Grant funds Smart Museum-Divinity School partnership to research religious objects
$2.45 million from Lilly Endowment will support collections research, major symposium and exhibition
Thomas ‘Tom’ Mapp, visionary arts educator and administrator at UChicago, 1936‒2024
Remembered for his commitment to students and encouragement to ‘read broadly and think connectively’
Smart Museum celebrates 50 years of examining the world through art
UChicago’s museum of fine arts reflects on its history and looks ahead to future of collaboration
Students discover ‘Poetry is Everything’
UChicago class inspires, and takes inspiration from, Smart Museum of Art exhibit designed for teaching
Ruth Duckworth transformed clay by evoking the natural world
Artist’s work on display at UChicago's Smart Museum of Art and Regenstein Library
Digital artwork blooms endlessly on campus
‘Ever Blossoming Life – Gold,’ which has joined Smart Museum collection, is on display in Eckhardt Research Center
Class immerses students in monochromatic art exhibition
‘Monochrome Multitudes’ at Smart Museum challenges viewers to see multiple meanings in a singular color
