Smart Museum of Art

From the Forbidden City to UChicago, art historian searches for ‘a human perspective’ Art historian Wu Hung sits and smiles next to art carved into a wall

From the Forbidden City to UChicago, art historian searches for ‘a human perspective’

A ‘we’ project: In city-wide exhibition, MacArthur Fellows invoke art as a tool for change A woman takes a picture at the Smart Museum

A ‘we’ project: In city-wide exhibition, MacArthur Fellows invoke art as a tool for change

Smart Museum’s ‘Toward Common Cause’ exhibition to showcase MacArthur Fellows Jeffrey Gibson, Chief Pretty Eagle, 2021

Smart Museum’s ‘Toward Common Cause’ exhibition to showcase MacArthur Fellows

Celebrate Earth Week at the University of Chicago Phil the Phoenix sitting outside on a bench

Celebrate Earth Week at the University of Chicago

What we’ve learned from a year of COVID-19 Grotesque wearing a face mask

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

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

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

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

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

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

House of Hair


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