Museum as Classroom Fri. Oct. 23rd, 2026 - 3:00 PM - 3:00 PM 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 Fri. Oct. 23rd, 2026 - 3:00 PM - 3:00 PM This exhibition traces “the monochrome” as a fundamental if surprisingly expansive artistic practice…. Learn more
Haegue Yang: Quasi-Legit Fri. Oct. 23rd, 2026 - 3:00 PM - 3:00 PM 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 Fri. Oct. 23rd, 2026 - 3:00 PM - 3:00 PM 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 Fri. Oct. 23rd, 2026 - 3:00 PM - 3:00 PM 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 Fri. Oct. 23rd, 2026 - 3:00 PM - 3:00 PM Porcelain is an artistic medium as well as a material substance. It can be used to represent figures and to… Learn more