Recognize these walls? While these photos show the creation of Sol LeWitt’s iconic "Wall Drawing Retrospective," you won’t see LeWitt himself in them. That’s because there’s more to LeWitt’s art than the colors and shapes that one might immediately associate with his work.

A key element of LeWitt’s work is the way that the drawings are created. Each one begins as a set of instructions or a simple diagram to be followed by a team of artists executing LeWitt’s design in his absence. As the walls of MASS MoCA’s Building 7 make clear, the results of this collaboration are as varied as its creators, ranging from layers of straight lines meticulously drawn in black graphite, to bold geometric forms, to a tangle of orange lines on a green wall.

With a “streak of brazenness,” stand-up comedian Maddie Wiener brings her “abrasive and likeable at the same time” signature style to Club B10 on November 22!

Now a staff writer at SNL, Maddie made her “Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” debut in fall 2024, has been named a “New Face” at the “Just for Laughs Festival,” and filmed stand-up sets for Comedy Central and “Don’t Tell Comedy.”

Tickets available at the link in our bio.

Bring your friends and family to MASS MoCA on November 1 to celebrate Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), the Mexican holiday of remembrance for those who have passed.

Enjoy free admission to Vincent Valdez’s exhibition "Just a Dream...," add your own ofrenda (offering) to a community altar under the glow of Spencer Finch’s "Cosmic Latte," and dance to live music by local Berkshire County musicians.

Learn more at the link in our bio — see you there!

📸 : Greg Nesbit

Sarah Crowner’s striking 10×20-foot tile mural, "Wall (Hot Blue Terra Cotta)" — originally created for her 2016 MASS MoCA exhibition "Beetle in the Leaves" — now guides visitors in and out of the museum’s gallery spaces.

Installed in a repeating herringbone pattern, the terra cotta tiles were designed by Crowner and hand-glazed in Mexico for a raised platform previously exhibited in New York. Reframing floor as painting, the work connects to its surroundings through abstract pattern and texture, mirroring the geometries of MASS MoCA’s historic mill architecture.

Want to dive deeper into Crowner’s practice? Head to the link in our bio to purchase "Sarah Crowner: Serpentear" at @redevstoremassmoca — a comprehensive publication spanning over a decade of her work.

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

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.

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!

Cover painting by Clement Kammwamba