Copy from Madison Museum of Contemporary Art: "Join us, along with the contemporary artists, for the opening reception of “Box of Visions: Modern and Contemporary Art from Mexico in the Midwest” or “Caja de visiones: arte moderno y contemporáneo de México en el Medio Oeste de los Estados Unidos.” Listen to the contemporary artists talk about their work in the Main Galleries. There will be live music and a cash bar on MMoCA’s Rooftop Sculpture Garden. Member early access begins…

The past and present intertwine in Caja de visiones: arte moderno y contemporáneo de México en el Medio Oeste de los Estados Unidos, or Box of Visions: Modern and Contemporary Art from Mexico in the Midwest. The exhibition features selections from MMoCA’s significant collection of Mexican modern art in a show that explores the history of the artistic renaissance in Mexico during the first half of the twentieth century and its connection to works being created by Mexican and Mexican-American artists working…

Throughout the pandemic, the ability to connect and work with someone beyond our immediate reach has brought us closer to creating a global community while acknowledging our varied situations. Artists have always found ways to subvert barriers and distill the importance of human connection through their work and words – reimagining the world as an interdependent network. Technologies enable artists and collectives to circumvent political boundaries and network in unprecedented ways. The objects they create together translate key issues that…