Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art

Few artists have ever more thoroughly used to full and dramatic impact the daunting vortex of the Guggenheim Museum. In that sense alone the installation of work by Cai Guo-Qiang is a spectacular triumph. Berkshire residents will recalls his earlier exhibition at Mass MoCA.

For the Spring semester the Williams College Museum of Art has organized several exhibitions and related events focused on African, African American art and the African Diaspora involving the Middle Passage of the Black Atlantic.

In July it will be 20 years since Tom Krens left the Williams College Museum of Art to become director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. His resignation was announced today. He has changed forever the mandate for major museums and how they are managed.

Since 1998 Richard Criddle has been the Director of Fabrication and Art Installation for the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. His own fantasy, figurative assemblages are currently on view in the museum's Kidspace.

In the past few years Mass MoCA has presented major installations by the leading Chinese artists, Cai Guo Qiang and Huang Yong Ping. The current exhibition presents a diverse group of Western artists inspired by visits to China and encounters with a rapidly changing economy and culture.

Negotiations for the Contemporary Artists Center to develop a permanent home in the former Notre Dame church property in North Adams ended in acrimony and finger pointing. It is a serious loss and set back for an emerging but struggling arts community.

Jacob's Pillow Dance Company has announced that it will present a special two week residence and performances by the Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zane Dance Company of the work Chapel/Chapter starting on June 23 before the usual opening of the summer season.

Having finally resolved a year long stuggle with Christoph Buchel Mass MoCA has cleared that clogged gallery and installed "Projections" by Jenny Holzer which will be on view for the coming year.

Matthew Belanger and Marianne Petit recently founded Greylock Arts, in Adams, Mass. with a mandate to show new media. Here he describes what has gone into creating the latest exhibition.

After many years of working in Europe with opera and ballet Karole Armitage has retunred to New York and is touring with a company which visited Mass MoCA in a performance co presented with Jacobs Pillow.

Originally scheduled to open last December Federal Judge Michael A. Posner ruled yesterday that Mass MoCA may indeed open the unfinished exhibition of Christoph Buchel in its largest gallery. Did the museum simply prevail in a no win situation? The jury is still out.

The Northern Berkshires arts community gathered at Mass MoCA to celebrate the life of Joe Conway who was killed in a head on collision with an alleged drunk driver which also injured his partner, gallerist, Kurt Kolok.

An eclectic array of possibilities makes this the richest Fall arts season yet.

With the court date in Springfield of Mass MoCA vs the artist Christoph Buchel reported as just a couple of weeks away we took a tour of the installation which remains under wraps, sortah.

Mass MoCA announces plans for a 25-year-long installation of wall drawings by the recently deceased, minimalist artist, Sol Lewitt. This project will comprise $8.6 million in a $37 million capital campaign.

While the stalled Christoph Buchel "Training Ground" installation remains in negotiation/ litigation, with no date for resolution in site, Mass MoCA has ironically opened the faith based multi-artist exhibition "The Believers."

After months of delays the Movieplex finally opens in the North Adams downtown mall. While convenient and accessible to the region it is hardly the state of the art movie palace promised by Major John Barrett. Still we enjoyed the stunning Jennifer Hudson in Dreamgirls.

As an encore of the now closed official season of Jacob's Pillow there is an annual collaboration with Mass MoCA. This year Ballet Hispanico was featured presenting a program of short works as well as the suite "Palladium." Caliente.