The Obama Foundation has announced a major new commission by GRAY artist Theaster Gates for the Hadiya Pendleton Atrium at the forthcoming Obama Presidential Center opening in 2026. 

Theaster Gates: Unto Thee on view at the Smart Museum 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.

Jaume Plensa: A New Humanism opens at the  Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park on October 24th. The exhibtiion explores Jaume Plensa’s career-long engagement with themes common to our shared humanity such as dreams, desire, justice and mortality.