Arts & Humanities

06.18.12

As Poetry turns 100, a look back at the back-and-forth between Harriet Monroe and her readers.

06.12.2012

Architects of new campus additions share the theories underlying their practice.

06.07.2012

DOVA chair Jessica Stockholder created Chicago’s newest public-art installation.

05.31.2012

A scholar uncovers the social history of chai, and develops a taste for it along the way.
05.30.2012

In a new lunch series, faculty and students consider the draws of good TV.

05.24.12

Combining musical and spiritual traditions, Theaster Gates gives new meaning to the phrase “moving songs.”

05.22.2012

An interview with UChicago’s Hillary Chute, who convened an all-star lineup for a conference on comics.

July–Aug/12

An Oriental Institute exhibit shows why images of ancient artifacts aren’t as accurate as we imagine.

July–Aug/12

Mike Michaels, X’61, explains how he was a fly on the wall in the creation of the greatest song in the history of rock and roll.

July–Aug/12

The Comics: Philosophy and Practice conference at the Logan Center for the Arts drew 17 cartoonists and hundreds of observers, in person and online, for three days in May of intense discussion of the field.
05.15.2012

Author takes his audience across the seas in the Logan Center performance penthouse.

University of Chicago News Office, 04.30.2012

The Smart Museum of Art's creative exhibition, Feast, hosts artists who serve up food, drink, and contemplation.