Alan Artner

Big picture: In an effort to attract that elusive espresso-sipping crowd, the Museum of Science and Industry Omnimax Theater, 57th St. at Lake Shore Dr., is presenting a foursome of...

Tale bearing: Fasten the seatbelt on your feelings. Renowned storyteller Jay O'Callahan is in town to take listeners on an emotional roller coaster ride with a rich cast of imaginary...

Feeling social? Many American printmakers treated social themes during the Great Depression. "Brother Can You Spare a Dime?" an exhibition that opens Friday at Northwestern University's Mary and Leigh Block...

Flower power: The Ikebana International Flower Show features more than 100 examples of this Japanese tradition (dating to the 6th Century) of presenting flowers and branches as artistic renderings. The...

Culture bus: Travel changes people's lives, so it's natural it would change art as well. Some of the ways in which it changed 19th Century French art are apparent from...

Art Like many other major museums, The Art Institute of Chicago has issued a laserdisc presenting works from its collections. Called "With Open Eyes: Images From the Art Institute of...

Art The Art Institute of Chicago has mounted a special exhibition for Christmas, bringing together 27 works from the medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods. The show, continuing through Jan. 16...

Max Beerbohm's 1912 "A Christmas Garland" is a collection of the wittiest parodies ever written of such writers as Joseph Conrad, Thomas Hardy, Henry James and Rudyard Kipling. A new...

Art A groundbreaking ceremony for the new Museum of Contemporary Art will take place at 1 p.m. Tuesday in a tent on the site, 234 E. Chicago Ave. Jane Alexander,...

The 30th anniversary of Fluxus is being celebrated in Chicago with an unprecedented number of exhibitions and related events. One of the last lectures by a veteran Fluxus artist, Dick...