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Current
The Sahmat Collective: Art and Activism in India since 1989
February 14 – June 9, 2013
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Smart Museum receives NEA grant to support The Sahmat Collective: Art and Activism in India since 1989
November 2012
NEA press release
Pamela Hoehn-Saric Appointed Chair of Board of Governors
November 14, 2012
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Awash in Color: French and Japanese Prints
October 4, 2012 – January 20, 2013
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Touring exhibitions
Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art
February 16 – June 10, 2012; on national tour through 2014
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Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan
September 30, 2010 – January 16, 2011; on national tour through 2012
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Other news
Smart Museum receives $1.25 million gift from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
January 2011
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Smart Museum receives grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
April 2010
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Smart Museum receives grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
December 2009
NEA press release
Stephanie Smith wins 2008 Emily Hall Tremaine Exhibition Award
September 2008
Press release
The Sahmat Collective
February 14–June 9, 2013
Explore art and activism in the world's most populous democracy, India.
The Ninth Joseph R. Shapiro Award Dinner
Honoring Ruth Horwich
Tuesday, April 23, 6 pm
The Smart Museum honors Ruth Horwich for her extraordinary contributions to the visual arts in Chicago.
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