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Thur. April 9th, 2026 – 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Artists Amanda Williams & Lindsay Adams and Danny Dunson, Director of Curatorial Affairs and Arts Education at The DuSable Black History Museum, speak with curator Galina Mardilovich on Alma Thomas….
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Tue. April 7th, 2026 – 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Explore the Smart Museum of Art and the greater Hyde Park surrounding areas with late opening hours at galleries and institutions on Tuesday, April 7….
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Mon. April 6th, 2026 – 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Exclusive guided tour of current exhibitions with their curators. Become a SmartPartner today to get access!…
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Fri. April 3rd, 2026 – 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM
Social Sciences professor Pamela C. Nogales and artist Omair Hussain discuss Pisarro’s Haymakers, on view in Smart to the Core: Wise to Power….
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Wed. April 1st, 2026 – 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Artist Lu Yang speaks about her work The Great Adventure of the Material World, on view in Beyond Boundaries, with UChicago Art History professor Wu Hung. In collaboration with the CAEA….
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Sat. March 28th, 2026 – 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Celebrate the Smart’s new spring exhibitions, Composing Color and Beyond Boundaries, with music by DJ Duane Powell….
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Fri. March 13th, 2026 – 4:00 AM – 7:00 PM
In celebration of the University of Chicago’s Year of Games, families are invited to come together and design their very own board game, with guidance from game designer Stefan Barkow….
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Thur. February 26th, 2026 – 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Join us for an open mic night of poetry readings and performances. All are welcome to recite a short poem–whether it be your own or one you simply love. Signing up for a reading slot…
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Fri. February 20th, 2026 – 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Join a 1-hour guided tour of Theaster Gates: Unto Thee, led by Smart Museum Fellow, Ian Brundige. Please arrive 10 minutes early to check in. Free; RSVP encouraged as space will be limited. Registration link…
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Fri. February 20th, 2026 – 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM
Join us in a guided exercise in close looking, community archiving, and object-based research through the Lucien and Muguette Guenneguez Collection, a cornerstone archive of African objects stewarded by artist Theaster Gates and presented as…