Alan Artner

After studies with Gilles Tremblay in Montreal, Gottfried Michael Koenig in Utrecht and Karlheinz Stockhausen in Cologne, the Canadian Claude Vivier went to Asia and realized, "the trip was basically...

According to locals, arts and agriculture became intertwined in Oregon, Ill., when famed American sculptor Lorado Taft (the name as published has been corrected in this text) established an arts...

The fall museum season in art is one of the best-balanced in recent years. More than 70 exhibitions in Chicago and suburbs represent many media, artists young and old, and...

Daniel Barenboim has changed the final program of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's downtown season June 10 through 12. In place of the Adagio from the Symphony No. 10 by Gustav...

Tribune critics: Gifts to make the season bright MOVIE CRITIC MICHAEL WILMINGTON THRILLERS & CHILLERS "Wrong Men & Notorious Women: Five Hitchcock Thrillers 1935-1946" This new set, packed with valuable...

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has acquired a collection of more than 100 photographs from native Chicagoan Carla Emil and her husband, Rich Silverstein. The gift joins 36...

MOVIE CRITIC: MICHAEL WILMINGTON FILM NOIR IN GRANT PARK Remember movies under the stars and the old outdoor theaters? Beginning July 15, the City of Chicago again will offer what...

Listening to how Orchestra Hall sounds today raises a number of questions. Here, Alan Artner, John von Rhein and Howard Reich try to sort out the answers. What can be...

A thrill ride of sizzling stupidity! Columbia Pictures execs were embarrassed to admit over the summer that David Manning, the movie critic/blurbmeister who raved in ads about "The Animal" ("The...