Museum as Classroom Thu. Sep. 17th, 2026 - 6:23 AM - 6:23 AM The ongoing exhibition series Museum as Classroom materializes the connections between the Smart Museum’s collection and the intellectual life of… Learn more
Monochrome Multitudes Thu. Sep. 17th, 2026 - 6:23 AM - 6:23 AM This exhibition traces “the monochrome” as a fundamental if surprisingly expansive artistic practice…. Learn more
Haegue Yang: Quasi-Legit Thu. Sep. 17th, 2026 - 6:23 AM - 6:23 AM Haegue Yang’s newly commissioned artwork—the artist’s first large-scale installation in Chicago—dislodges venetian blinds from their typical function as window coverings… Learn more
Unsettled Ground: Art and Environment from the Smart Museum Collection Thu. Sep. 17th, 2026 - 6:23 AM - 6:23 AM How has the environment shaped artistic practice, and how can artistic form teach us to understand our local and planetary… Learn more
Bob Thompson: This House Is Mine Thu. Sep. 17th, 2026 - 6:23 AM - 6:23 AM Featuring more than 85 paintings and works on paper, This House Is Mine centers Bob Thompson’s brief but prolific transatlantic… Learn more
Porcelain: Material and Storytelling Thu. Sep. 17th, 2026 - 6:23 AM - 6:23 AM Porcelain is an artistic medium as well as a material substance. It can be used to represent figures and to… Learn more