Just Announced at MASS MoCA

Your Wednesday just got a whole lot better. Introducing MASS MoCA's upcoming 2024 winter/spring lineup! The new year brings new exhibitions, concerts, screenings, artist workshops, and family fun to MASS MoCA. Plus, as you likely saw last week, Memorial Day Weekend marks our 25th Anniversary — so save the date and look for more details in the new year about strategic initiatives, exciting exhibitions, programming, and community collaborations.

In addition to our winter/spring season, we are proud to have long-term loan installations by artists such as James Turrell, Sol LeWitt, and Joe Wardwell and the artistic voices of kelli rae adams, Louise Bourgeois, Laurie Anderson, and many more currently on view.

Several events & programs are free or free with gallery admission, so plan your visit now. Our member pre-sale starts TODAY, November 15; general on-sale is this Friday at 10am.

2024 will be a year like no other — see you here!

MASS MoCA Member Pre-Sale: STARTS TODAY!

General Public On-Sale: Friday, November 17, 10am

EXPLORE NOW

January

FIREBIRD: A rule-breaking concert program & extraterrestrial installation in one whose orchestra of light must be experienced to be believed

Free Day 2024: On Saturday, January 27, come by and get inspired, on the house

Zainab Johnson: The actor, writer & comedian brings an unforgettable night of comedy to Club B10

Lizzie No Album Release Show: Experience the power of this electrifying artist, live in concert

February

Last Chance: EJ Hill Break Run Helix: For his first solo museum show and largest exhibition to date, EJ Hill incorporates freestanding sculptures, paintings and a rideable sculptural installation inspired by the form and function of roller coasters

March

Ten Transcendental Etudes: Nicholas Brooke and his creative collaborators present a work-in-progress that melds sampling, sound design, and physical theater

Like Magic: Screening Series: Screenings of short videos by artists & filmmakers addressing technologies of magic — including devices, charms, rituals, and spells

Magnetic Fields — 69 Love Songs 25th Anniversary: This event sold out in a matter of days earlier this year, but we cannot wait to join many of you for 2 nights in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the album release

Last Chance: Joseph Grigely In What Way Wham? Grigely asks us to think deeply about human communication, the formal and informal qualities of language, and what happens when language is rendered inaudible

April

Antonio Sanchez “BIRDMAN Live” 10th Anniversary: Experience composer Antonio Sanchez' live accompaniment of his score to this Academy Award-winning film

Teen Invitational Reception: Celebrate with us on opening night and see the extraordinary talent of our local teens

Slow Art Day: Connect more deeply to what you see in our galleries, independently or on a slow-looking tour, free with museum admission

Siudy Garrido's Intimate Flamenco: Co-presented with Jacob's Pillow, this production boldly explores the range of colors, sensations, and emotions of Flamenco

May

Council (Gabriel Kahane & Pekka Kuusisto): Cult American singer-songwriter Gabriel Kahane and iconic Finnish musician Pekka Kuusisto team up to present an evening of intimate and sonically varied songs & chamber music

25th Anniversary Gala & Celebration: Save the date! Memorial Day Weekend 2024, come kick off MASS MoCA's 25th Anniversary in North Adams with us

All Season

Research & Development Store: See what’s new at MASS MoCA’s Research & Development (R&D) Store which features contemporary artist editions and books, and is host to author talks, book & record releases and more

Family Storytime: Let imaginations run wild with gallery exploration, art discussion, and the magic of art-inspired storytelling

Assets for Artists Workshops: New year, new skills! A new season of online and in-person professional development workshops

Open Studios: On January 25, February 22 & April 4, get to know the current artists-in-residence over snacks and conversation

Like Magic: Grace Clark’s In a new light (Healing Dirt) Activations: On the day of each new moon — believed by many to be a time of rebirth — visitors are invited to apply charcoal earth to parts of their body in need of healing

Up Next in the Galleries

Eluding Capture: Three Artists From Central Asia

On view beginning February 3, 2024

Artists Saodat Ismailova, Alexander Ugay, and Gulnur Mukazhanova seek pictorial, material, and metaphysical agency from colonial legacies, a search for self-definition that acknowledges the incoherency of the past.

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Osman Khan: Road to Hybridabad

On view beginning May 24, 2024

This sprawling and wryly funny exhibition invites us on a journey across borders, through time, and between legend and history, encouraging us to reconsider–and perhaps rewrite–the narratives around identity, difference, and power reflected in the tales we tell ourselves.

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Carly Glovinski: Almanac

On view beginning June 22, 2024

Carly Glovinski’s largest pressed flower work to date, spanning 100-feet, Almanac envisions the late April through mid-September northeastern New England growing season through hundreds of painted and cut out blooms of dozens of flower varieties. By observing, tending, and preserving these flowers, the installation becomes a visual record of time and seasons passing, as well as a commentary on the labor of care.

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Amy Podmore: Audience

On view beginning  July 27, 2024

Exhibited in MASS MoCA’s Building 6, artist Amy Podmore assumes implicit dialogue with Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010), whose work will be on view adjacent to her own. Generations apart, both artists nonetheless invoke whimsical forms and concepts of the gaze to consider the psychological uncanniness of the everyday.

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Summer 2024 Festivals

Wilco's Solid Sound

June 28–30, 2024

Spanning three days and four stages, Solid Sound includes music by Wilco and its members’ side projects, as well as many other musical performers. It also features a full comedy lineup, family fun for all ages, local food, craft beer, camping, naturalist activities, and more. 3-day festival passes now on sale.

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FreshGrass

September 20–22, 2024

Bringing the best in bluegrass and roots music to the fields, courtyards, and galleries of MASS MoCA each year, FreshGrass returns with world premieres, emerging artist competitions, farm-fresh food, local brews, and pop-up jam sessions. This is three days of festival magic produced in partnership by MASS MoCA, the FreshGrass Foundation, and No Depression.

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