Alan G. Artner

ART YOSHIHIRO SUDA A new group of wood sculptures installed in several locations throughout the museum; opens Tuesday, Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Ave. $10 suggested admission. 312-443-3600....

ART `NATURE DELIVERS: URBAN GARDENING AND BEYOND' Works by eight artists dealing with the vernacular landscape and notions of the sublime; opens Friday, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, 2320 W....

CABARET DIVA MONTH Chicago's top cabaret launches a month of noteworthy singers with Karen Mason on Sunday, Monday; Cory Jamison Wednesday-May 18; Davenport's, 1383 N. Milwaukee Ave.; $20-$30; 773-278-1830. --Howard...

This weekend a large international art exposition will be held in Chicago for the 23rd consecutive year, and given that time--imagine: neither Britney Spears nor Serena Williams was born when...

ARCHITECTURE GWATHMEY LECTURE New York architect Charles Gwathmey lectures at the Art Institute of Chicago Tuesday at 6 p.m. on his recent projects, including a plan for the former World...

ART JOHN CURRIN The disquieting contemporary figure painter gets his first solo museum exhibition in the United States; opens Saturday at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E. Chicago Ave.;...

ARCHITECTURE TADAO ANDO Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese architect Tadao Ando speaks at 6 p.m. April 28 at the Art Institute of Chicago on "Creating the Possibility." Tickets are $15 for members...

ART MADE IN CHICAGO "Made in Chicago: Seven Photographers Interpret Local Products" opens Thursday at City Gallery in the Water Tower, 806 N. Michigan Ave.; free; 312-742-0808. NEW VOICES IN...

Mike Baur's steel-and-concrete sculptures at the Sonia Zaks Gallery continue to show a development that is positive and wholly surprising. Given the brute materials, the last thing one might expect...

MOMA appointments: Two longtime members of the staff of New York's Museum of Modern Art have been elevated to key positions. John Elderfield, who came to the museum in 1975,...