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Prepare for finals amidst the art in the Smart’s galleries and lobby. Study at the Smart returns, offering an inspirational environment where you can prepare for finals next to the photographs, sculptures, and installations on…
Virtual gathering Join in the Smart Museum of Art’s virtual book club, Smart Reads! In this edition of Smart Reads, we explore the nature of feminism through Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics by bell…
Virtual gathering Join in the Smart Museum of Art’s virtual book club, Smart Reads! In this edition of Smart Reads, we explore the nature of feminism through Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics by bell…
Join us for an interactive cameraless photography workshop with Professor Emeritus Joel Snyder. This workshop will introduce participants to the “photogenic drawing” process of the early photographer and innovator William Henry Fox Talbot. Forming the…
Join us for an interactive cameraless photography workshop with Professor Emeritus Joel Snyder. This workshop will introduce participants to the “photogenic drawing” process of the early photographer and innovator William Henry Fox Talbot. Forming the…
Alumni Weekend 2022 Tour begins at the Divinity School, in the lobby of Swift Hall, 1025 E. 58th Street, and ends at the Smart Museum of Art, 5550 S. Greenwood Avenue At the University of…
Join Smart Scholar (UChicago art history major and chemistry minor) Sarahi Rincon Molina, as she shares her research into the wildest art materials in use today! Sarahi is part of the Smart Scholars program and…
In 1966 artist Bob Thompson died unexpectedly during a sojourn in Rome. A painter of figurative narratives whose own personal mythology and fierce ambition contains a unique perspective on one of the most turbulent periods…
The absence of Bob Thompson’s words describing his art is often mentioned when trying to define his works. What if those words do exist? What if they are encrypted, written in invisible ink, and locked…
Meet up and paint the budding trees and springtime gardens around the Smart Museum of Art. Led by Erik L. Peterson, this hands-on outdoor artmaking workshop is inspired by the vibrant paintings on display in…