Smart Salon: 50 Years, Academic Art Museums from Here Thu. Nov. 14th, 2024 - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM What makes an academic art museum unique? How has the concept of it changed over time, and what are its… Learn more
Choreographing the Smart: Ephemeral Frequencies and Dis/Continuous Presence Thu. May. 22nd, 2025 - 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Join us for the public culmination of the UChicago courses “Site-Based Practice: Choreographing the Smart Museum,” led by Julia Rhoads,… Learn more
Family Day: Bring it on Home! Sat. Jun. 14th, 2025 - 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Celebrate the final month of the Smart Museum’s current exhibitions, Expanding The 50th: Shared Stories and Robert Earl Paige: Give… Learn more
Study at the Smart, Fall Quarter 2024 Thu. Dec. 5th, 2024 - 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM Hang out at the Smart Museum of Art after hours and prep for Fall Quarter finals surrounded by South Side… Learn more
Smart Salon: The World according to Robert Earl Paige Mon. Nov. 4th, 2024 - 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM In conversation with Curator of Public Art, Laura Steward, South Side artist Robert Earl Paige discusses his newly-commissioned installation Give… Learn more
From Spaces to Places: Public Art and Smart Walking Tour Thu. May. 19th, 2022 - 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Alumni Weekend 2022 Tour begins at the Divinity School, in the lobby of Swift Hall, 1025 E. 58th Street, and… 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
In Conversation: Kara Walker and Hamza Walker Mon. Sep. 27th, 2021 - 7:00 PM - 7:00 PM Join Hamza Walker and Kara Walker for a virtual discussion as they reflect on Presenting Negro Scenes Drawn Upon My… Learn more
Take Care with Art After Dark: A Book for All Ages Wed. Apr. 28th, 2021 - 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Do you love books? Do you read them, do you write them, do you work in a journal, have you… Learn more
Book Launch: The Allure of Matter: Materiality Across Chinese Art Tue. Dec. 7th, 2021 - 6:30 AM - 6:30 AM Join the Smart Museum of Art, the Center for the Art of East Asia, and The University of Chicago Francis… Learn more