TL Solien: Myths & Monsters
Solien has been an influential figure in the Midwest for decades, and is known nationally for canvases that explore personal thought with a dense visual lexicon of created and appropriated images. TL Solien: Myths & Monsters will feature works from the 1980s, and 1990s to the present--drawing connections between the artist's early explorations of life as a new father, to current works that employ literary figures as repositories for his thoughts and fears. Main galleries. more >>

An Art of Inner Necessity: Expressionist Works from MMoCA's Permanent Collection

An Art of Inner Necessity examines the expressionist tradition in modern and contemporary art through paintings and works on paper from the permanent collection of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. more >>

Art Cart EXTRA!
MMoCA ’s free, outdoor art program hits the road today. Download a schedule and read more >>

Art Cart
MMoCA's and Madison School & Community Recreation’s joint Art Cart program starts today at Country Grove Park and continues with stops at parks, schools and playgrounds across Madison throughout the summer. Download a schedule and read more >>

Art Talk with Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt, 6:30 pm
Artists Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt discuss their installation on view in The Absent City. more >>

First Fridays at MMoCA—Summer Soul, 5:30-8 pm
Get your groove on at MMoCA as Vibe Syndicate plays their unique mix of R&B and funk on the rooftop. Hear from artists Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt about their new museum-wide installation, The Absent City, and enjoy a drink in the sculpture garden. Free for MMoCA members and anyone wearing paisley | $5 general admission. more >>

Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt: The Absent City
Miami-based artists Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt, who were trained as architects in Argentina, will create a three-part installation in MMoCA’s lobby and State Street Gallery. A curtain of ribbons in the museum’s glass icon will be complemented by a salon-like “reading room” with two-dimensional works and furniture in the museum’s lobby. The third work, an installation of ribbons in the State Street Gallery, will be arranged in trapezoidal conglomerations to recreate the organic layout of a medieval city.
Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt: The Absent City is organized by the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. more >>

First Fridays at MMoCA—Honky Tonk Happy Hour, 5:30-8 pm
Tap your toes to the honky tonk/western swing/Americana croonin’ of the Dang Its. Celebrate the last days of summer and enjoy the sunset over State Street. Free for MMoCA members and anyone in cowboy kitsch | $5 general admission. more >>

George Segal: Street Scenes
George Segal: Street Scenes will showcase the work of this noted American sculptor for a new generation of museum visitors. Segal (1924-2000) is widely recognized as one of the great American sculptors. He used plaster, found objects, and an innovative working process to make his large-scale sculptures. Focusing on human interactions and everyday events in the urban setting, the exhibition includes works from the 1960s, when Segal first began using plaster, to the 1980s and 1990s, as he documented the effects of economic change on urban environments.
This exhibition is organized by the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art and will be installed in MMoCA’s main galleries. After opening at MMoCA, George Segal: Street Scenes will travel to the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, MO; and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honor.

Docent Training Course, 1-3:30 pm
The twelve-week docent training course includes grounding in twentieth- and twenty-first-century art history; art materials and processes; behind-the-scenes museum operations; the school environment; gallery techniques; and more. There is no tuition fee; however, there is a modest fee for training materials and docents must be members of the museum. Docents are required to make a two-year commitment. more >>

Gallery Night, 5-9 pm
Organized twice annually by the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Gallery Night offers a unique opportunity to meet artists where they make and/or exhibit their work as venues across Madison treat visitors to receptions, tours, demonstrations and more.

Arts Ball
For more than three decades, Arts Ball has made for a memorable November evening in support of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art and the Madison Symphony Orchestra. more >>

Holiday Art Fair

The Art League of the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art presents works of artists working in jewelry, ceramics, woodwork, fiber, and glass.

Barbara Probst: Exposures
This exhibition is comprised of groupings from Barbara Probst’s series Exposures, which she began in 2000 and continues to expand. The series dissects the relationship between the photographic “moment” and perceived reality by showing a single action from numerous points of view.