As you wind your way through our galleries on your next visit, don`t be surprised if you stumble across a rogue musician!

Throughout the next month, the Bang on a Can Summer Fellows and Festival Faculty will be taking to our galleries and helping MASS MoCA do what we do best: inviting audiences to get up close and personal with cutting edge art in all of its forms.

Apologies are on display in Rose Salane’s “Confessions,” on view as part of Like Magic in MASS MoCA’s Building 4. The series brings together images of items that were taken from and then returned to Pompeii, accompanied by notes of apology penned by the takers.

Many of the objects in the series are being returned after decades of possession, such as the ashes in “Confession 2” (pictured) whose note explains that they had been taken by a friend for the writer almost forty years prior. “Confessions” asks a viewer to consider what it means to try to “own” history, how it feels to carry remorse in an object, and who confessions are really for.

Drumroll, please!

Single day tickets for @bangonacan LOUD Weekend are now available!

This #throwbackthursday we`re traveling back to 2019 when The Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival transformed MASS MoCA into a genre-bending musical utopia for innovative composers and performers — activating every corner of our galleries and outdoor spaces with performances, workshops, and seminars focused on adventurous new music.

We`re looking forward to this year`s LOUD Weekend on July 31–August 2. Tickets available at the link in our bio 🎟️

You know summer is in full swing when The Chalet returns!

That`s right, your favorite summer hangout is back starting this Thursday, July 3. Swipe to see what we have lined up so far — see you there!

Looking to add more to your evening plans? Head over to the link in our bio to see what else we have in store for Summer Thursdays at MASS MoCA.

Happy Pride Month! 🌈

We’re celebrating by sharing a few joyful moments from last weekend’s Community Day, beginning with Family Storytime led by @dshberkshires and ending with a dynamic performance by @mx_oops alongside @martharedbone in our B5 gallery.

Thank you to the artists, community organizations, and visitors who help make MASS MoCA a vibrant and inclusive space for all.

In the 1981 science fiction novel "Hello America" British author J.G. Ballard writes about a mission to rediscover the United States after it has become a barren wasteland and, in 2017, it inspired Joe Wardwell`s "Hello America: 40 Hits from the 50 States" that is currently on view in Building 6: The Robert W. Wilson Building.

The moment from the book that inspired Wardwell, and seemed like an all-too-eerie nod to the political climate in 2017, comes when “President Manson” grabs the primary protagonist, who is filled with longing for a far-too-distant “American dream” and declares “together, Wayne, we will make America great again!”

Nearly a decade later, this same piece of literature motivated Vincent Valdez to create the 2024 drawing "Hello America" — currently on view in Building 4 — which references the historic painting of Washington crossing the Delaware, but in this version there are cartoons steering the boat instead of people — implementing a contemporary twist on history through a lens of capitalism and corporations.

Plan your visit at the link in our bio and add a stop at Building 4 and Building 6 to see these two compelling exhibitions.