Smart Museum of Art

The Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago is a site for rigorous inquiry and exchange that encourages the examination of complex issues through the lens of art objects and artistic practice. Through strong community and scholarly partnerships, the Smart incorporates diverse ideas, identities, and experiences into its exhibitions and collections, academic initiatives, and public programming.

Visit the website for a list of current exhibitions and programs.

Admission is always free. All are welcome.

Family Days

On the 1st Saturday of each month, the Smart offers free drop-in art activities for families.

Image: Installation view of Expanding Narratives: The Figure and the Ground. From left to right, works by: Theaster Gates, Nick Cave, Cindy Sherman, Kehinde Wiley, and Kara Walker.

University of Chicago 5550 S. Greenwood Chicago, IL 60637

773-702-0200

Alison Gass (Dana Feitler Dir.)

smart-museum@uchicago.edu

www.smartmuseum.uchicago.edu

Tu, W, F, Sa, Su 10–5; Th 10–8

Solidary & Solitary: The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection

The New UnNatural

Smart Museum of Art

Current and Upcoming Events at Smart Museum of Art

Smart Winter Opening

Smart to the Core: Embodying the Self

Solidary & Solitary: The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection

I Belong Here: First-Gen Night at the Museum

Family Day: Flower Power

Paint Like the Pros: Secrets to Abstract Painting

Family Day: About Face

Past Events

FAMILY DAY: ABOMINABLE BEANIES AND KITTEN MITTENS

SOUTH SIDE STORIES: DOUGLAS WILLIAMS, DOUG WILLIAMS, AND NORMAN PARISH III

How to Draw in Museums: Part II

South Side Stories: Carolyn Lawrence & Robert Paige

How to Draw in Museums: Part I

Curator Tour: The Time Is Now!

Family Day: Crownin’ Around

Figure Drawing: The Figure and the Ground

New Voices in Nonfiction: Joshua Rivkin and Michael Fischer

Words on Walls, Paint on Pages

International Black Writers Conference, Revisited

Words on Walls, Paint on Pages

Family Day: Pillow Power

Symposium Unfinished Business!

The Time is Now! Art Worlds of Chicago's South Sides, 1960–1980

Roller Skating, Roller Art

Summer Cookout

Gallery Talk: Chanon Kenji Praepipatmongkol

Gallery Talk: Jennifer Scappettone

Family Day: Wacky Waterworks

Public Art Walking Tour

Curator Tour and Book Release

WORKSHOP: THE ALCHEMY OF ETCHING (PART I)

Family Day: Finger Painting

UChicago student compositions: In-gallery performances

Performance: Darmiyaan

Gallery Talk: Oscar Murillo

Resist: Poetry, Politics, and Painting (Part II)

Najee Dorsey: Art and Influence

Play on Surfaces and Surfing

Resist: Poetry, Politics, and Painting (Part I)

Curator Tour: Into the City

Tang Chang: The Painting that is Painted with Poetry is Profoundly Beautiful

Smart Spring Opening

Expanding Narratives: The Figure and the Ground

Public Art Walking Tour

Painting with Pie, Part I

Art and Law with Darwin Brown

Lampo Performance: Leila Bordreuil

The History of Perception: Performing Perceptions

Workshop: Stories on Race in the Classroom

Family Day: True Blue

Closing-day tour of Revolution Every Day

Revolution Every Day: The Last Days of Revolution

Gallery Talk: Factories and Fire

The History of Perception

Family Day: Dinner (and Tea) Party!

Resurgence and Innovation: Artists' Inspiration in Nineteenth-Century France

Selections From a History of Modernism

Shaping Shifting Publics

The Three Heroines

IN CONVERSATION: Judy Chicago and Jayna Zweiman

Conversations with the Collection: Building Environments

Emmanuel Pratt: Radical [Re]Constructions

Revolution Every Day

Bruce Nauman and Auguste Rodin: The Hysterical Material

Conversations with the Collection: Building Environments

Bruce Nauman and Auguste Rodin: The Hysterical Material

Revolution Every Day

Emmanuel Pratt: Radical [Re]Constructions

Smart Family Day: Pin-Tastic Projects

Smart Family Day: Stupendous Sound Suits

Artmaking: Plein Air Figure Drawing

Jayna Zweiman: Welcome Blanket

Smart Family Day: Power Pocket Books

Classicisms: Gallery Talk

Classical Figure Drawing

Classicisms