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Wed. May 31st, 2023 – 6:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Virtual gathering Join in the Smart Museum of Art’s virtual book club! The Smart Reads series continues in May with Cathy Park Hong’s essay collection Minor Feelings. We invite you to read along with us…

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Wed. May 31st, 2023 – 6:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Virtual gathering Join in the Smart Museum of Art’s virtual book club! The Smart Reads series continues in May with Cathy Park Hong’s essay collection Minor Feelings. We invite you to read along with us…

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Thur. May 25th, 2023 – 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Join us for a free film screening of Robert Guédiguian’s 2021 film Dancing the Twist in Bamako, presented in conjunction with the exhibition not all realisms: photography, Africa, and the long 1960s. Alice Da Luz…

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Sat. May 20th, 2023 – 1:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Join the Smart Museum of Art for an exhibition tour and hands-on workshop that reflects on archival material inside and outside the galleries. Led by Arnie Campa, UChicago second-year Art History major and Public Practice…

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Sat. May 20th, 2023 – 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Join UChicago graduate students from a wide array of disciplines for short reflections on selected objects in the Smart Museum of Art’s collection-based exhibition Calling on the Past. The gallery talks offer an opportunity for…

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Sat. May 20th, 2023 – 12:00 PM – 12:00 PM

Join the Smart Museum of Art for an exhibition tour and hands-on workshop that reflects on archival material inside and outside the galleries. Led by Arnie Campa, UChicago second-year Art History major and Public Practice…

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Thur. May 18th, 2023 – 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM

Celebrate the end of the school year with the “Pride of the Southside,” WHPK Radio (88.5 FM)! With sets inspired by the Smart Museum of Art’s three concurrent exhibitions—not all realisms, The Metropol Drama, and…

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Thur. May 18th, 2023 – 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM

Prepare for finals amidst the art in the Smart’s galleries. Open exclusively for UChicago students on the eve of reading period, Study at the Smart offers an inspirational environment where you can study with friends…

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Wed. May 17th, 2023 – 5:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Join us for Calling on the Present, the public culmination of the UChicago course “Site-Based Practice: Choreographing the Smart Museum,” led by Julia Rhoads, Director of the Dance Program in Theater and Performance Studies. Through…

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Sat. May 13th, 2023 – 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Drop by for the continuation of our “Create-a-Country” series of Family Days. Dream, vision, and build imaginary countries, designed by kids and inspired by ideas and artworks presented throughout the Smart Museum this spring. This…

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