Smart Museum of Art

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’

Smart to the Core

New exhibition connects contemporary art to UChicago’s Core curriculum

Mary Lou Gorno

Mary Lou Gorno appointed chair of Smart Museum Board