Michael Darling (born 1967) was the James W. Alsdorf Chief Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (MCA).
Darling joined the MCA staff in July 2010 [1][2] and left in 2021, to co-found the start-up Museum Exchange as chief growth officer.
In 2008, Darling began the program SAM Next, a series of contemporary art exhibitions presenting emerging or underappreciated artists from around the globe.
[11] Darling was associate curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, before joining SAM.
Darling was curator of Virgil Abloh exhibition "Figures of Speech" which was displayed at the MCA Chicago, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, followed by the ICA Boston and the Fire Station Dohas Garage Gallery as part of the Qatar-United States 2021 Year of Culture.