Alan Artner

The Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago will present a provocative symposium on "Archeology for the 1990s and Beyond" from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the...

Art On the eve of the 100th anniversary of its building on South Michigan Avenue, the Art Institute of Chicago has published a new guide to 256 works from the...

The changing, variegated colors of autumn are not found solely in the out-of-doors; the season brings a nearly bewildering selection of gallery exhibitions as well. But among a hundred or...

The hunt is on to find a new director for one of the nation`s most prestigious museums-a People`s Palace that draws millions of tourists to the Capitol Mall in Washington,...

Another season will come and go without the large blockbuster exhibitions that once were commonplace. Most everything here is modest in size and stimulating without being overwhelming. Several shows look...

A previously unknown work by Vincent van Gogh, the legendary 19th Century Dutch post-impressionist painter, has been found by a part-time worker for a Chicago auction house. The painting, an...

The year`s finest exhibitions in Chicago were: 1. ''On the Art of Fixing a Shadow: 150 Years of Photography,'' Art Institute of Chicago. 2. ''From Michelangelo to Rembrandt: Master Drawings...

During the next year, several other large exhibitions in Chicago will treat aspects of the history of photography. Here, in order of appearance, are the major offerings: - ''The Photography...

The year`s finest exhibitions were: ''The Art of Paul Gauguin,'' Art Institute of Chicago. ''William Wordsworth and the Age of English Romanticism,'' Chicago Historical Society. ''Christian Boltanski: Lessons of Darkness,''...