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For more information or to obtain high-resolution images related to the Smart's exhibitions and programs, members of the media should e-mail C.J. Lind or call 773.702.0176.

Current

Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art
February 16 – June 10, 2012
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Vision and Communism
September 29, 2011 – January 22, 2012
Press release (PDF)

Touring exhibitions

Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan
September 30, 2010 – January 16, 2011; on national tour through 2012
Press release (PDF)

Other news

Smart Museum receives $1.25 million gift from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
January 2011
Press release (PDF)

Smart Museum receives grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
April 2010
Press release (PDF)

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

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Discover how artists have transformed the simple act of sharing food and drink into a new kind of art.

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Feasts in the Ancient World
Friday, May 25, noon

Archaelogist Geoff Emberling discusses feasting traditions in ancient Mesopotamia and explores connections to the culture of the Middle East today.

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