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Past Exhibitions

EXIT 7: Seven Artists from Midway Studios

July 10 – August 5, 1997

The fourteenth annual Midway Studios graduate exhibition

In the Presence of the Gods: Art from Ancient Sumer in the Collection of the Oriental Institute

July 1, 1997 – March 8, 1998

This exhibition displayed over forty artifacts from ancient Sumer

From Blast to Pop: Aspects of Modern British Art 1915–1965

April 17 –June 15, 1997

Blast to Pop explored the complex chronology and diverse artistic traditions of British Modernism.

Excavating the Smart Museum: (Re)viewing the Classical Greek and Roman Collection

April 1 – June 8, 1997

This exhibition focused on eighty artifacts from the Smart Museum’s classical Greek and Roman holdings.

African Affinities/Expressionist Essences: Vincent Smith’s Eight Etchings, 1965-1966

February 7–28, 1997

Etchings made by Vincent Smith at the height of the civil-rights movement

Then and Now

February 6 – March 16, 1997

A look at the work of Midway Studios faculty members Judith Brotman, Lynne Brown, Herbert George, Robert Hooper, Vera Klement, Laura Letinsky and Tom Mapp. 

Trends in Post-War Chicago Art

December 26, 1996 – January 16, 1997

This exhibition explored artistic production in Chicago from 1945 to 1997.

The Fragrance of Ink: Korean Literati Paintings of the Chosǒn Dynasty (1392–1910)

October 10 – December 8, 1996

This exhibition presented works by some of the most significant literati painters of Korea’s last royal dynasty. 

Faces of Ancient Egypt: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Oriental Institute Museum

September 10, 1996–March 9, 1997

A collaborative exhibition with the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute during its renovation and expansion

Peter Saul: Art World Portraits

August 20–September 15, 1996

An exhibition of fourteen pencil and gouache works