

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Friday Tour: Unto Thee
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 20 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 pm – Fri, 20 Feb, 2026 at 02:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Please join Smart Museum Engagement Fellow Ian Brundige for an hour long exploration of "Theaster Gates: Unto Thee."About this EventJoin a 1-hour guided tour of Theaster Gates: Unto Thee, led by Smart Museum Fellow, Ian Brundige. Please arrive 10 minutes early to check in. Free; RSVP encouraged as space will be limited.https://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/exhibitions/theaster-gates-unto-thee/Please Note: SmartPartners get special early access to Theaster Gates programming. Want early access? Join the Smart today here."A self-designated 'keeper of objects,' the artist Theaster Gates investigates the value of things and their potential to hold layered meanings. He has been dedicated to investing in the care of these objects as a way to nurture stories and voices – often Black stories and voices – largely overlooked by history or institutional structures.The exhibition Theaster Gates: Unto Thee is rooted in several core collections of objects that have been part of Gates’s artistic practice which he acquired through the University of Chicago, where he is Professor of Visual Arts. Ranging from the Department of Art History’s glass lantern slides and display vitrines from the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (formerly the Oriental Institute), to paint-stained concrete from the floors of Midway Studios and wooden pews made for Bond Chapel, all objects have been discarded and identified as no longer needed. In creating new works with them over the years – and, as will be done again, in new installations at the Smart – Gates challenges that notion of stasis by instead excavating more histories, more stories. These installations will be accompanied by Gates’s more recent work including paintings, ceramics, film, and pieces incorporating the archive of the Johnson Publishing Company.Rooted in materials and Gates’s interest in the process of making, Unto Thee embodies the relationships Gates has fostered within the University of Chicago, local communities, the South Side and broader Chicago. It underscores the artist’s unassailable belief in the potential of art to connect with and transform communities.The exhibition is accompanied by a site-specific installation as part of the Museum’s Threshold Lobby Series, which will be on view through July 2026."  https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events3/banners/0f578e90-0258-11f1-b7f9-5debf4abad34-rimg-w592-h740-dc171c1f-gmir.jpg
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Chicago
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Smart Museum of Art
- **lat**: 41.79357150000001
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- **full address**: Smart Museum of Art, 5550 S. Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, United States

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- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 20 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 pm
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  - **A:** Smart Museum of Art, 5550 S. Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, United States
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