Past Exhibitions
2010
John Baldessari: A Print Retrospective From The Collections Of Jordan D. Schnitzer And His Family Foundation
July 2 –– September 26, 2010 | Details
Paula McCartney: Birdwatching
July 2 – September 26, 2010 | Details
Talkin’ Back: Chicago Youth Respond
May 27- June 20, 2010 | Details
Geissler/Sann: the real estate
April 9 – May 23, 2010 | Details
Sarah Pickering: Incident Control
April 9 - June 20, 2010 | Details
Recent Acquisitions of Czech Photography from The Baruch Foundation
January 29 – March 28, 2010 | Details
50% Grey: Contemporary Czech Photography Reconsidered
January 29 - March 28, 2010 | Details
2009
Reversed Images: Representations of Shanghai and Its Contemporary Material Culture
September 25 – December 23, 2009 | Details
MP3 II: Curtis Mann, John Opera, Stacia Yeapanis
July 17 - September 13, 2009 | Details
The Edge of Intent
May 1 - July 5, 2009 | Details
Talkin’ Back: Chicago Youth Respond
April 21 - 26, 2009 | Details
PhotoDimensional
February 13 - April 19, 2009 | Details
2008
Work/Place
Nov 14, 2008 - Jan 31, 2009 | Details
Michael Wolf: The Transparent City
Nov 14, 2008 - Jan 31, 2009 | Details
On The Road: Dave Anderson: Rough Beauty; Farm Security Administration; Dorothea Lange
September 5 - November 1, 2008 | Details
Beyond the Backyard
June 16 - August 23, 2008 | Details
Talkin’ Back 5: Chicago Youth Respond
June 3 - 10, 2008 | Details
Building Pictures
April 4 - May 31, 2008 | Details
This Land Is Your Land
February 1 - March 22, 2008 | Details
2007
Beate Gütschow: LS/S
October 25, 2007 – January 10, 2008 | Details
Jan Theun van Rees: One Wall Away: Chicago’s Hidden Spaces
October 25, 2007 – January 10, 2008 | Details
Loaded Landscapes
August 16 – October 13, 2007 | Details
Relative Closeness: Photographs of Family and Friends
June 11 - August 8, 2007 | Details
Talkin’ Back 4: Chicago Youth Respond
May 30 - June 2, 2007 | Details
Tim Roda: Family Album
April 18 – May 25, 2007 | Details
Monika Brandmeier: Bilder und Blicke/Pictures and Views
April 6 – May 25, 2007 | Details
Barbara Probst: Exposures
April 6 - June 2, 2007 | Details
Misty Keasler: Love Hotels
January 19 - March 24, 2007 | Details
Larry Sultan: The Valley
January 19 - March 24, 2007 | Details
Robert Heinecken 1932-2006: Sex and Food, a Memorial Exhibition
January 19 - March 24, 2007 | Details
2006
War Fare
October 27, 2006 – January 6, 2007 | Details
An-My Lê: Small Wars
October 27, 2006 -- January 6, 2007 | Details
MP3: Kelli Connell, Justin Newhall, Brian Ulrich
August 18 -- October 14, 2006 | Details
Greta Pratt : Using History
August 18 -- October 14, 2006 | Details
Tim Davis: My Life in Politics
August 18 -- October 14, 2006 | Details
André Kertész: On Reading
June 09 -- August 5, 2006 | Details
In Sight: Recent Additions to the Permanent Collection
June 09 -- August 5, 2006 | Details
Talkin' Back 3: Chicago Youth Respond
May 23 -- 27, 2006 | Details
Anticipation
March 18 -- May 20, 2006 | Details
Made In China
January 12 -- March 4, 2006 | Details
2005
Stages of Memory: The War in Vietnam
October 13 -- December 17, 2005 | Details
Jeffrey A. Wolin: Inconvenient Stories
October 13 -- December 17, 2005 | Details
Taryn Simon: The Innocents
August 02 -- October 01, 2005 | Details
Eirik Johnson: Borderlands
August 02 -- October 01, 2005 | Details
Painting on Photography: Photography on Painting
May 26 -- July 21, 2005 | Details
Talkin' Back 2: Chicago Youth Respond
May 10 -- May 13, 2005 | Details
