Smart Reads: The Four Agreements Thu. Feb. 18th, 2021 - 6:00 PM - 6:00 PM Join in the Smart Museum of Art’s virtual book club, Smart Reads! In our first 2021 Smart Reads selection, The… Learn more
Art and Love in the Renaissance Thu. Apr. 8th, 2021 - 5:30 PM - 5:30 PM Lust, Love, and Loss Opening Talk Join Andrea Bayer and Jacqueline Musacchio as they reflect on the themes of Lust,… Learn more
Ovid over Lunch (Part II) Thu. Apr. 29th, 2021 - 12:00 PM - 12:00 PM Take a poetic trek through ancient Roman poet Ovid’s Metamorphoses and the Smart Museum’s exhibition Lust, Love, and Loss in… Learn more
Take Care, Be Well Sat. Mar. 20th, 2021 - 11:00 AM - 8:30 PM Marking the end of the Smart Museum’s exhibition Take Care, and situated one year after Chicago’s stay-at-home order, “Take Care,… Learn more
All the World’s Futures: Global Art and Art History in the Wake of COVID-19 Thu. Mar. 4th, 2021 - 4:00 PM - 4:00 PM Since the beginning of the 21st century, the global turn has shifted art history and contemporary curatorial practices to consider… Learn more
Take Care with Art After Dark: Cabrini Dance Party Wed. Feb. 24th, 2021 - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Join renowned Blues musician and educator Katherine Davis for an interactive virtual workshop that explores the creative ecology of public… Learn more
Smart Reads: The Lily of the Field and the Bird of the Air Thu. Dec. 9th, 2021 - 6:00 PM - 6:00 PM Join in the Smart Museum of Art’s virtual book club, Smart Reads! The December 2021 Smart Reads selection is Søren… Learn more
PRIMAL: A Monologue for Our Times Fri. Jan. 29th, 2021 - 7:00 PM - 7:00 PM Kenjiro Lee, UChicago Class of 2020, performs PRIMAL, a short play he wrote for the Zoom environment. Join Lee for… Learn more
Teaching Methods in the Virtual Museum Thu. Jan. 21st, 2021 - 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Museums are invaluable sites to learn through close encounters with material objects. Physically present, we get a sense of their… Learn more
Guillermo Gómez-Peña: An Open Letter to the Museum of the Future Wed. Feb. 3rd, 2021 - 6:30 PM - 6:30 PM Guillermo Gómez-Peña has an obsession with rewriting and restaging so-called “Western Art History” while highlighting colonial legacies of systematic exclusion,… Learn more