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Archived press releases

2012

From the Land of the Morning Calm: Traditions of Korean Art
July 5 – September 9, 2012
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Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art
February 16 – June 10, 2012; on national tour through 2014
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2011

Vision and Communism
September 29, 2011 – January 22, 2012
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Go Figure
June 30 – September 4, 2011
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The Tragic Muse: Art and Emotion, 1700–1900
February 10 – June 5, 2011
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Smart Museum receives $1.25 million gift from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
January 2011
Press release (PDF)

2010

Bingyi: Cascade
November 19, 2010 – December 11, 2011
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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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Mid-Century: "Good Design" in Europe and America, 1850–1950
July 8 – September 5, 2010
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Smart Museum receives grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
April 2010
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The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850–1900
February 11 – June 13, 2010
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2009

The National Endowment for the Arts awards grant in support of Echoes of the Past
December 8, 2009
NEA press release

Heartland
October 1, 2009 – January 17, 2010
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Your Pal, Cliff: Selections from the H. C. Westermann Study Collection
April 2 – September 6, 2009
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2008

2008 Joseph R. Shapiro Award Dinner
October 14, 2008
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Displacement: The Three Gorges Dam and Contemporary Chinese Art
October 2, 2008 – January 25, 2009
Press release (PDF) | Artist bios (PDF)

Stephanie Smith wins 2008 Emily Hall Tremaine Exhibition Award
September 2008
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Seeing the City: Sloan's New York
May 22 – September 14, 2008
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Interactive smARTkids Website Launched
February 2008
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Adaptation: Video Installations by Ben-Ner, Herrera, Sullivan, and Sussman & The Rufus Corporation
January 31 – May 4, 2008
Press release (PDF) | Artist bios (PDF)

2007

Master Drawings from the Yale University Art Gallery
October 4, 2007 – January 16, 2008
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Living Modern: German and Austrian Art and Design, 1890–1933
June 7 – September 16, 2007
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Cosmophilia: Islamic Art from the David Collection, Copenhagen
February 1 – May 20, 2007
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2006

Robert Feitler named Chairman of the Smart Museum Board of Governors
December 2006
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2006 Joseph R. Shapiro Award Dinner
October 23, 2006
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Drawing as Process in Contemporary Art
October 5, 2006 – January 14, 2007
Press release (PDF) | Artist bios (PDF)

The Colors of Identity: Polish Art at Home and Abroad, 1890–1939
May 25 – September 17, 2006
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One/Many: Western American Survey Photographs by Bell and O'Sullivan
February 2 – May 7, 2006
Press release (PDF)

2005

Anthony G. Hirschel appointed director of Smart Museum of Art
March 29, 2005
Press release

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