Lee Friedlander: Sticks and Stones and At Work
March 11 -- May 14, 2005 | Details
Manufactured Self
January 11 -- March 03, 2005 | Details
Open House: Photographs by Susan Carr and Jessica Rowe
January 10 -- March 3, 2005 | Details
2004
Camera/Action: Performance and Photography
October 15 -- December 23, 2004 | Details
Mary Ellen Mark: Twins and Falkland Road
July 23 -- October 5, 2004 | Details
Ditto: Multiples from the Collection
July 23 -- October 5, 2004 | Details
Shimon Attie - The History of Another: Projections in Rome
May 6 -- July 2, 2004 | Details
Utopia's Backyard
May 6 -- July 2, 2004 | Details
Witness: Contemporary Mexican Photojournalism
February 27 - April 28, 2004 | Details
Conversations: Text and Image
February 26 -- April 17, 2004 | Details
2003
Consuming Nature
December 11 -- February 9, 2004 | Details
Midwest Photographers Project: Tom Bamberger
December 11 -- February 19, 2004 | Details
Midwest Photographers Project: Terry Evans
December 11 -- February 19, 2004 | Details
Midwest Photographers Project: Paul J. Clark
December 11 -- February 19, 2004 | Details
Midwest Photographers Project: Alec Soth
October 3 -- December 5, 2003 | Details
Paul Shambroom: Evidence of Democracy
October 3 -- December 5, 2003 | Details
Aaron Siskind
July 24 -- September 27, 2003 | Details
Garry Winogrand: 1964
July 24 -- September 27, 2003 | Details
Midwest Photographers Project: Richard Koenig
June 12 -- July 17, 2003 | Details
The Furtive Gaze
May 8 -- July 12, 2003 | Details
Midwest Photographers Project: Jin Lee
May 5 -- June 9, 2003 | Details
Beyond Digital Novelty: Paul Berger 1972-2003
March 12 -- April 29, 2003 | Details
Midwest Photographers Project: Jason Salavon
March 12 -- April 24, 2003 | Details
Midwest Photographers Project: Andrew Borowiec
February 10 -- March 10, 2003 | Details
Shirana Shahbazi: Goftare Nik / Good Words
January 10 -- March 5, 2003 | Details
The Transportation of Place: Andrea Robbins & Max Becher
January 10 -- March 5, 2003 | Details
Midwest Photographers Project: Alan Cohen
January 7 -- February 5, 2003 | Details
2002
Midwest Photographers Project: Scott Fortino
November 8 -- December 20, 2002 | Details
Adi Nes: Photographs
September 27 -- December 20, 2002 | Details
Tracey Baran
September 27 -- December 20, 2002 | Details
Midwest Photographers Project: Paul D'Amato
September 17 -- November 2, 2002 | Details
Anthony Goicolea
June 28 -- September 14, 2002 | Details
Hellen van Meene
June 28 -- September 14, 2002 | Details
Justine Kurland
June 28 -- September 14, 2002 | Details
Dressing Up: Costume in the Collection
May 25 -- June 15, 2002 | Details
Barbara Crane: Chicago Loop, 1976-78 & Urban Anomalies, 2000-01
March 22 -- June 15, 2002 | Details
Ellen Carey: Mourning Wall
March 22 -- May 18, 2002 | Details
Shifting Tides: Cuban Photography after the Revolution
January 12 -- March 9, 2002 | Details
2001
Audible Imagery: Sound and Photography
October 26 -- December 21, 2001 | Details
Bertien van Manen, Joachim Schmid
August 10, 2001 -- October 13, 2001 | Details
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Chicago, IL 60605
General Information: 312.663.5554
Email: mocp@colum.edu
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The Museum is free and open to the public
Mon–Fri: 10am to 5pm
Thu: 10am to 8pm
Sat: 10am to 5pm
Sun: 12pm to 5pm
Traveling Exhibitions
MoCP presents solo and group traveling exhibitions by artists from our collections and beyond. Details


