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From unexpected sculptures to temporary commissions, public art makes the University of Chicago a unique destination. Explore public art on campus ».
The Smart Museum of Art is located on the north edge of the University of Chicago’s campus in Hyde Park. We are located 7.5 miles south of the Loop, and easily accessible by car or by public transit .
The Smart Museum of Art is open following our summer reinstallation. Please help us celebrate our 50th anniversary with a fresh look at the collection, new artist commissions, and a 50x50 program series that spotlights our history of innovation and engagement.
As the fine arts museum of the University of Chicago, the Smart Museum of Art is a site for rigorous inquiry and exchange that encourages the examination of complex issues through the lens of art objects and artistic practice.
Revisiting classic modernist ideas about flatness, idealized form, and colors, Monochrome Multitudes opens up this seemingly reductive art to reveal its global resonance and creative possibilities while working toward a more expansive narrative of 20th and 21st century art.
September 24, 2024–March 2, 2025. Drawing from across the breadth and depth of the collection, this exhibition marks the Smart Museum of Art's 50th anniversary and explores what makes and defines a university art museum.
This monographic exhibition—the first since a 2005 retrospective—makes use of art historical advances of the last several decades to examine Duckworth’s Chicago work in a new light. Duckworth referred to herself not as a potter or ceramicist, but as a sculptor with clay.
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The Smart Museum of Art is temporarily closed for reinstallation, June 10–September 23, 2024. Please check back in the near future for our updated calendar of programs and events!
Tours. We are able to accommodate a limited number of guided K–12 and group visits, coordinated by our Public Practice team. To check availability and to schedule a guided or self-guided group visit in advance, please contact Meg Jackson Fox at Meg Jackson Fox or 773.702.9523.