Tour the exhibition and learn about related programs and resources for your students. Please RSVP to 773.702.4540. Collectors Series Ben Shahn's New York Joel Snyder, Professor of Art History at the University of Chicago, will offer museum members insights into Shahn's practice as a documentary photographer. Participants will have a special opportunity to view the Smart Museum's collection of photographs taken by Shahn's contemporaries. Open only to Smart Museum members.
Space is limited and reservations are required.
Please call 773.702.3673 to register. Public Exhibition Tour Ben Shahn's New York Come take a tour of the exhibition led by a University of Chicago student docent. Tom Gunning, Professor of Art History and Chair of the Committee on Film and Media Studies, University of Chicago, will introduce the program. These two groundbreaking films parallel Ben Shahn's artistic and social concerns. Halsted Street, by the Film and Photo League of Chicago, documents a cross-section of Chicago in the 1930s, moving along Halsted Street from the city's southern limits north to Lake Michigan.