This book examines the entire process of starting and then dramatically expanding a contemporary art museum, from the tumultuous sixties to the cusp of a new century. The MCA's achievements are discussed, accompanied by historic photographs. Color reproductions of 40 works from the vast MCA permanent collection are juxtaposed with informative text on more than 30 featured artists, including Francis Bacon, Leon Golub, Jasper Johns, Sol LeWitt, Bruce Nauman, Ad Reinhardt, Mark Rothko, Cindy Sherman, and Andy Warhol.

Chairman's Foreword / Allen Turner Director's Foreword / Kevin E. Consey Chronicle: Thirty Years of Change / Eva M. Olson

Josef Paul Kleihues: Chicago and Berlin / Franz Schulze Transparency and Containment / Josef Paul Kleihues In the Shadow of Storms: Art of the Postwar Era / Lucinda Barnes.