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NewsFrom outdoor art to virtual worlds, a look at UChicago’s Autumn QuarterCampus community finds unique ways to learn, connect—online and in person. Read more.
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COVID-19 RESPONSEGo Forward UChicagoWe look forward to welcoming our community back to campus, with a renewed spirit of care for one another. Stay up to date on how we are doing it. Read more.
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NewsVirtual Visits to the Arts at UChicagoAlthough the academic programs and organizations of UChicago Arts have canceled or postponed programming through the spring, we are committed to amplifying the ongoing and archived artistic work of our community. Read more.
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ExhibitionJenny Holzer App to Bring ‘Great Books’ HomeThe project, commissioned by the University of Chicago, will let users virtually project thought-provoking quotes from its Core Curriculum onto their surroundings. Read more.
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NewsNew Smart Museum exhibition to celebrate 40th anniversary of MacArthur Fellows ProgramNext summer, to help celebrate the 40th anniversary of the MacArthur Fellowships, the Smart Museum of Art will open an expansive multi-venue exhibition that will include the work of 28 MacArthur Fellows. Toward Common Cause: Art, Social Change, and the MacArthur Fellows Program at 40 is being organized by the Smart Museum in collaboration with more than two dozen exhibition, programmatic and research partner organizations at the University of Chicago and across the city. Read More
Events
EVENTS
Virtual Visits to the Arts at UChicago
Visit the arts at UChicago virtually. Explore live and archived events, talks, performances and more at our Virtual Visits page.
Event
Nubian Queens (4 weeks live via Zoom and recorded)
Monday, November 2, 2020
9:00 AM
Event
Fall 2020 Diverse Books & Open Conversations reads Eve Ewing’s 1919
Monday, November 9, 2020
11:00 AM
Exhibitions
EXHIBITION
The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China
Friday, February 7, 2020 to Sunday, May 3, 2020
EXHIBITION
Harold Mendez: The years now
Friday, January 24, 2020 - 6:00 PM to Sunday, March 8, 2020 - 9:00 PM
EXHIBITION
Snow City Arts Exhibition
Wednesday, February 5, 2020 to Wednesday, February 26, 2020
EXHIBITION
S is for Soul Sister Exhibition
Friday, January 17, 2020 - 6:00 PM to Friday, March 20, 2020 - 5:00 PM
EXHIBITION
Edo: Memories Museum
Thursday, January 9, 2020 - 6:00 PM to Friday, March 13, 2020 - 12:00 PM
EXHIBITION
Temporarily Closed: Exhibit--Expanding Sources: Recent Additions to Special Collections
Monday, January 6, 2020 - 9:00 AM to Friday, April 24, 2020 - 4:45 PM
News
News
Drury Lane is a big winner at the virtual 2020 Jeff Awards; Court Theatre wins for ‘King Hedley II’
Chicago Tribune
Nov 9, 2020
News
Mobile U of C art exhibit aims to 'get out the vote' in 2020 election
ABC7 Chicago
Oct 24, 2020
News
‘Spinning Home Movies’ Returns Thursday With An Original Composition From avery r. young
Block Club Chicago
Sep 22, 2020
Around Chicago
Around Chicago
How Chicago’s Rebuild Foundation Is Reaching Locals During Covid-19
UChicago Professor Theaster Gates' Rebuild Foundation has set up a food repository intended to meet the needs of its surrounding community.
News
Designer Duro Olowu Sees Chicago Through Art
“[Featured in the exhibition] are artists who made things in isolation, with love and integrity and passion, under so many circumstances. Even if the work is political, dealing with AIDS or oppression or subjugation, you feel the need and the passion of all these artists, the idea of leaving something behind, something meaningful and yet very familiar.”
News
Fifth Third to invest $20 million in South and West side opportunity zones
Such private investments are “critical to our mission of transforming our communities,” the mayor said at an event today to announce the Fifth Third funding.
Around Chicago
Where to Find Free Art in Chicago Every Day of the Week
The Smart Museum of Art is free and open to the public every day of the week, writes Urban Matter.
AROUND CHICAGO
The 5 Best Design Destinations for September 2019
September is a big month for Chicago as well. On September 19, the Chicago Architecture Biennial will return for its third edition, with free public exhibitions, full-scale installations, and other programming. Expo Chicago—the city’s most important art fair—will take place concurrently at Navy Pier. Architecture fans should plan to visit the Chicago Architecture Center at its new home in a Mies van der Rohe building overlooking the Chicago River. The CAC is offering discounted joint passes to the Architecture Biennial and Expo Chicago with the option to add one of its acclaimed walking tours. If you go, make time to visit Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House and Unity Temple, which were just designated UNESCO World Heritage sites.
AROUND CHICAGO
Facing Mass Incarceration One Stitch at a Time
"Life Without the Possibility of Parole" depicts Alice Kim, the director of the Pozen Family Center for Human Rights at the University of Chicago, protesting the life-without-parole sentence of Renaldo Hudson, by Bronzeville artist Dorothy Burge, 64.
AROUND CHICAGO
Obama birthday party on South Side features thousands of paintings of former president
The exhibit — which includes a painting of former President Barack Obama for every day he was in office — graces the halls of the Stony Island Arts Bank, where a 58th birthday party was held Sunday in Obama’s honor.
AROUND CHICAGO
Chicago murals and mosaics: Where to find public art in city, suburbs
A Sun-Times series aims to capture, catalog and celebrate the beauty of our streets.