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.
Tues, Wed, Fri 10am – 4pm
Thurs 10am – 8pm
Sat & Sun 11am – 5pm
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.
