Alan G. Artner

The 10th anniversary exhibition of the Contemporary Arts Council, a group of local collectors that sponsors an annual event organized by independent curators, is called "the New Collusion" and is...

The Art Institute of Chicago's "long day"--the weekday when it is open into the evening hours--will move from Tuesday to Thursday as of July 1. The hours of operation are...

CLASSICAL KRONOS QUARTET America's hippest string foursome returns to the Ravinia Festival for a typically provocative program that holds a premiere by Kevin Volans along with works by Felipe Perez...

ARCHITECTURE SUPER-TALL STRUCTURES Adrian Smith, a partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill of Chicago and the architect of the planned Trump Tower Chicago, will lecture on "Trump Tower and Other...

"El Nuevo Almanecer" ("The New Dawn"), a mural by seven Huichol artists, will be unveiled at noon Fridayas part of the permanent collection of the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum,...

ARCHITECTURE `SIGNATURE ARCHITECTS: PHOTOGRAPHERS' An exhibit of architect-signed photographs -- autographed by such renowned designers as Frank Lloyd Wright and taken by the distinguished Chicago photo studio of Hedrich-Blessing --...

ART RONI HORN 80 photographs of water installed throughout the museum; a spoken word-and-image performance by the artist will be given at the opening, 6 p.m. Tuesday; Fullerton Auditorium, Art...

Tickets go on sale at 8 a.m. Sunday for "Seurat and the Making of `La Grande Jatte,'" the Art Institute of Chicago's elaborate summer exhibition that explores the genesis and...

ART 150 YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN SPAIN A historical overview curated by the best-known Spanish photo historian; through June 15; Instituto Cervantes, John Hancock Center, 875 N. Michigan Ave., Suite...

ART JOAN JONAS Two recent works by the video and performance art pioneer; opens today, Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, 5811 S. Ellis Ave.; free; 773-702-8670. SHIMON ATTIE...