Located on the University of Chicago's Hyde Park campus, the Smart Museum of Art houses a permanent collection of over 10,000 objects, spanning five millennia of both Western and Eastern civilizations. The scope of its permanent collections, combined with groundbreaking special exhibitions, a focus on research and teaching by University of Chicago scholars, and distinguished outreach and educational programs geared to both adults and school age children, make the Smart one of the Midwest's most dynamic and innovative educational institutions in the visual arts.
Summer Hours
June 16 – September 28
Tues – Fri 10 am – 4 pm
Sat – Sun 11 am – 5 pm
Galleries closed Mondays and Holidays. Café and Museum Shop open daily.
Admission is always free.
The University of Chicago
5550 S. Greenwood Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
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Seeing the City: Sloan's New York
John Sloan's images of New York helped define the city in the popular imagination. In gritty depictions of urban life, Sloan celebrated the metropolis of New York by focusing on street scenes, elevated trains, public spaces, and the lives of ordinary Americans. Gathering together a wealth of material in all media from 1900 to the 1930s, this exhibition maps Sloan's New York and examines the personal meaning tied to the places he chose to depict again and again.
- See images and read more about this exhibition
- Explore Sloan's New York
- Learn more about the symposium
The Seventh Joseph R. Shapiro Award Dinner
The Smart Museum of Art is pleased to announce that Richard and Mary L. Gray will be honored this fall at the seventh Joseph R. Shapiro Award Dinner, the Museum's biennial gala benefit.
