Despite the recent kerfuffle over the controversial ousting of its director, the Cooper Hewitt has a new lively small show tucked away on black designer Willi Smith. Smith took his inspiration from the Street in the 70's when clothes were finally cycling out of a different kind of poor boy aesthetic. Smith designed for dance, for theater, music, combining genres, races, and classes. His loose fitting rompers and jumpsuits look particularly engaging in the chain-linked exhibition install by Sam Chermayeff. Smith's death at 39 of AIDS came at a time when many in the art world ranks were being decimated by the disease. Go to the Cooper Hewitt website as the show is alas now closed.