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Ruth Duckworth: Life as a Unity

This exhibition positions Ruth Duckworth as an innovative Chicago sculptor, deeply engaged in the natural world and responding to artistic developments in the U.S. in the 1960s and 70s.

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Ruth Duckworth, Untitled, 1970
Jackson Mac Low, Drawing Asymmetry #42, 1961

Smart to the Core

Poetry is Everything

This exhibition from the Feitler Center for Academic Inquiry examines the practice of poetry as a form of communication, linguistic innovation, political performance, and embodied presence. Learn more »
Photo by Eddie Quinones.

Art loan program

Art to Live With

The Art to Live With program is back! UChicago students—discover our collection curated for your dorm room walls. Find your match on October 1 »

Upcoming Events

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- Smart Reads
Wed. September 27 • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Smart Reads: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
- Social
- UChicago Students
Thu. September 28 • 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Art-B-Q
- Performance
- General Public
Fri. September 29 • 6:00 PM

Moon Songs: Black Moon Trio
- Tour
- General Public
Sat. September 30 • 2:00 PM

Saturday Pairings

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Art in Public Spaces

Through Art in Public Spaces, the Smart Museum of Art provides oversight for campus collections at the University of Chicago. Learn more »
UChicago Class Engagements

Staff at the Feitler Center are available to support teaching and research at the University of Chicago. Start a conversation with us »
Explore the collection

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 »

From the Blog

Meg Jackson Fox appointed Director of the Feitler Center for Academic Inquiry and Head of Education

Meg Jackson Fox joins the Smart Museum of Art as Director of the Feitler Center for Academic Inquiry and Head of Education.

Into the Archives

Deep dives into objects with he inaugural cohort of the Feitler Center for Academic Inquiry’s Collections Research Associates program

not all realisms curator Leslie M. Wilson, in conversation with Meralis Alvarez-Morales (MAPH 2023), shares a few final reflections on the arc of the exhibition’s history and unexpected connections.

Art in Bloom: Innovative partnership brings new acquisition on view

An endless run time digital artwork from the interdisciplinary collective teamLab joins the collection of the Smart Museum of Art, thanks to a partnership with the Physical Sciences Division and the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago

The University of Chicago

Wed. September 27 • 6 PM - 7 PM

Smart Reads: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

Thu. September 28 • 5 PM - 7 PM

Art-B-Q

Fri. September 29 • 6 PM - 8 PM

Moon Songs: Black Moon Trio

View Full Calendar

Now open

Ruth Duckworth: Life as a Unity

Smart to the Core

Poetry is Everything

Art loan program

Art to Live With

Upcoming Events

Wed. September 27 • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Smart Reads: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

Thu. September 28 • 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Art-B-Q

Fri. September 29 • 6:00 PM

Moon Songs: Black Moon Trio

Sat. September 30 • 2:00 PM

Saturday Pairings

View Full Calendar

Art in Public Spaces

UChicago Class Engagements

Explore the collection

From the Blog

Meg Jackson Fox appointed Director of the Feitler Center for Academic Inquiry and Head of Education

Into the Archives

Collective Storytelling

Art in Bloom: Innovative partnership brings new acquisition on view

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