Upcoming Exhibitions
Please note: exhibition dates and details are subject to change. Please check back for the latest information.
not all realisms
February 23–July 9, 2023
not all realisms addresses photography in the context of Africa’s long 1960s—amid resistance, revolution, new nationalist and transnational movements, and the stuff of daily life therein.
The Metropol Drama
February 23–July 9, 2023
The Metropol Drama proposes another way of looking at our aesthetic, economic, and emotional history—an amalgam we call “cosmopolitanism.”
Calling on the Past: Selections from the Collection
March 21, 2023 to Winter 2024
Calling on the Past invites visitors to experience the Smart Museum’s collection anew, through a sensory exploration of color, texture, and form.
Ruth Duckworth: Life as a Unity
Fall 2023
This exhibition positions Ruth Duckworth as an innovative Chicago sculptor, deeply engaged in the natural world and responding to artistic developments in the U.S. in the 1960s and 70s.