Revealing ‘The Bean’
In three months, downtown Chicago will get one of the most significant additions to its outdoor gallery of public art in decades, yet while the abstract sculpture by British artist...
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ARCHITECTUREWRIGHT HOUSE TOURSTwo extraordinary Frank Lloyd Wright…
ARCHITECTURE WRIGHT HOUSE TOURS Two extraordinary Frank Lloyd Wright houses on Chicago's South Side -- the Robie House, at 5757 S. Woodlawn Ave., and the Heller House, at 5132 S....
Art Institute seeks admission fee hike
James N. Wood, president and director of the Art Institute of Chicago, will appear before the Chicago Park District Board on Wednesdayto request permission to change suggested admission prices at...
ARCHITECTUREJEANNE GANGThe architect, principal at Studio/Gang Architects…
ARCHITECTURE JEANNE GANG The architect, principal at Studio/Gang Architects in Chicago, lectures on "Rocks, Paper, Scissors"; 6 p.m. Monday at McCloska Auditorium at the IIT's McCormick Tribune Campus Center, 3201...
ART`FITTER HAPPIER’Artists’ broad and sometimes ambivalent responses…
ART `FITTER HAPPIER' Artists' broad and sometimes ambivalent responses to technology; opens Friday at the DePaul University Art Gallery, 2350 N. Kenmore Ave.; free; 773-325-7863. PRINTS BY JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL...
ART`THE INTERNATIONAL VINTAGE POSTER FAIR’The final day…
ART `THE INTERNATIONAL VINTAGE POSTER FAIR' The final day of one of Chicago's most unpretentious and manageable art trade fairs; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Chicago Cultural...
ART`LAURA LETINSKY’Photographic still lifes and allegories of…
ART `LAURA LETINSKY' Photographic still lifes and allegories of love; opens Sunday at the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, 5811 S. Ellis Ave.; free; 773-702-8670. `SPLENDORS OF CHINA'S...
Daniel Friedman, director of the architecture school…
Daniel Friedman, director of the architecture school at the University of Illinois at Chicago, speaks about the architecture of the late Louis Kahn; 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Archeworks,...
ARCHITECTUREROBIE HOUSE PROJECTKaren Sweeney, the director of…
ARCHITECTURE ROBIE HOUSE PROJECT Karen Sweeney, the director of restoration at the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust, speaks about restoring Wright's Robie House; 12:15 p.m. Wednesday at the Chicago Architecture...
ART`AMERICAN EXPRESSIONISM: ART AND SOCIAL CHANGE, 1920S-1950S’More…
ART `AMERICAN EXPRESSIONISM: ART AND SOCIAL CHANGE, 1920S-1950S' More than 80 paintings that blend European and American sensibilities; opens Friday at the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, 40...