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Archived Exhibition Guides

Produced in conjunction with most major exhibitions at the Smart, these teacher guides include readings, questions for discussion, project ideas, bibliographies, and reproductions of artworks for classroom use.

Vision and Communism
September 29, 2011 – January 22, 2012
Exhibition teacher guide (PDF) | Slides (PDF)

The Tragic Muse: Art and Emotion, 1700–1900
February 10 –June 5, 2011
Exhibition teacher guide (PDF) | Transparencies (PDF)

Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan
September 30, 2010 – January 16, 2011
Exhibition teacher guide (PDF) | Transparencies (PDF)

The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850–1900
February 11 – June 13, 2010
Exhibition teacher guide (PDF) | Transparencies (PDF)

Heartland
October 1, 2009 – January 17, 2010
Exhibition teacher guide (PDF) | Transparencies (PDF)

Your Pal, Cliff: Selections from the H. C. Westermann Study Collection
April 2 – September 6, 2009
Exhibition teacher guide (PDF) | Transparencies (PDF)

Displacement: The Three Gorges Dam and Contemporary Chinese Art
October 2, 2008 – January 25, 2009
Exhibition teacher guide (PDF) | Transparencies (PDF)

Seeing the City: Sloan's New York
May 22 – September 14, 2008
Exhibition teacher guide (PDF)

Adaptation: Video Installations By Ben-Ner, Herrera, Sullivan, and Sussman & The Rufus Corporation
January 31 – May 4, 2008
Exhibition teacher guide (PDF) | Transparencies (PDF)

Master Drawings from the Yale University Art Gallery
October 4, 2007 – January 6, 2008
Exhibition teacher guide (PDF)

Living Modern: German and Austrian Art and Design, 1890–1933
June 7 – September 16, 2007
Exhibition teacher guide (PDF)

Cosmophilia: Islamic Art from the David Collection, Copenhagen
February 1 – May 20, 2007
Exhibition teacher guide (PDF)