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Daniel Burnham's Plan of Chicago  |  Architecture, September 6 - December 15, 2008 This exhibition, a preview of the citywide celebration of the Burnham Plan Centennial that begins in January, presents 32 of these prized illustrations from the Department of Architecture and Design's collection in five separate and insightful rotations. The exhibition offers an extraordinary opportunity to view these historically significant and artistically exceptional documents that, because of their fragility, are rarely displayed publicly. The Art Institute of Chicago 111 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois Hours: Monday to Wednesday and Friday to Sunday 10:30 am-5 pm / Thursday 10:30 am - 8 pm (Free hours from 5pm to 8 pm) February Free Days: Free general admission every day, all day, from February 1 through 21. Summer Hours: From Memorial Day through Labor Day, the museum is open until 9:00 on Thursdays and Fridays (free hours from 5 pm to 9 pm) Admission: Adults: $12 / concessions $7 Some exhibition require special tickets. http://www.artic.edu/

Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Art and Photography of Paris  |  Photography, 09 20 2008 - 01 4 2009 To celebrate the centenary of the birth of Henri Cartier-Bresson, the Art Institute will present, for the first time, a comparison of Cartier-Bresson's photographs to the modern drawings, etchings, and paintings of his contemporaries-works that would otherwise be in storage in preparation for their installation in the Modern Wing. Image; André Lhote. Study, n.d. Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Harrison Collection. © 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris.   The Art Institute of Chicago 111 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois Hours: Monday to Wednesday and Friday to Sunday 10:30 am-5 pm / Thursday 10:30 am - 8 pm (Free hours from 5pm to 8 pm) February Free Days: Free general admission every day, all day, from February 1 through 21. Summer Hours: From Memorial Day through Labor Day, the museum is open until 9:00 on Thursdays and Fridays (free hours from 5 pm to 9 pm) Admission: Adults: $12 / concessions $7 Some exhibition require special tickets. http://www.artic.edu/

Displacement The Three Gorges Dam and Contemporary Chinese Art  |   Contemporary Art, 10 2 2008 - 01 25 2009 The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangzi River in China is a massive project entwined in controversy. This exhibition presents work that four leading contemporary Chinese artists: Chen Qiulin, Yun-Fei Ji, Liu Xiaodong, and Zhuang Hui have created in response to the dam. Smart Museum 5550 S. Greenwood Ave. Chicago IL 60637 USA Summer Hours: Tues – Fri 10 am - 4 pm Sat – Sun 11 am - 5 pm Galleries closed Mondays and holidays http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu

Drawn to Drawings  |  Drawings, 10 18 2008 - 01 18 2009 Over the past 30 years, long-time Chicagoans and Art Institute supporters Jean and Steven Goldman have created an extraordinarily focused and impressive collection of Italian drawings from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Admired by scholars and collectors from around the world, this distinctive assembly of intimate studies, totaling over 130 works, reveals varied approaches to drawing during the 16th and 17th centuries. Working drawings, preparatory sketches, and finished compositions reflect not only the stylistic evolution of the art form but also different regional and technical approaches to the medium. Image:Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Il Guercino. King David, c. 1635. Promised gift of Jean and Steven Goldman. The Art Institute of Chicago 111 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois Hours: Monday to Wednesday and Friday to Sunday 10:30 am-5 pm / Thursday 10:30 am - 8 pm (Free hours from 5pm to 8 pm) February Free Days: Free general admission every day, all day, from February 1 through 21. Summer Hours: From Memorial Day through Labor Day, the museum is open until 9:00 on Thursdays and Fridays (free hours from 5 pm to 9 pm) Admission: Adults: $12 / concessions $7 Some exhibition require special tickets. http://www.artic.edu/

Jenny Holzer: PROTECT PROTECT  |   Contemporary Art, 10 25 2008 - 02 1 2009 For more than thirty years, Jenny Holzer's work has paired text and installation to examine emotional and societal realities. For the first time in Chicago, artist Jenny Holzer presents a series of temporary outdoor projection works in conjunction with the exhibition Jenny Holzer: PROTECT PROTECT. Image: Jenny Holzer, Thorax, 2008. Text: U.S. government documents. © 2008 Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Photo: Christopher Burke. Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 220 East Chicago Avenue Hours: Monday Closed / Tuesday 10 am to 8 pm Wednesday - Sunday 10 am to 5 pm Admission: general  $10 / concessions $ 6 Admission is free all day on Tuesdays http://www.mcachicago.org/

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