Telescopes: Through the Looking Glass
Adler Planetarium, 1300 S. Lake Shore Dr., 312-922-7827, features Telescopes: Through the Looking Glass through Dec. 31.
Starts: Dec 22 Ends: Dec 31
Apostles of Beauty: Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago, Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage, Konstantin Grcic: Decisive Design, and James Castle: A Retrospective
Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Ave., 312-443-3600, presents Apostles of Beauty: Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago Nov. 7 through Jan. 31. Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage continues through Jan. 3. Konstantin Grcic: Decisive Design runs through Jan. 24. James Castle: A Retrospective continues through Jan. 3.
Starts: Dec 22 Ends: Jan 31
Chicago Model City
Chicago Architecture Foundation, 224 S. Michigan Ave., 312-922-3432, hosts Chicago Model City through April.
Location: Chicago Architecture Foundation Starts: Dec 22
Ends: Apr 30
Wonderland Express
Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Rd., Glencoe, 847-835-5440, presents Wonderland Express through Jan. 3.
Location: Chicago Botanic Garden Starts: Dec 22
Ends: Jan 03
Snow Much Fun
Chicago Children’s Museum, Navy Pier, 700 E. Grand Ave., 312-527-1000, features Snow Much Fun through Mar. 1.
Location: Chicago Children’s Museum Starts: Dec 22
Ends: Mar 01
Barbara Crane: Challenging Vision and Ryan Tepich: Angels
Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St., 312-744-6630, presents Barbara Crane: Challenging Vision through Jan. 10. Ryan Tepich: Angels continues through Jan. 4.
Location: Chicago Cultural Center Starts: Dec 22
Ends: Jan 10
Bertha Honore Palmer and Abraham Lincoln Transformed
Chicago History Museum, 1601 N. Clark St., 312-642-4600, presents Bertha Honore Palmer through Jan. 4. Abraham Lincoln Transformed continues through April 12.
Location: Chicago History Museum Starts: Dec 22
Ends: Apr 12
The Nature of Diamonds
Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr., 312-922-9410, hosts The Nature of Diamonds through Mar. 28.
Location: Field Museum Starts: Dec 22
Ends: Mar 28
Joanne Trestrail: Piecework
Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell Ave., 773-324-5520, presents Joanne Trestrail: Piecework through Jan. 17.
Location: Hyde Park Art Center Starts: Dec 22
Ends: Jan 17
Anne Frank: A History for Today
Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, 9603 Woods Dr., Skokie, 847-967-4800, presents Anne Frank: A History for Today through Feb. 28.
Location: Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center Starts: Dec 22
Ends: Feb 28
Hidden Agenda and The Way of the Flesh
International Museum of Surgical Science, 1524 N. Lake Shore Dr., 312-642-6502, presents Hidden Agenda and The Way of the Flesh through Feb. 19.
Location: International Museum of Surgical Science Starts: Dec 22
Ends: Feb 19
Freaks & Flash
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, 756 N. Milwaukee Ave., 312-243-9088, features Freaks & Flash through Jan. 9.
Location: Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art Starts: Dec 22
Ends: Jan 09
Art and Faith of the Creche: The Collection of James and Emilia Govan and Lost in Venice: Photographs by Sarah Hadley
Loyola University Museum of Art, 820 N. Michigan Ave., 312-915-6394, presents Art and Faith of the Creche: The Collection of James and Emilia Govan and Lost in Venice: Photographs by Sarah Hadley, both through Jan. 17.
Location: Loyola University Museum of Art Starts: Dec 22
Ends: Jan 17
Constellations: Paintings from the MCA Collection, Liam Gillick: Three Perspectives and a Short Scenario, and Italics: Italian Art between Tradition and Revolution
Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E. Chicago Ave., 312-280-2660, presents Constellations: Paintings from the MCA Collection through Oct. 18. Liam Gillick: Three Perspectives and a Short Scenario continues through Jan. 10. Italics: Italian Art between Tradition and Revolution, 1968-2008 runs through Feb. 14.
Location: Museum of Contemporary Art Starts: Dec 22
Ends: Feb 14
Honest Abe of the West
Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton, 312-943-9090, presents Honest Abe of the West continues through Feb. 15.
Location: Newberry Library Starts: Dec 22
Ends: Feb 15
National Geographic Crittercam: The World through Animal Eyes and Seashells: Inspired Form Paintings by Helen Oh
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, 2430 N. Cannon Dr., 773-755-5100, hosts National Geographic Crittercam: The World through Animal Eyes through April 11. Seashells: Inspired Form Paintings by Helen Oh runs through Jan. 31.
Location: Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Starts: Dec 22
Ends: Apr 11
