Illinois

The Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago will launch its 40th anniversary season Saturday with Carved, Cast, Crumpled: Sculpture All Ways, an expansive exhibition of some 175 works from the Smart’s collection. The exhibit essentially transforms the entire 8,800-square-foot gallery space into Chicago’s only sculpture museum. Highlights include small-scale sculptures by modern masters like Auguste Rodin, Jacques Lipchitz and Henry Moore; ancient Chinese mingqi tomb figures and Asian Buddhist devotional statues; European bronzes of princes, putti and classical heroes; and boundary-breaking work by postwar artists including Magdalena Abakanowicz, John Chamberlain, Robert Irwin, and Michael Rakowitz. The exhibit runs through Dec. 21.

Details: smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/

This story was originally published September 21, 2014 at 8:00 AM with the headline "Illinois."