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This symposium will expand the defining attributes of Fluxus film by addressing the problematic role of documentation within Fluxus practices, the documentation of performances as material film objects and the performativity of media, and the…
The University of Chicago’s Smart Museum of Art, Office of LGBTQ Student Life, and the Leather Archives & Museum are partnering for a special two-part program that explores classicism in relation to the history of…
Grandma’s Kitchen is a series of pop-up interpretive experiences designed and hosted by Smart Museum Docent Josephine McEntee and Red Line Service collaborators Carlos Carpenter and Dave Morris. Inspired by objects in the Conversations with…
The conservation of Wolf Vostell’s colossal Concrete Traffic (1970)—a 1957 Cadillac covered in concrete—offered intriguing new insights into the life of the sculpture. The process also raised complicated questions about the artist’s intent for the…
An after-hours, semi-formal dance party for University of Chicago students based on ancient Greek symposium parties! Featuring a performance of A Classical Ballet (choreographed by third-year Magda Glotzer), UChicago’s Dirt Red Brass Band, and Swing…
Please join us for an interdisciplinary roundtable discussion structured around works from the Smart Museum of Art’s collection. With short presentations by UChicago scholars: Jennifer Cohen PhD 2017 in Art History; Research Fellow at the…
This two-part program explores the space between literature and art, war and peace, and land and sea. Delving into representations of Homer’s Odyssey in the Smart Museum’s special exhibition Classicisms (April 20) and in the…
A ballet in three movements that contrasts music and style, movement and stillness, and the classical and the contemporary. A panel discussion and reception will follow the performance. FREE Presented in collaboration with University Ballet…
The University of Chicago’s Core curriculum is as much about cultivating diverse modes of inquiry as it is exploring a common set of ideas across the disciplines. Utilizing the Smart Museum of Art’s expansive collection—which…
This two-part program explores the space between literature and art, war and peace, and land and sea. Delving into representations of Homer’s Odyssey in the Smart Museum’s special exhibition Classicisms (April 20) and in the…