Modern Art & Design (2015–2016) Fri. Oct. 16th, 2026 - 11:55 AM - 11:55 AM The modern gallery features European and American painting, sculpture, and decorative arts dating from the 1880s to the early 1960s…. Learn more
Museum as Classroom Fri. Oct. 16th, 2026 - 11:55 AM - 11:55 AM How can engaging with an artwork open new ways of thinking? And, what can be experienced in-person that might not… Learn more
Museum as Classroom Fri. Oct. 16th, 2026 - 11:55 AM - 11:55 AM The ongoing exhibition series Museum as Classroom materializes the connections between the Smart Museum’s collection and the intellectual life of… Learn more
Beyond Boundaries: Three Decades of Contemporary Chinese Art at the Smart Fri. Oct. 16th, 2026 - 11:55 AM - 11:55 AM Beyond Boundaries foregrounds the University of Chicago’s pivotal role in studying and exhibiting contemporary Chinese art…. Learn more
Composing Color: Paintings by Alma Thomas from the Smithsonian American Art Museum Fri. Oct. 16th, 2026 - 11:55 AM - 11:55 AM Inspired by the cosmos, nature, and music, Alma Thomas (1891–1978) developed a form of abstraction that transcended established genres. Composing… Learn more
Theaster Gates -African Still Life #3: A Tribute to Patric McCoy and Marva Jolly Fri. Oct. 16th, 2026 - 11:55 AM - 11:55 AM Presented as an open-storage museum cabinet, African Still Life #3 is a site-specific installation offered as part of the Museum’s… Learn more
Multiple Perspectives: Cubism in Chicago Collections Fri. Oct. 16th, 2026 - 11:55 AM - 11:55 AM Comprised of sixty works (paintings, sculpture, drawings, and prints) from public, private, and corporate Chicago-area collections, this exhibition provided an… Learn more
The Gray City: Architectural Drawings of the University of Chicago Fri. Oct. 16th, 2026 - 11:55 AM - 11:55 AM In honor of the University of Chicago’s Centennial, this exhibition focused on campus buildings constructed between 1893 and 1986…. Learn more
MFA 1991 Fri. Oct. 16th, 2026 - 11:55 AM - 11:55 AM A selection of works by Donald Asher, Joanne Berens, Norah Flatley, Peter Kapper, Elizabeth Manley, Philip Matsikas, Jane Meredith, Robert… Learn more
The American Color Print Fri. Oct. 16th, 2026 - 11:55 AM - 11:55 AM This exhibition examined how American printmakers from the late 19th to the late 20th centuries have employed traditional media such… Learn more