Lori Waxman

You think you know Surrealism, then you visit an exhibition dedicated to a Surrealist artist you've never even heard of. You think you've seen a painting fully, then you look...

Is there anything so fleeting today as political attention? From raging fires in Quebec to war in Ukraine, from a worldwide refugee crisis to our national plights of racist policing,...

The beach is Chicago's best-kept summer secret, but the air-conditioned galleries might be the next-best. When you've had enough heat and sun, here are 10 promising exhibitions to visit instead....

Yayoi Kusama, the famed 94-year-old Japanese artist sometimes referred to as the "princess of polka dots," has brought her longtime fixation to Chicago, offering visitors to WNDR Museum the chance...

The galleries of the Arts Club of Chicago are currently filled with objects resembling banquettes, étageres, armoires, sconce lighting, a side table, a modular shelving unit and more. All of...

Ah, the Caribbean: islands of pleasure with balmy weather, palm trees that sway in the breeze, and miles of pristine beaches fronting turquoise bays. "Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean...

There's a thesaurus worth of terms I could use to describe the nearly 300 sculptures included in "The Language of Beauty in African Art," the Art Institute's first exhibition of...

It's been kind of a nice year in the visual arts: no museum closures; not a ton of major scandals; and many ways in which toxic philanthropy, colonial collecting norms,...