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Independent curator Kimberly Mims discusses the modern photography from Germany and Central Europe on view in To See in Black and White. Free, but space is limited. Please register in advance.
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Sculpting Infinity: Antony Gormley and the Mindful Object Professor W.J.T. Mitchell will reflect on Infinite Cube (2014), a captivating sculpture comprised of a seemingly endless grid of light in the Smart Museum’s collection. Mitchell will…
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…
An after-hours Halloween party for UChicago students. Student programs at the Smart are supported by the UChicago Arts Pass.
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Rockefeller Chapel welcomes back concert organist Dennis James to provide the music for silent film Nosferatu, in which the mysterious Count Orlok (Max Schreck) summons Thomas Hutter (Gustav von Wangenheim) to his remote Transylvanian castle…
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 and faculty: Melina Blees Postdoctoral scholar with STAGE at the Institute…
Dating from the postwar period to the last decades of Communism in Eastern Europe, this screening on collectives and art communities features film shorts made by artists, who, despite restrictions, produced independent and experimental works…
A creative, community-building social hour hosted by Erika Dudley, the Smart’s Interpreter in Residence.
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Artist Jessica Stockholder and architectural theorist Sean Keller discuss the relationship between Stockholder’s work and architecture, and more generally the relationship between art and architecture. Stockholder’s new site-specific installation Rose’s Inclination is on view at…
A satirical BBQ in the Smart Museum of Art’s sculpture garden. Create “biting” food collages and enjoy free frankfurters, KippenBurgers, and Spam-based delicacies inspired by art on view in the special exhibition Expressionist Impulses. Free!
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