Art to Live With Collection

The Art to Live With collection was originally established at the University of Chicago in 1958. The core of the collection was assembled by alumnus Joseph R. Shapiro and includes works on paper by modern American and European artists, including Marc Chagall, Eleanor Coen, Margo Hoff, Fernand Léger, Matta, Joan Miró, Henry Moore, Pablo Picasso, and Georges Rouault. In recent years, the Smart, with input from UChicago students, has also worked to expand the Art to Live With holdings and broaden the collection’s scope: it has grown to include works by an array of contemporary artists working in Chicago and globally, such as Bethany Collins, Ann Hamilton, Ester Hernandez, Jenny Holzer, Judy Ledgerwood, Faheem Majeed, Takashi Murakami, Pope.L, Barbara Rossi, Yinka Shonibare CBE, Orkideh Torabi, and Amanda Williams. Each year, a portion of the collection circulates through dorm rooms as part of the Art to Live With loan program, while other works are held in storage for inclusion in future loan periods.