-
July 8 - July 13
Family Time at the Smart
Enjoy a series of engaging family-friendly, independent activities including viewfinders, sketching prompts, art finds & more during the final week of Expanding the 50th and Give the Drummer Some! at the Smart. Activity packs are available in the lobby during museum hours from July 8 - July 13.
-
July 14 - September 22
Closed for Installation
The Smart Museum of Art will be closed from Monday, July 14th, through September 22nd. Please join us for Theaster Gates: Unto Thee this fall.
Smart Museum of Art Exhibition Archive
-
Lilly Endowment Grant Announced
The University of Chicago has received a $2.45 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative. The grant will support the four-year project, Afterlives: Engaging Objects of Religious Origin in Museum Collections, a collaboration between the Smart Museum of Art and the University of Chicago Divinity School’s Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion. Read the Press Release »
(top to bottom) The Smart photo by Michael Tropea; Divinity School photo by Darren Leow.
-
September 23, 2025-February 22, 2026
Exhibition Announcement - Theaster Gates: Unto Thee
The Smart Museum of Art will present “Theaster Gates: Unto Thee,” the artist’s first solo museum exhibition in his hometown of Chicago. Learn more »
This exhibition is made possible by Northern Trust and the Terra Foundation for American Art.
Theaster Gates: Assembly Hall, September 5, 2019 through January 12, 2020, Target Gallery. Photo by Bobby Rogers for Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.
-
© Abdolreza Aminlari
March 25 - July 13
Expanding the 50th: Shared Stories
Expanding the 50th: Shared Stories offers an updated presentation of the institution’s anniversary exhibition. In honor of its anniversary, the Smart has commissioned four artists to create new works as interventions in the Museum’s and our shared histories. Learn more »
