The MCA Commons

This short documentary reveals the motivations behind the D.Daskalopoulos Collection Gift (2022), which donated over 350 works by 142 artists, including around 100 jointly to the Guggenheim and the MCA, 140 to National Museum of Contemporary Art Αthens (ΕΜΣΤ), and 110 to Tate. The joint donation to the Guggenheim and the MCA initiates a close exchange of curatorial ideas and technical knowledge. Featuring art by some of the most influential artists of the postwar period and interviews with Dimitris Daskalopoulos, collector; Naomi Beckwith, Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the Guggenheim; and Madeleine Grynsztejn, MCA Pritzker Director, the documentary explains how the innovative collaboration facilitates a close exchange of curatorial ideas and technical knowledge.

Directed by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Run time: approximately 10 minutes (looping)

Price: Free for Illinois Residents, $22 for non-Illinois residents

Event URL: https://visit.mcachicago.org/events/screening-the-d-daskalopoulos-collection-gift/