Art & Design
Edited by Lauren Weinberg
New in Art and Design
New reviews
Critic's picks
"Feast" at the Smart Museum
The Smart examines "radical hospitality in contemporary art."
Reviews
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“Re: Chicago”
DePaul Art Museum, through Mar 4.
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"The Language of Less (Then and Now)"
Museum of Contemporary Art, through Apr 15.
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"focus: Sharon Hayes"
Art Institute of Chicago, through Mar 11.
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“Light Years”
Art Institute of Chicago, through Mar 11.
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“Design on the Edge"
Chicago Architecture Foundation, through June 2012.
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"Bibiana Suarez: Memoria"
Hyde Park Art Center, through Mar 25.
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Featured stories
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Edgewater gallery Good News Only teaches teens how to curate
Senn High School students organize exhibitions featuring professional artists.
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The Essential New Art Examiner
A new book recalls the New Art Examiner, a Chicago art magazine with a national reach.
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David Hartt at the Museum of Contemporary Art
Johnson Publishing Company inspires David Hartt’s MCA Screen installation.
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Gallery 400 at UIC tries to broaden its audience
Lorelei Stewart discusses Forum 400 and other new initiatives.
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Can't-miss stories
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This Will Have Been: Art, Love & Politics in the 1980s
A new MCA exhibition reveals the 80s as a very queer decade.
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Chicago Cultural Advisory Council begins bracing for G-8/NATO
Cultural Affairs and Special Events heavyweights express anxiety at first meeting.
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Chicago bars and restaurants curating art shows
Eateries and cocktail lounges take an interest in gallery-caliber art.























