Lori Waxman

Occupying multiple galleries, one corridor and the great hall of the Art Institute of Chicago is "The Production Line of Happiness," a retrospective by Christopher Williams, the most important conceptual...

Forget the hazy, rainbow-hued haystacks, the blurred and bustling street scenes, the chic cafes and dance halls, the slightly seedy backstages and entirely sleazy brothels. The Art Institute's summer blockbuster,...

I very nearly missed seeing one of the most beautiful installations of the year. This despite the fact that Paola Cabal's "Analemma" fills two of the only walls in the...

It was the Hello Kitty tepee that did it for me. Some exhibitions can be so challenging that it takes a particularly unexpected artwork for the viewer to finally let...

John Lautner believed that "architecture should be really odd." To this end the midcentury American architect dotted Southern California with a concrete, glass and copper volcano for Bob Hope's second...

The lobby of the Elmhurst Art Museum is full with a dozen or so miniature wooden houses, perfect for dolls or birds with a taste for culture. The domestic sculptures...

In 1913, the Art Institute did something astonishing. It opened its hallowed halls to an exhibition so radical that it would forever alter the course of art-making in the United...