violence in an exhibition that, borrowing the writer's phrase, "tells the truth" unflinchingly.

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Take a stroll through the seasons and celebrate the first day of spring in Carly Glovinski`s "Almanac," on view in MASS MoCA`s Hunter Hallway 🌼

"Almanac" spans a hundred feet and chronicles the blooms of New England`s flowers from April through September. Weeks pass in the blink of an eye as you meander from cold hearty daffodils, violas, and bleeding hearts to irises, Queen Anne`s lace, morning glories, and cosmos.

As you walk among the intricately-constructed buds, see if any look like the ones starting to sprout in your garden!

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Take a stroll through the seasons and celebrate the first day of spring in Carly Glovinski's "Almanac," on view in MASS MoCA's Hunter Hallway 🌼 "Almanac" spans a hundred feet and chronicles the blooms of New England's flowers from April through September. Weeks pass in the blink of an eye as you meander from cold hearty daffodils, violas, and bleeding hearts to irises, Queen Anne's lace, morning glories, and cosmos. As you walk among the intricately-constructed buds, see if any look like the ones starting to sprout in your garden!

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The first wave of the FreshGrass | North Adams lineup is here!

Get ready for three days of festival magic September 19-21 with the best in roots and bluegrass music including Greensky Bluegrass, Cimafunk, Lee Fields, Kitchen Dwellers, Jaime Wyatt, and so many more including FreshGrass commissions and FreshScores ⚡️

Snag your passes now at the cheapest price available and stay tuned for more lineup news later this spring! See you in September 🪕

Link in our bio for weekend passes!

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The first wave of the FreshGrass | North Adams lineup is here! Get ready for three days of festival magic September 19-21 with the best in roots and bluegrass music including Greensky Bluegrass, Cimafunk, Lee Fields, Kitchen Dwellers, Jaime Wyatt, and so many more including FreshGrass commissions and FreshScores ⚡️ Snag your passes now at the cheapest price available and stay tuned for more lineup news later this spring! See you in September 🪕 Link in our bio for weekend passes!

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“Supporting the arts is just one of the reasons why I continue to support MASS MoCA.”

Meet MASS MoCA member Paul Calarco.

As part of Member Appreciation Month, we’ve asked Paul to speak to his experience as a member and what advice he would give to anyone that might be considering a membership.

Visit the link in our bio to learn more about our membership options!

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“Supporting the arts is just one of the reasons why I continue to support MASS MoCA.” Meet MASS MoCA member Paul Calarco. As part of Member Appreciation Month, we’ve asked Paul to speak to his experience as a member and what advice he would give to anyone that might be considering a membership. Visit the link in our bio to learn more about our membership options!

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We couldn`t be more excited to welcome cultural critic Fran Lebowitz, interviewed by MASS MoCA Director Kristy Edmunds, to the Hunter Center this Saturday March 15!

After the conversation, Fran will be signing copies of "The Fran Lebowitz Reader" – in which you can read her acerbic views on current events and the media as well as pet peeves including tourists, baggage-claim areas, aftershave lotion, adults who rollerskate, children who speak French, or anyone who is unduly tan – in the MASS MoCA lobby at 9:30. Or, you can skip the line and reserve a pre-signed copy at the link in our bio!

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We couldn't be more excited to welcome cultural critic Fran Lebowitz, interviewed by MASS MoCA Director Kristy Edmunds, to the Hunter Center this Saturday March 15! After the conversation, Fran will be signing copies of "The Fran Lebowitz Reader" – in which you can read her acerbic views on current events and the media as well as pet peeves including tourists, baggage-claim areas, aftershave lotion, adults who rollerskate, children who speak French, or anyone who is unduly tan – in the MASS MoCA lobby at 9:30. Or, you can skip the line and reserve a pre-signed copy at the link in our bio!

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Get ready to turn the volume up, @bangonacan ‘s LOUD Weekend returns July 31 – August 2!

A fully loaded, three–day eclectic super–mix of creative, experimental and unusual music, LOUD Weekend is the culminating event of the 23rd annual Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA.

Visit the link in our bio to learn more.

📸: Greg Nesbit

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Get ready to turn the volume up, @bangonacan ‘s LOUD Weekend returns July 31 – August 2! A fully loaded, three–day eclectic super–mix of creative, experimental and unusual music, LOUD Weekend is the culminating event of the 23rd annual Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA.
Visit the link in our bio to learn more. 📸: Greg Nesbit

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"I keep coming back because the exhibitions are constantly changing so there`s always something for everybody here."

Meet MASS MoCA members, Lauren and Bob.

As we continue celebrating Member Appreciation Month, we`ve asked them to share some of their best memories and museum stories with us and what`s kept them coming back to MASS MoCA throughout the last decade.

Visit the link in our bio to learn more about MASS MoCA membership.

Mar 10

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"I keep coming back because the exhibitions are constantly changing so there's always something for everybody here." Meet MASS MoCA members, Lauren and Bob. As we continue celebrating Member Appreciation Month, we've asked them to share some of their best memories and museum stories with us and what's kept them coming back to MASS MoCA throughout the last decade. Visit the link in our bio to learn more about MASS MoCA membership.

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Celebrated dance-theater artist David Roussève’s DaddyAF, coming to MASS MoCA on May 3, is an intimate meditation on life’s purpose, created and performed by a queer African American acutely aware of the finite time he has left on the planet. Like strands of DNA, it connects elements encoded in his body, including 600 years of genealogy, a rollercoaster journey with HIV, and the shattering loss of a husband — while revisiting movement from 35 years of dance-making to explore the meaning of ‘virtuosity’ for a 64-year old body.

Tickets at the link in our bio!

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