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Darwin and the evolution of design
"Design in the Age of Darwin: From William Morris to Frank Lloyd Wright" at Northwestern University's Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art through Aug. 24 showcases evolution's impact on the visual arts.
--Alan G. Artner, Tribune critic

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Joffrey's move, Kirov's return highlight fall events
Plans are coming together for two big events this fall—the Joffrey Ballet's move into its glittering new digs at State and Randolph Streets, and the Kirov Ballet's return to the Auditorium Theatre in "Giselle."

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Public housing museum plan moving ahead
Architects are optimists by nature, as Chicago architect Peter Landon demonstrated last week as he took me on a flashlight-guided tour of an abandoned, derelict Chicago Housing Authority building near the fashionable Taylor Street restaurant strip. Paint was peeling off the walls. Thieves had stripped bathtubs of their hardware. Steel stairs were covered with rust.

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Art Institute school names new president

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Researchers claim to find 29 Frank Lloyd Wright homes in Chicago suburbs

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Eero Saarinen's law school at the U. of C. expertly recycled
Sure, Barack Obama taught there from 1992 to 2004. But there's another reason to check out the University of Chicago Law School, especially if you love mid-century modernism.

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2 architects to design Burnham pavilions
Two internationally renowned architects, including Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Zaha Hadid, will design temporary pavilions in Millennium Park to serve as focal points for next year's regionwide celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Burnham Plan, the visionary document that changed the face of Chicago.

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Inside the Art Institute's new Modern Wing with the building's architect, Renzo Piano
Here's a prediction about the Art Institute of Chicago's modern and contemporary art wing that opens next May: The third-floor galleries, which overlook Millennium Park, will be hailed by critics and the public as some of the most beautiful rooms in Chicago.

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Photographer mines his own family's moments for gems
Cecil McDonald Jr. is a Chicago photographer whose overriding theme is family. In the large color prints at the Catherine Edelman Gallery the family is McDonald's own, caught in such "snapshot" moments as reading in bed and an argument between father and daughter in a car.

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Jeff Koons exhibit opens at Museum of Contemporary Art
Artist Jeff Koons, 53, is arguably the ultimate realist.

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