Kyle Macmillan

This Chicago Symphony Orchestra program running through Saturday offers an exciting glimpse into what Mäkelä, the group's music director designate, has in store for local audiences.

But in part because of the dominance of the New York art scene and biases about so-called regional art, the group has faced headwinds despite the considerable recognition they have achieved.

Many of the city's dozens of commercial galleries take care to schedule shows during the high-end contemporary art fair to show off their spaces and lure art lovers who are in town for the event. Some highlights include Roger Brown, Youssef Nabil and a “hometown hero.”

Barton's “LubDub” premiere this weekend caps a high-profile season, including a two-week run at the Joyce Theater in New York.

The May 28 sale will be overseen by Potter & Potter Auctions. “There are so many stories that you can mine from Tony's work.”

Unlike other landscape artists who capture obvious scenic glories of crashing ocean waves or snow-crested mountains, Jacobshagen has devoted his life to depicting what much of the rest of America calls flyover country.

PERSPECTIVE — A celebration wouldn't be a celebration without music. So it's hardly surprising that American composers both well-established and up-and-coming have been commissioned to write works to mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Brown gained national fame in the 1960s and ‘70s as one of the Chicago Imagists. His home and studio sold for $1.196 million last year.

Keith Jacobshagen sits for a portrait with his cat Stella at his home in Lincoln. Most Popular

The lawsuit puts back in the spotlight the dealings of the museum's founder, Fred Eychaner, a Democratic megadonor who owns all the properties along West Wrightwood Avenue.