November 19, 2012
Tom McDonough
Presented by the Open Practice Committee, November 19th, 2012.

November 12, 2012
Ricardo Basbaum
Presented by Logan Center Exhibitions and the Open Practice Committee, November 12th, 2012.

November 4, 2011
Kitty Scott
On Curatorial Intelligence
Presented by the Open Practice Committee and the Department of Visual Arts, November 4th, 2011

October 27, 2011
Jessica Stockholder
Presented by the Department of Visual Arts, the Open Practice Committee, and the Smart Musuem of Art, October 27th, 2011

September 23, 2011
Anne-Mie Van Kerkhoven
Presented by The Renaissance Society, September 23rd, 2011.

November 12, 2010
Sharon Hayes
Presented by the Affective Publics Reading Group and the Open Practice Committee, November 12th, 2010

November 5, 2010
Antony Gormley
Presented by Critical Inquiry, Department of Art History, and the Open Practice Committee, November 5th, 2010

October 29, 2010
Buzz Spector and Terry Smith
Presented by Critical Inquiry, the Department of Visual Arts, and the Open Practice Committee, October 29th, 2010

October 22, 2010
Anne Wilson and Kathryn Hixson
Presented by the Department of Art History and the Department of English Language and Literature, October, 22, 2010

January 15, 2010
Coco Fusco
Presented by the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture , January 15th, 2010.

October 7, 2009
Liam Gillick
Presented by the Contemporary Art Workshop, the Nicholson Center for British Studies, The Center for Interdisciplinary Research on German Literature and Culture, and the Open Practice Committee, October 7th, 2009.

October 1, 2009
Heartland: Panel Discussion
Panelists: Charles Esche, Sarah Kanouse, Kerry James Marshall, and Marjetica Potrc.
Presented by the Smart Museum of Art, October 1st, 2009

May 19, 2009
Glenn Ligon
Presented by the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture and the Open Practice Committee, May 19th, 2009

April 7, 2009
Amelia Jones
Space, Body and the Self in the Work of Bruce Nauman
Presented by the Open Practice Committee, April 7th, 2009

March 2, 2009
Paul Chan (audio)
Presented by The Renaissance Society and the Open Practice Committee, March 2nd, 2009

February 16, 2009
Geof Oppenheimer with Julie Cooper
Presented by the Open Practice Committee, February 16th, 2009

February 9, 2009
Vitaly Komar
Presented by the Contemporary Art Workshop and the Open Practice Committee, February 9th, 2009

February 2, 2009
Boris Groys
Post-Secular Religions: Between Ritual and Technical Reproduction
Presented by the Department of Visual Arts, February 2nd, 2009

November 12, 2008
Clémentine Deliss
Roaming, Prelusive, Permeable: Future Academy
Presented by the Open Practice Committee, November 12th, 2008

November 5, 2008
Candice Breitz (audio)
Presented by the Open Practice Committee, November 5th, 2008

October 30, 2008
Current Concerns: Contemporary Artists and Issues
Panel discussion with artists Geof Oppenheimer, Deb Sokolow, Tony Tasset and moderated by Stephanie Smith, Director of Collections and exhibitions and Curator of Contemporary Art at The Smart Museum.
Presented by the Smart Museum of Art, October 30th, 2008

October 24, 2008
Jacques Rancière
The Contemporary Paradoxes of Political Art – keynote address for the symposium Disruptions: the Political in Art Now
2008 Critical Inquiry Visiting Proferssor
Presented by Critical Inquiry in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and the Open Practice Committee, October 24th, 2008

October 9, 2008
Jacques Rancière
The Pensive Image
2008 Critical Inquiry Distinguished Visiting Professor
Presented by Critical Inquiry, October 9th, 2008

April 17, 2008
Catherine Sullivan
Adaptation exhibiting Artist and Unversity of Chicago Professor in the Department of Visual Arts Catherine Sullivan speaking about here work “Triangle of Need”, April 17th, 2008. Presented by the Open Practice Committee and The Smart Museum of Art

April 8, 2008
Hans Haacke (Interview)
Presented by Artspeaks and the Open Practice Committee, April 8th, 2008

April 3, 2008
Claire Bishop
“Pedagogy as Art”
Presented by the Open Practice Committee, April 3rd, 2008

February 22, 2008
Jessica Morgan
Presented by the Open Practice Committee and the Nicholson Center for British Studies, February 22nd, 2008.

February 1, 2008
Guillaume Desanges
Presented by the Contemporary Art Workshop on February 1st, 2008

January 30, 2008
Rirkrit Tiravanija
Presented by the Open Practice Committee, the Department of Sculpture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and the Chicago Cultural Center, January 30th, 2008

January 28, 2008
Arturo Herrera
Presented by Gallery 400 at the University of Illinois at Chicago, the Open Practice Committee and the Smart Museum of Art, January 28th, 2008

November 29, 2007
Yve-Alain Bois
“Pseudomorphism: What to make of look-alikes?”
Presented by The Department of Art History‘s Smart Lecture Series, November 29th, 2007

November 8, 2007
Eleanor Heartney
“Art and Today: Tales of Plastic Surgery, Genetically Altered Rabbits and Other Acts of Art” Presented by the Open Practice Committee, November 8th, 2007

November 1, 2007
Brian Holmes
“Escape the Overcode”
Presented by the Open Practice Committee and the Contemporary Art Workshop, November 1st, 2007