March 29, 2026
– July 05, 2026
Beyond Boundaries foregrounds the University of Chicago’s pivotal role in studying and exhibiting contemporary Chinese art….
March 24, 2026
– July 05, 2026
Inspired by the cosmos, nature, and music, Alma Thomas (1891–1978) developed a form of abstraction that transcended established genres. Composing Color: Paintings by Alma Thomas draws on the extensive holdings…
September 23, 2025
– July 05, 2026
Why and how do people form political communities? How does political society organize our economic lives – and vice versa? And how as individuals do we navigate society?…
September 23, 2025
– February 22, 2026
A self-designated “keeper of objects,” the artist Theaster Gates investigates the value of things and their potential to hold layered meanings. He has been dedicated to investing in the care…
September 23, 2025
– July 05, 2026
Presented as an open-storage museum cabinet, African Still Life #3 is a site-specific installation offered as part of the Museum’s Threshold Lobby Series. Introduced in conjunction with the exhibition Theaster…
March 25, 2025
– July 13, 2025
Offers an updated presentation of the institution’s anniversary exhibition to explore the histories that have made up the Smart Museum of Art over the last five decades….
September 24, 2024
– July 15, 2025
For the Smart’s 50th anniversary, South Side artist Robert Earl Paige creates a multi-part pattern-based installation and sprawling public art project that invites communities into a collective experience of space….
September 24, 2024
– March 02, 2025
Drawing from across the breadth and depth of the collection, this exhibition marks the Smart Museum of Art’s 50th anniversary and explores what makes and defines a university art museum….
March 21, 2024
– June 09, 2024
This landmark exhibition takes a fresh look at the art of Japan’s Meiji era (1868–1912), four remarkable decades that propelled the country into the modern era….
September 21, 2023
– February 04, 2024
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….