Calendar
We the Publics is a manifesto and proposition for the 28th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. Authored by Emmanuel Pratt, the Smart Museum’s 2017–2018 Interpreter in Residence, and Dan Borelli,…
Reading and performance by interdisciplinary filmmaker Cauleen Smith. Smith’s work is included in both Revolution Every Day at the Smart Museum as well as Singing Stones, a Palais de Tokyo exhibition presented in the Roundhouse…
Drop by and join in the Smart’s free family activities every month! Each Family Day features hands-on art activities designed to inspire children to think about and respond creatively to art and the world around…
Screening of Dziga Vertov’s 1934/38 film Three Songs about Lenin (Tri Pesni o Lenine) presented in conjunction with the special exhibition Revolution Every Day. FREE, but seating is limited and offered on a first-come, first-served…
UChicago students—line up and select a work from the Art to Live With collection to hang in your dorm room for the entire academic year. After a decades-long hiatus, the University of Chicago’s art loan…
This back-to-school cookout celebrates the return of Art to Live With, an art loan program exclusively for UChicago students. Featuring a preview of the Art to Live With collection plus DJ sets from Rafael FM…
Enter a radically transformed Smart and celebrate five new exhibitions and artist projects that explore the revolutionary potential of everyday art and experiences: Welcome Blanket Emmanuel Pratt: Radical [Re]Constructions Revolution Every Day The Hysterical Material…
Twin Talk performs at the Smart as part of the Hyde Park Jazz Festival, a weekend of free performances at cultural venues throughout the neighborhood. About the performers While many jazz projects point towards a…
Avant-garde trumpeter Jaimie Branch performs at the Smart as part of the Hyde Park Jazz Festival, a weekend of free performances at cultural venues throughout the neighborhood. About the performers A mainstay of the Chicago…
Emmanuel Pratt and Sweet Water Foundation host a fall fest at the Perry Ave Commons, a community hub and urban farm. The celebration launches an event series connected to Pratt’s installation Radical [Re]Constructions at the…