S. Chicagoans laid aside their war-headlined newspapers and went to look at pictures, in the ponderous, heavy-walled Chicago Art Institute. The exhibition last week was a record of war and revolution.

Spaniards and their Indian or African brides sport rich European costumes while Lobo- Mestizo couples wear plain or ragged dress. Curator Ilona Katzew, an art historian at NYU's Institute of Fine Arts ...

The art world is an almost parallel universe to the one we live in every day. The paintings and sculptures that go on sale at the most important exhibitions are sometimes difficult ...