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

Drawn from music: Art exhibition opens window into composers’ creative process Chi-Augusta Read Thomas

Drawn from music: Art exhibition opens window into composers’ creative process

Logan Center’s MAPS OF FORM features visual depictions of musical works by students and faculty

ECHO game brings students together—and keeps them safe ECHO

ECHO game brings students together—and keeps them safe

Campus community finds connection in innovative project from UChicago researchers

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

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

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

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


Experimental composer channels The Doors during UChicago residency Peter Ablinger and Gray Center director Seth Brodsky listen to 'Music's Over'

Experimental composer channels The Doors during UChicago residency

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

At LACMA, Chinese artworks zero in on a single material

At LACMA, Chinese artworks zero in on a single material