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This exhibition traces “the monochrome” as a fundamental if surprisingly expansive artistic practice.
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Claire Zeisler, Triptych, 1967
The ongoing exhibition series Museum as Classroom materializes the connections between the Smart Museum’s collection and the intellectual life of the University of Chicago. Learn more »
Walker Evans, License Photo Studio, 1934
Art to Live With offers UChicago students living in residence halls the unique opportunity to borrow original works of art. Find your match »
Staff at the Feitler Center are available to support teaching and research at the University of Chicago. Start a conversation with us »
The objects in our collection support academic and artistic study, inspire new ideas, and foster reflection and conversation by our diverse audiences. Explore the collection online »
Alum Jad Dahshan shares a fantastical sticker design inspired by their UChicago student experience at the Smart Museum. A limited run of the stickers will be available at the 2022 Student Activities and Resource Fair.
Vanja V. Malloy, an accomplished museum director, curator, scholar and community builder, has been appointed as the Dana Feitler Director of the Smart Museum of Art. She will lead the University of Chicago’s fine arts museum and its exhibitions, public and arts education programs, and student and faculty collaborations.
On April 19, 2022, tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins connected with Lead Museum Educator Nicole Bond for a wide-ranging discussion about his relationship with artist Bob Thompson, how Thompson made everywhere he traveled home, and how Rollins and other jazz legends are depicted in Thompson’s 1960 work, Garden of Music.
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