Exhibitions
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Smart to the Core: Medium / Image
September 23–December 12, 2021
Presented as primary source material for the University of Chicago Core sequence "Media Aesthetics," this exhibition seeks to interrogate the ethical, political, and epistemological debates about images and perception.
Toward Common Cause: Art, Social Change, and the MacArthur Fellows Program at 40
Presented in multiple venues and neighborhoods throughout Chicago
Presented in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the MacArthur Fellows Program, this multi-site exhibition uses the idea of “the commons” to explore the current socio-political moment, in which questions of inclusion, exclusion, ownership, and rights of access are constantly being challenged across a wide array of human endeavors.
Sculpture Garden
Vera and A. D. Elden Sculpture Garden
The outdoor sculpture garden features work by Scott Burton, Jene Highstein, Richard Hunt, Arnaldo Pomodoro, and Richard Serra.