Reflections on art and architecture by TIME critic Richard Lacayo.

Renzo Piano Comes to Chicago

I spent the last five days In Chicago, poring over Renzo Piano's super elegant addition to the Art Institute. When he gets it right, he gets it very right, and this is the best thing he's done in the U.S. in years.

There was a lot to say about it, some of which I just said for Time here.

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