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Exhibition

Vincent Valdez Just A Dream…

On view through April 5, 2026

Building 4

 

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Public Program

In Session Gallery Visits with Anaїs Duplan

Saturdays, October 25, January 31, April 4, & July 11, 10am–noon

Meet in MASS MoCA Lobby, B10

 

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12

Oct

Sun
Chuwi

Chuwi

Sunday, October 12, 8pm Club B10

 

16

Oct

Thu
Family Night: After Hours

Family Night: After Hours

Thursday, October 16, 5:30–7:30pm MASS MoCA

 

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Oct

Sat
<span class="title-light">In Conversation</span>Jimena Sarno & Alexandra Foradas

In ConversationJimena Sarno & Alexandra Foradas

Saturday, October 18, 4pm Club B10

 

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Sat
<span class="title-light">In Conversation </span>Vincent Valdez & Evan Garza

In Conversation Vincent Valdez & Evan Garza

Saturday, November 1, 2pm Club B10

 

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Sat
Día de los Muertos

Día de los Muertos

Saturday, November 1, 4–7pm MASS MoCA

 

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Beginning October 25, join writer Anaïs Duplan for a multi-session, seminar-style series in our galleries exploring themes of privilege and power in contemporary art.

Through short readings, writing exercises, and group discussion, participants will engage directly with exhibitions by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) artists on view at MASS MoCA, each of which explores power and privilege in different ways.

Register for a single session or the full series — save your spot and learn more at the link in our bio.

📸 : Liz McCarthy and Elias Williams

Oct 5

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Beginning October 25, join writer Anaïs Duplan for a multi-session, seminar-style series in our galleries exploring themes of privilege and power in contemporary art.  Through short readings, writing exercises, and group discussion, participants will engage directly with exhibitions by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) artists on view at MASS MoCA, each of which explores power and privilege in different ways.  Register for a single session or the full series — save your spot and learn more at the link in our bio.  📸 : Liz McCarthy and Elias Williams
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Two additional works by Laurie Anderson, "All Things Fractured: Lola in the Night Sky" and "Citizens" (2021), are now on view in MASS MoCA’s B6: The Robert W. Wilson Building.

"All Things Fractured: Lola in the Night Sky" is a portrait of Anderson’s beloved dog Lolabelle, influenced by "The Tibetan Book of the Dead," in which themes of love, death, dreaming, and illusion are explored.

In "Citizens" (2021), nineteen small clay figures — modeled after Anderson`s friends — serve as surfaces for video projections of those same friends sharpening knives. The rhythmic sound, which initially resembles ice skating, is both musical and unsettling.

“There’s something eerie about a group performing the same action outside the harmony of an orchestra.” Anderson remarked in a 2022 interview with The Brooklyn Rail.

Plan your visit today to experience these compelling works.

Oct 4

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Two additional works by Laurie Anderson, "All Things Fractured: Lola in the Night Sky" and "Citizens" (2021), are now on view in MASS MoCA’s B6: The Robert W. Wilson Building.  "All Things Fractured: Lola in the Night Sky" is a portrait of Anderson’s beloved dog Lolabelle, influenced by "The Tibetan Book of the Dead," in which themes of love, death, dreaming, and illusion are explored.  In "Citizens" (2021), nineteen small clay figures — modeled after Anderson's friends — serve as surfaces for video projections of those same friends sharpening knives. The rhythmic sound, which initially resembles ice skating, is both musical and unsettling.  “There’s something eerie about a group performing the same action outside the harmony of an orchestra.” Anderson remarked in a 2022 interview with The Brooklyn Rail.  Plan your visit today to experience these compelling works.
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“This is our moment to run … so we’re running. We’ll be running—and hopefully you catch us!” says Lorén Aldarondo, lead singer of Chuwi, in an interview with @harpersbazaarus.

Whether they’re on stage with Bad Bunny, performing on NPR Tiny Desk, or in MASS MoCA’s Club B10, Chuwi is ready to make you dance with their infectious energy, heartfelt lyrics, and magnetic live performances.

Don’t miss the chance to see the skyrocketing quartet on October 12 up in Club B10 — 🎟️ in bio!

Oct 2

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“This is our moment to run … so we’re running. We’ll be running—and hopefully you catch us!” says Lorén Aldarondo, lead singer of Chuwi, in an interview with @harpersbazaarus.  Whether they’re on stage with Bad Bunny, performing on NPR Tiny Desk, or in MASS MoCA’s Club B10, Chuwi is ready to make you dance with their infectious energy, heartfelt lyrics, and magnetic live performances.  Don’t miss the chance to see the skyrocketing quartet on October 12 up in Club B10 — 🎟️ in bio!
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MASS MoCA and Hen House Studios are proud to announce the formation of a new collaborative record label, MASS MoCA Records!

