On view now in Building 4.3 — “Daniela Rivera: Hacia Cuando (To When).”

“Hacia Cuando (To When),” a third-floor commission by Chilean-born and Massachusetts-based artist Daniela Rivera, explores the migration of cultural traditions, histories, and practices through the material language of pre-Hispanic fresco traditions and the sonic language of resonance.

At the center of the exhibition is a tilted platform of handmade fresco tiles that operates as a sonic device when walked across by museum visitors. As visitors move through the space, hidden resonance chambers and contact microphones amplify each step, creating evidence of transitory and migratory pathways.

Operating simultaneously as painting, sculpture, site-specific installation, and sonic instrument, Rivera’s cross-disciplinary project demonstrates how migration — physical, cultural, or otherwise — is constantly taking place and reshaping society and ourselves.

Plan your visit to experience this newly opened exhibition at the link in our bio.

📸: Tony Luong

Summer’s LOUDest weekend is almost here, and single-day passes are available now!

Bang on a Can’s Summer Music Festival returns to MASS MoCA on Thursday, July 16, with three weeks of gallery concerts as Bang on a Can fellows and faculty let loose throughout the galleries, all leading up to LOUD Weekend — three days of immersive music experiences unfolding across MASS MoCA’s galleries, performing arts stages, and outdoor spaces.

Whether you stop by for a gallery concert or spend some time immersed in LOUD Weekend, there’s no wrong way to experience one of the country’s most adventurous music festivals.

With temperatures finally more temperate outside, it’s a great time to stroll across MASS MoCA’s campus and check out Taryn Simon’s “The Pipes”!

“The Pipes” were originally installed in New York, and played host to 30 professional mourners from around the world who used the shape and sound of the structures as an instrument to amplify their work.

Now, the concrete pipes are offered to the public as a sacred space for reflection, impromptu performance, stargazing, and any action that their unique qualities inspire in a visitor.

Over the past few months, artist Daniela Rivera and MASS MoCA’s Art Fabrication team have transformed the Building 4.3 gallery into a bustling studio space in preparation for “Daniela Rivera: Hacia Cuando (To When),” on view beginning July 11.

Featuring a large, inclined platform floor made from handmade tiles created using pre-Hispanic fresco traditions, Rivera’s newly commissioned installation functions simultaneously as painting, sculpture, and sonic device. Through the migration of materials, histories, cultural objects, narratives, practices, and myths, the exhibition invites viewers to consider how history is carried, transformed, and remembered.

Through her reinvigoration of craft tradition, Rivera examines the historical, cultural, and colonial narratives embedded within these materials and their varied places of origin.

From the historic performance of “Mermaid Avenue” with Wilco, Billy Bragg, and surprise guest Natalie Merchant, to intimate pop-ups throughout our galleries, to the breaking of the world record for most yo-yos dropped at once (over 5,000!), thanks to all who joined us for another whirlwind Solid Sound Festival!

Photos: @douglasscottmason

Whether you celebrated at Community Free Day with @dshberkshires , on our campus, or at North Adams Pride Night, there’s plenty of joy to go around this month!

Thank you to the artists, community organizations, and visitors who help make MASS MoCA — and North Adams — vibrant and inclusive spaces to gather. We’re grateful to be part of a community that shows up with so much color, creativity, and care.

Happy Pride from all of us at MASS MoCA 🌈

We can’t wait for Big Thief to make their triumphant return to MASS MoCA as part of their Somersault Slide 360 Tour on August 8! Until then, we’re thinking about our mission of stewarding art in all of its forms, and seeing the band’s poetic lyrics reflected in the exhibitions in our galleries.

Check out some of our pairings here, and snag your ticket to what promises to be one of the most exciting shows of the summer!