It’s a quirky fact of history that for all the times artists are portrayed as loners or hermits, they end up in intimate working groups so often. What’s your favorite localized group of artists, anyway? The Blue Rider? The Factory? The Vienna Secession? The New York School? more ›

The Block Museum of Art hosts an opening today of 90 Polaroids taken by photographer Robert Mapplethorpe between 1970 and 1975. Through April 5. Open until 5 p.m. today. Northwestern University. 40 Arts Circle Dr., Evanston. more ›

Movies are really good at showing sweat, which is perhaps why there are so many great ones that take place in sweltering heat. Here are some suggestions for the sedentary sadists out there who wish to mirror the brutal temperatures outside using their TV screens. more ›