Michel Kameni: Portraits of an Independent Africa
August 29, 2025–January 4, 2026
This exhibition features portraits by the Cameroonian studio photographer Michel Kameni (c.1935–2020) made at Studio KM in Yaoundé. The 55 prints featured were made during the 1960s and 1970s in the years following Cameroon’s independence.
Worlds in Process: Art from the SCMA Collection
Ongoing
This project, called Worlds in Process: Art from the SCMA Collection, pilots new strategies for displaying the collection.
The installation includes artworks from a range of time periods, cultures, materials, and perspectives alongside places to gather and reflect. When a group of museum staff set out to reimagine this floor, we wanted to try some new approaches, which included deepening our understanding of what visitors (especially Smith College students) find most meaningful and welcoming.
Figuration and Abstraction: Asian Art at SCMA
July 28, 2023–October 5, 2025
Drawing from the SCMA's holdings of Asian art collected over more than a century, this exhibition features paintings, sculptures, prints, and religious and decorative arts that engage with the discourse of figuration versus abstraction.
Beyond the Museum: Art on Smith's Campus
Ongoing
Smith College is home to more than a dozen publicly accessible, mostly outdoor artworks that you can visit anytime you are on campus. Discover them all!
The Ancient World Gallery
Ongoing
In 2019, the display of SCMA’s ancient art collection was reimagined to provide a more global view of the ancient world. Previously, this gallery’s scope had been limited to Egyptian, Greek and Roman art. The gallery now includes ancient objects from China, Japan, Korea, Persia and the Americas. Arranged in thematic groupings, these artworks span several millennia and encompass a wide range of media.