How Do We Heal? takes an expansive view of healing from different challenges and considers the role of art in these processes through the Smart’s permanent collection. It is organized into six thematic areas spanning the front and back galleries: health, grief, displacement, trauma, mindfulness, and protection. This thematic exhibition brings together artworks from across time, geography, and artistic media to consider the relationship between art and healing both historically and into the present today. As you walk through the galleries, we encourage you to reflect on these questions and find connection to artworks that resonate with your own healing journey.
ABOVE IMAGE: Hollis Sigler, There is Healing to be Done, 1985, Vitreograph. Smart Museum of Art, the University of Chicago. Gift of Dennis Adrian in honor of Bob Hiebert, 2001.450 © The Estate of Hollis Sigler.