Combining the museum’s international reach and entrusted relationships with performing artists and the expertise of Harlan Steinberger of Hen House Studios, MASS MoCA Records is designed as an alternative to the current commercial model for how independent music is heard, developed, and shared. 

Artists selected for the new label will be an extension of the museum’s curatorial ethos and the label will not have a scheduled application process. Launched as a three-year pilot, a limited number of albums will be released each year and produced at various recording studios in the Berkshires and throughout the world. 

The first band to sign with MASS MoCA Records is The Kasambwe Brothers, a multi-generational band who has been making music together for almost 40 years and are grounded in the rich, musical heritage of Malawi, Africa. Through an initial collaboration between the museum and Hen House Studios in 2024, The Kasambwe Brothers traveled from Malawi to the United States for the first time to be in residence at MASS MoCA, which included an unforgettable live performance and time at Studio 9 in North Adams to record their first full-length album with Steinberger.

The first three songs from their self-titled album to be released on October 24 are out now and available at the link in our bio!

Oct 1

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MASS MoCA and Hen House Studios are proud to announce the formation of a new collaborative record label, MASS MoCA Records!  Combining the museum’s international reach and entrusted relationships with performing artists and the expertise of Harlan Steinberger of Hen House Studios, MASS MoCA Records is designed as an alternative to the current commercial model for how independent music is heard, developed, and shared.   Artists selected for the new label will be an extension of the museum’s curatorial ethos and the label will not have a scheduled application process. Launched as a three-year pilot, a limited number of albums will be released each year and produced at various recording studios in the Berkshires and throughout the world.   The first band to sign with MASS MoCA Records is The Kasambwe Brothers, a multi-generational band who has been making music together for almost 40 years and are grounded in the rich, musical heritage of Malawi, Africa. Through an initial collaboration between the museum and Hen House Studios in 2024, The Kasambwe Brothers traveled from Malawi to the United States for the first time to be in residence at MASS MoCA, which included an unforgettable live performance and time at Studio 9 in North Adams to record their first full-length album with Steinberger.  The first three songs from their self-titled album to be released on October 24 are out now and available at the link in our bio!
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“My love for the history, the long line of history of artists who have devoted their lifetimes to pencil and paper, oil painting on canvas... I’m so highly in love to this day with the skill and the craft that’s involved.” — Vincent Valdez

In his practice, Vincent Valdez blends large, representational paintings — the scale of which recall Western traditions of history painting as well as mural painting and cinema — with contemporary subject matter, focusing on subjects that explore his observations and experience of life in the twenty-first century.

On October 25, we invite you to engage with Valdez’s work through a Drop-In Drawing session in his exhibition, “Just a Dream...” Shaped by his large-scale, representational paintings, this session offers a quiet space to reflect, observe, and create alongside fellow visitors.

Sep 30

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“My love for the history, the long line of history of artists who have devoted their lifetimes to pencil and paper, oil painting on canvas... I’m so highly in love to this day with the skill and the craft that’s involved.” — Vincent Valdez  In his practice, Vincent Valdez blends large, representational paintings — the scale of which recall Western traditions of history painting as well as mural painting and cinema — with contemporary subject matter, focusing on subjects that explore his observations and experience of life in the twenty-first century.  On October 25, we invite you to engage with Valdez’s work through a Drop-In Drawing session in his exhibition, “Just a Dream...” Shaped by his large-scale, representational paintings, this session offers a quiet space to reflect, observe, and create alongside fellow visitors.
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The next installment of MASS MoCA’s contemporary jazz series brings pianist and composer Harold López-Nussa to Club B10 on October 4, joined by harmonica virtuoso Grégoire Maret.

Join us for an electrifying night of Cuban tradition — weaving folkloric, popular, and classical sounds — all fueled by fearless improvisation.

Snag your tickets at the link in our bio!

Sep 27

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The next installment of MASS MoCA’s contemporary jazz series brings pianist and composer Harold López-Nussa to Club B10 on October 4, joined by harmonica virtuoso Grégoire Maret.  Join us for an electrifying night of Cuban tradition — weaving folkloric, popular, and classical sounds — all fueled by fearless improvisation.  Snag your tickets at the link in our bio!
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5120x1080 — MASS MoCA style✨

🎥: @salt_box_films

Sep 26

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5120x1080 — MASS MoCA style✨  🎥: @salt_box_films
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Dancing + jamming + all things local + contemporary art = FreshGrass 2025! Thanks for leaving it all out on the field at yet another weekend of FreshGrass magic!

Take a look back at some of the best of this year’s fest here, and follow along for updates about the next!

