UChicago Arts

The arts are central to the mission of the University of Chicago. With a strong tradition of cross-disciplinary practices, intricately mixed with intellectual curiosity and creative energy, the University fosters a bustling arts community on Chicago’s South Side.

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Nuclear Thresholds Sculpture

Art installation reflects on world’s first chain reaction

Oct 20, 2017

YOU BE MY ALLY, 2020 - Augmented reality app

Building ideas: Students help reimagine Core texts in renowned alum Jenny Holzer’s innovative artwork

YOU BE MY ALLY spotlights distinctive curriculum, get-out-the-vote effort

Oct 21, 2020

Projection for Chicago, 2008 Light projection Merchandise Mart

Renowned artist Jenny Holzer to debut project at UChicago using augmented reality

‘YOU BE MY ALLY’ to display texts from Core curriculum on campus buildings, LED trucks

Sep 10, 2020

Harold Mendez's 3D-printed funerary pot, a replica of a Chimú artifact

A 3D-printed pot that talks? How an artist injects life into archaeology

Mar 6, 2020

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

Feb 11, 2020

House of Hair

Feb 5, 2020

Peter Ablinger and Gray Center director Seth Brodsky listen to 'Music's Over'

Experimental composer channels The Doors during UChicago residency

Feb 5, 2020

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

Jan 21, 2020

At LACMA, Chinese artworks zero in on a single material

Aug 12, 2019

Seattle Right Angles Propped

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

Jul 24, 2019

New Signs On The Block

<p>Members of UChicago Arts + Public Life Design Apprenticeship Program create new block club signs for Chicago neighborhoods</p>

Aug 15, 2018