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Access and download the audio tours for current and past exhibitions as well as an archive of our talks and discussions.

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Available Media to stream/download (.mp3 format):
Artists in Depth: William Kentridge
Artists in Depth
MCA Chief Curator Elizabeth Smith, Director of Collections and Exhibition Services Jennifer Draffen and Senior Preparator Brad Martin examine the exhibition from multiple angles: interpretation, installation and caring for the artworks.
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Introduction to Artists In Depth
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Leon Golub Mercenaries I
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Leon Golub Reclining Youth
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Bruce Nauman Elliott's Stones
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Bruce Nauman Hanging Carousel (George Skins a Fox)
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Donald Judd and Sharon Lockheart
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Cindy Sherman Untitled Film Stills
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Cindy Sherman Untitled #153
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Cindy Sherman Untitled #167
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Kara Walker
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Sarah Sze
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Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe
Buckminster Fuller
Fuller's grandson, Jaime Snyder, provides insight on the exhibition.
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Introduction to Buckminster Fuller
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Early Drawings
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Dymaxion House
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Terminology and the word “dymaxion”
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Anne Fuller’s Drawings
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Dymaxion Car
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Isamu Noguchi and Fuller
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Wichita House
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World Energy Map
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World Map
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World Game
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Black Mountain College
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Institute of Design
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Rowing Needles
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Bucky as a sailor
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Geodesic Dome
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Dome over Manhattan
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Growing Up: Buckminster Fuller: Allegra Fuller Snyder reflects on her father's formative years
K. Michael Hays and Dana Miller, co-curators of the exhibition Buckminster: Starting with the Universe, provide an introductory discussion of Fuller’s significance for today’s world. Allegra Fuller Snyder reflects on her father's formative years and his enduring legacy as a visionary and teacher.
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Growing Up: Buckminster Fuller: Allegra Fuller Snyder reflects on her father's formative years
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Collection Highlights
Sarah Sze
Installation artist Sarah Sze discusses her influences, ideas, and works. Among other works, Sze talks about her first project at the MCA in 1998/99 and a work in the MCA's collection Proprtioned to the Groove from 2005.
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Collection Highlights
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Welcome
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Introduction
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Chris Burden
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Paul Pfeiffer
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Ellen Gallagher
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Tony Tasset
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Gordon Matta-Clark: "You Are the Measure"
Gordon Matta-Clark
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Introduction
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Garbage Wall
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Agar works
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Glass Plant
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Walls Paper
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Graffiti Photoglyph
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Untitled, 1973
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Circus or The Caribbean Orange
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Gordon Matta-Clark’s Legacy
In this lively conversation, artists Mark Dion, Sarah Oppenheimer, and Rirkrit Tiravanija join landscape designer Walter Hood to discuss Gordon Matta-Clark's influence on contemporary architecture and design and how he continues to inspire their work.
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Gordon Matta-Clark’s Legacy Lecture
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Jeff Koons
Everything's Here: Jeff Koons and his experience of Chicago
Koons leads you on a personal tour of the exhibition.
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Introduction
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Ed Paschke
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H.C. Westermann
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Jim Nutt
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Roger Brown
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Karl Wirsum
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Posters
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Jenny Holzer: PROTECT PROTECT
Jenny Holzer: PROTECT PROTECT
Holzer studio assistant David Breslin provides insight on the exhibition.
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Introduction to Jenny Holzer: PROTECT PROTECT
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Paintings
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Texts
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MONUMENT
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Thorax
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Blue Cross
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HAND
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Lustmord Tables
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Red Yellow Looming
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MAP
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For Chicago
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Robert Storr on Jenny Holzer’s Paintings
Distinguished curator, critic and artist Robert Storr examines how Jenny Holzer's silk-screened paintings, which are based on declassified US government documents, communicate meaning and the degree to which they represent continuities and shifts in her artistic practice.
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Robert Storr on Jenny Holzer’s Paintings
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Joseph Grigely St. Cecilia
Joseph Grigely Blah-blah-blah
In this artist talk, Joseph Grigely discusses historical issues related to the visual representation of conversation. Grigely's works probe the idiosyncrasies of everyday communication and explore how sound can be visually rendered. Grigley was ill during the talk and had to stop. He asked friend and artist Stephanie Brooks, who was in the audience, to deliver most of the talk for him.
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Joseph Grigely Blah-blah-blah
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Karen Kilimnik
Karen Kilimnik
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Introduction
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The Helfire Club
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Drawings and Sculptures
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Powder Puff
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Photography and Video
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Andrea Blanche
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Drugs
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The Bluebird in the Folly
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eau de joy
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Me-I Forgot the Wire Cutters-Getting the Wire Cutters from the Car to Break into Stonehenge
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The Red Room in the Modern Architecture
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Kilimnik's Paintings
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Mary Shelley in London
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Redlands-Keith Richard's House
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Chicken pox
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Excelsior
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Take your time: Olafur Eliasson
Olafur Eliasson
In conjunction with the exhibition Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson, artist Olafur Eliasson discusses past and current projects, the studio, and other aspects that influence his work.
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Olafur Eliasson
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