🎥✂️: @greatskymedia

Sep 25

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Dancing + jamming + all things local + contemporary art = FreshGrass 2025! Thanks for leaving it all out on the field at yet another weekend of FreshGrass magic!  Take a look back at some of the best of this year’s fest here, and follow along for updates about the next!  🎥✂️: @greatskymedia
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Happy first day of fall! We`re looking forward to a season of changing leaves and slow gallery wanders to take in the scenery alongside our exhibitions. Enjoy these photos from falls past and we`ll see you all season long 🍂

Sep 22

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Happy first day of fall! We're looking forward to a season of changing leaves and slow gallery wanders to take in the scenery alongside our exhibitions. Enjoy these photos from falls past and we'll see you all season long 🍂
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For “Rhapsody” — on view beginning October 18 — Jimena Sarno engages craft traditions to imagine a future built on values of collectivity, reconfiguration, and repair, in collaboration with artists, teachers, and makers, most of whom are from the Global South, and combines filmmaking, sound, and sculpture with contemporary and traditional craft practices.

Within a global context of extreme violence, fragmentation, and destruction, the artists share time, space, and resources to deepen solidarity through making, repairing, and the collective production of alternative forms of knowledge, emphasizing our shared responsibility for repairing a broken-down present as we defend our future.

Sep 18

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For “Rhapsody” — on view beginning October 18 — Jimena Sarno engages craft traditions to imagine a future built on values of collectivity, reconfiguration, and repair, in collaboration with artists, teachers, and makers, most of whom are from the Global South, and combines filmmaking, sound, and sculpture with contemporary and traditional craft practices.  Within a global context of extreme violence, fragmentation, and destruction, the artists share time, space, and resources to deepen solidarity through making, repairing, and the collective production of alternative forms of knowledge, emphasizing our shared responsibility for repairing a broken-down present as we defend our future.
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In exactly one month, families with children of all ages are invited to MASS MoCA`s free after hours Family Night!

Featuring a quest throughout the museum, live jazz music by BAAMS, face painting, and two different art-making stations, this year`s Family Night is a chance to spend a night at the museum and inspire the young artists in your life! See the link in our bio to RSVP for free 🎨

Sep 16

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In exactly one month, families with children of all ages are invited to MASS MoCA's free after hours Family Night!  Featuring a quest throughout the museum, live jazz music by BAAMS, face painting, and two different art-making stations, this year's Family Night is a chance to spend a night at the museum and inspire the young artists in your life! See the link in our bio to RSVP for free 🎨
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It`s New York Fashion Week — that means it`s time to highlight MASS MoCA`s very own "Supermodel."

Since its beginnings, photography has been thought of in contradictory terms. Initially, people believed that a photograph was a real document of the world, a mirror image captured on paper. However, photography is also the product of human imagination. The nine artists in the 2000 exhibition "Supermodel" used this contradiction in a very specific way, photographing architectural models and fake buildings.

These pictures not only documented the “fake” structures that existed before the camera’s lens, but also convinced us that we were looking at “real” buildings. They were truthful about the object’s existence, but deceitful about the size, material, or place in which it appears — reminding us of the tenuous and often superficial line between the factual and the imagined.

Sep 12

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It's New York Fashion Week — that means it's time to highlight MASS MoCA's very own "Supermodel."  Since its beginnings, photography has been thought of in contradictory terms. Initially, people believed that a photograph was a real document of the world, a mirror image captured on paper. However, photography is also the product of human imagination. The nine artists in the 2000 exhibition "Supermodel" used this contradiction in a very specific way, photographing architectural models and fake buildings.  These pictures not only documented the “fake” structures that existed before the camera’s lens, but also convinced us that we were looking at “real” buildings. They were truthful about the object’s existence, but deceitful about the size, material, or place in which it appears — reminding us of the tenuous and often superficial line between the factual and the imagined.
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Take Part

Family Adventure in the Northern Berkshires

Family Adventure in the Northern Berkshires

Baby animals and ice cream included

Not just Kidspace

Not just Kidspace

Explore MASS MoCA with kids.

John Stirratt on North Adams, Wilco, and fried clams

John Stirratt on North Adams, Wilco, and fried clams

Wilco's bassist shares a few must-dos.

A history of North Adams through food, walk, and shop

A history of North Adams through food, walk, and shop

Walk through history and get a haircut.

Partnerships

River Street Billboard Project

River Street Billboard Project

 

Sol LeWitt <span class="title-light">A Wall Drawing Retrospective</span>

Sol LeWitt A Wall Drawing Retrospective

 

The Hall Art Foundation

The Hall Art Foundation

 

Solid Sound Festival

Solid Sound Festival

 

Clark Art Institute

Clark Art Institute

 

FreshGrass Festival

FreshGrass Festival

 

<span>Bang on a Can</span>

Bang on a Can

 

Jacob’s Pillow

Jacob’s Pillow

 

Sundance Institute

Sundance Institute

 

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

 

Williams College Museum of Art

Williams College Museum of Art

 

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