Life As A Unity opened at the Smart Museum on September 21. This monographic exhibition of nearly 60 pieces—the first such monograph at the museum since 2005—highlights the natural and sociopolitical ...

“What is art for?” asks art historian Katharine Kuh in the introductory wall text of the Smart Museum’s ambitious rehang of their entire gallery space. The question was likely at least partly ...

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The exuberance of the Smart Museum exhibition Give the Drummer Some! was on vivid display during a Q&A with the artist at the start of May. The exhibit features Robert Earl Paige’s melodically ...

Theaster Gates has spent the better part of two decades saying yes to things most people would haul to the curb. Old glass slides gathering dust in a university storage room? He'll take them. Wooden ...

NOLANVILLE — The City of Nolanville invites the public to an Open House at the SMART Museum on Monday, June 23, from 3 to 6 p.m. to celebrate the launch of new daily admission offerings. While the ...

The University of Chicago has received a $2.45 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative. In its first phase, the project will focus on ...

The West was trending in Japan 150 years ago. That might seem like a silly way to put it, but it’s also true. After two centuries of isolationist policy, Japan was forcibly opened up to foreign ...