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SMART SCHOLARS RESEARCH TALK The Feitler Center for Academic Inquiry at the Smart Museum of Art presents a research talk by Smart Scholar and UChicago College student, Simone Gulliver. Please join us in the Smart…
The Otolith Group is an award wining United Kingdom based artist collective and organization founded by Anjalika Sagar and Kodwo Eshun in 2002. The Otolith Group explores the critical potential of images in contemporary society,…
Celebrate the launch of the companion booklet to not all realisms during this roundtable discussion that foregrounds the essays and contributions of UChicago faculty. Join faculty writers Adom Getachew, Emily Lynn Osborn, Kathryn Takabvirwa, and…
Virtual gathering Join in the Smart Museum of Art’s virtual book club! The Smart Reads series continues in April with Home is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo. We invite you to read along with…
Join the Smart Museum of Art and the UChicago student organization Outside the Lines for a figure drawing session with live models posing in the galleries and lobby. Delve into the practice and process of…
Smart Scholars Research Talk The Feitler Center for Academic Inquiry at the Smart Museum of Art and El Cafecito present a research talk by Smart Scholar and UChicago College student, Amanda Chacón. Amanda has spent…
Join the Smart Museum of Art for an evening of art, performance, and conversation in celebration of the special exhibition Calling on the Past. This exhibition invites visitors to experience the Smart’s collection anew, and…
Fold some stars and watch “Cosmos” projected on a big screen during a two-part event series that commemorates Carl Sagan as part of Exemplary, a public art project at the University of Chicago that celebrates…
Join us for the first in a series of “Create-a-Country” Family Days! Dream, vision, and build imaginary countries, designed by kids and inspired by ideas and artworks presented throughout the Smart Museum this spring. A…
Virtual conversation What is our nostalgia for the 1960s? Why does this moment revisit us again and again? How do we acknowledge the cultural achievements of this watershed moment within South Africa’s history alongside the…