The Naked and the Dead
by Kerry James Marshall
last edited on Fri. February 20 2015
Kerry James Marshall on the works he selected for his Objects and Voices micro-exhibition
40th Anniversary Cornucopia
by Anthony Hirschel, Dana Feitler Director, Smart Museum of Art
last edited on Thu. January 29 2015
Objects and Voices celebrates the remarkable variety of partners with whom the Smart Museum works and the various perspectives they bring to the table
The Museum Proposition
last edited on Sun. December 14 2014
What is the one thing that must sit at the heart of an engaged art museum?
How to Study Smart
last edited on Thu. December 4 2014
With finals looming at the University of Chicago, here is some throwback advice on how to study from Coronet Instructional Films
Behind the Mask
by Alice Kain, Assistant Registrar and Coordinator of Academic Initiatives
last edited on Mon. December 1 2014
Roger Brown and the George Veronda Collection at the Smart Museum.
The Impact of a Collection
by Anthony Hirschel, Dana Feitler Director, Smart Museum of Art
last edited on Thu. November 20 2014
Every work of art entering the Museum’s collection has an impact, shaping conversations about art and our world and providing scholars important tools for teaching and research.
Material Study
by Michael O'Malley
last edited on Tue. November 11 2014
Over the past year, researchers from the Northwestern University–Art Institute of Chicago Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts (NU-ACCESS) analyzed the elemental compositions of 23 sculptures from the Smart’s collection.
Groundbreaking Ceremony
by Michael O'Malley
last edited on Thu. October 30 2014
On October 29, 1971, four speeches were given at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Smart Gallery and the Cochrane-Woods Art Center
By a Series of Curious Crab-like Motions
by Michael O'Malley
last edited on Wed. October 22 2014
On a crisp October day in 1974, a few hundred members of the University community and the Chicago art world assembled under a large tent on campus to dedicate the new David and Alfred Smart Gallery.
Sculptura in Horto
by Michael O'Malley
last edited on Tue. October 21 2014
The history of the Vera and A. D. Elden Sculpture Garden