Smart Museum of Art

Phil the Phoenix sitting outside on a bench

Celebrate Earth Week at the University of Chicago

Grotesque wearing a face mask

What we’ve learned from a year of COVID-19

Safehouse in New Orleans

New Smart Museum exhibition to celebrate 40th anniversary of MacArthur Fellows Program

Outdoor art class

From outdoor art to virtual worlds, a look at UChicago’s Autumn Quarter

Smart Museum visitors admire gu wenda's "united nations: american code," made of human hair.

From cigarettes to human hair: Exhibition uses materials to explore Chinese art

House of Hair


A detailed shot of Xu Bing's "1st Class," which uses cigarettes to mimic a tiger-skin rug.

U.S.-China Forum, exhibition to explore Chinese contemporary art

Emmanuel Pratt

MacArthur Fellow to teach UChicago course in environmental and urban studies

At LACMA, Chinese artworks zero in on a single material


Seattle Right Angles Propped

Newest public art on campus is ‘meant to get in your way’