Americans are getting smarter. Let's put that another way: Americans are getting more smart home devices. The 2026 Most Popular Smart Home Devices report by Reviews.org finds that the most popular smart home devices are smartphones and smart TVs, by a wide margin. But niche connected products are becoming more commonplace too. According to the survey, 31.1% of American now use smart thermostats, and 24% have robot vacuums, while 15% hav smart coffee makers and 12% have smart pet feeders. Video doorbells are now the most widely used smart security device, with about 39% of respondents reporting ownership.

   When Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) wrote Life imitates art far more than art imitates life, he set of a chain reaction that has reverberated ever since. Adding, “the self-conscious aim of life is to find expression, and art offers it certain beautiful forms through which it may release that energy,”  he might well have been speaking of the interesting times in which we now live. With that in mind, DART offers a sampling of continuing and upcoming shows about Su...