The Popsicle and Other Museums

By Margaret Lyons in Arts & Entertainment on Feb 3, 2008 10:00PM

Behold "The Popsicle." The massive ice sculpture that's being billed as "Paintings Below Zero," which is part of the "Museum of Modern Ice", was officially unveiled in Millenium Park Friday. Canadian artist Gordon Halloran, who started as an abstract painter, created the work out of large pieces of colorful ice, and according to the Sun-Times, "he and a team of six have been working 12 to 14 hours a day since mid-December to ensure the project is complete [in time for its] unveiling." The exhibit stays up through the end of February.

In other (indoor) museums, general admission to both the Art Institute and the Field Museum will be waived for the month of February. The Museum of Science & Industry is running a special exhibit that explores African-Americans in cinema and television through March 2nd (not free); and Edward Hopper and Winslow Homer exhibits will start at the Art Institute on February 16th. –Mark Boyer

[Trib video and graphics of Museum of Modern Ice]