With temperatures less scalding 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!

On your next MASS MoCA visit, make the trip to Building 15 and visit Anselm Kiefer’s expansive exhibition, realized in collaboration with the Hall Arts Foundation and recently back on view for the season.

With its more-than-human scale, bleak but evocative landscapes, and interrogation of the telling of history, there’s a reason that it’s a visitor favorite exhibition. Come find out for yourself!

(Anselm Kiefer, and all outdoor exhibitions, will be closed to all without tickets to Solid Sound throughout the festival)

Join us on July 24 and 25 for two-day workshop with Wafa Ghnaim and contribute to Jimena Sarno’s installation “Life in the Forest” that is now on view in “Jimena Sarno: Rhapsody.”

Wafa Ghnaim will  introduce the technique of tatreez — traditional embroidery from the eastern Mediterranean — as a form of visible, structural mending. Participants are invited to explore how Palestinian, Syrian, Jordanian, and Lebanese embroidery practices have historically combined decoration with repair — emphasizing reuse, improvisation, and sustainability. 

Interested in participating? Apply through the link in our bio by July 8.

Thanks to all who "spruce"-ed up Community Free Day and welcomed Amanda Lovelee`s "Homecoming" and our trees-in-residence at the Pep Rally for the Trees on Saturday, including Massachusetts` Climate Chief Melissa Hoffer!

Next time you walk through Courtyard A on the way to our front door, make sure you remind our residents that you`re "root"-ing for them with a cheer of encouragement!