Update

Catch these events in May and June

edited by Jen DeRose -- Interior Design, 4/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

1. Get a key to the Windy City's design and architecture during the Great Chicago Places and Spacesfestival. More than 200 free tours of downtown landmarks include a stroll through Millennium Park, where Anish Kapoor's 110-ton stainless-steel Cloud Gate resides. May 20-22; 312-744-3315; cityofchicago.org/specialevents.

2. "Fabulous! Fashions of the 1940's,"at the Museum at FIT in New York, flaunts vintage American style. Among the more than 30 fashions and accessories are a rayon-crepe wrap dress, donated by the New York Dress Institute, and designer Norman Norell's au courant one-shoulder gown in silk crepe. June 14–July 30; 212-217-7999; fitnyc.com.

3. Banks Violette is no stranger to New York's Whitney Museum of American Art—he was part of the 2004 Biennial. He returns to the museum with "Banks Violette: Untitled," his first solo exhibition. The multimedia installation, with music by Snorre Ruch, is being represented by his oil on canvas elyse marie pahler, 7.22.95. May 27–October 2; 800-944-8639; whitney.org.

4. The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut, is in knots over Orly Genger. Using her fingers in lieu of knitting needles, Genger wove climbing rope into 30-by-50-foot Mr. Softie, which blankets the museum's entrance floor. May 1–October 10; 203-438-4519; aldrichart.org.

5. With "Dual Vision, The Simona and Jerome Chazen Collection," some 100 modern works fill all three floors of the New York's Museum of Arts &Design. Among the New York couple's trove is Rudy Autio's ceramic Day &Night as well as paintings by Roy Lichenstein. May 26–September 11; 212-956-3535; madmuseum.org.

Update May

"Quartet: Johns, Kelly, Mitchell, Motherwell"

Through July 3

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; 612-375-7600; walkerart.org.

"Sleep in Beauty: Bed Coverings from Around the World"

Through October 23

St. Louis Art Museum; 314-721-0072; slam.org.

Hospitality Design 2005 Expo & Conference

May 4-7

Sands Expo and Convention Center, Las Vegas; 866-693-1007; hdexpo.com.

Head to Toe: SAIC's Annual Fashion Gala 2005

May 7

Art Institute of Chicago; 312-899-5155; artic.edu/saic.

Kitchen/Bath Industry Show & Conference

May 10-12

Las Vegas Convention Center; 800-933-8735; kbis.com.

International Contemporary Furniture Fair

May 14-17

Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York; 800-272-7469; icff.com

Scandinavian Furniture Fair

May 18-22

Bella Center, Copenhagen; 45-70-26-8111; scandinavianfurniturefair.com.

AIA National Convention & Design Expo

May 19-21

Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas; 800-242-3837; aia.org.

"Michaël Borremans: Hallucination and Reality"

May 22–September 4

Cleveland Museum of Art; 216-421-7350; clevelandart.org.

"Cy Twombly: Lepanto"

May 27–September 11

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; 713-639-7300; mfah.org.

"European Design Show"

May 28–September 4

Design Museum, London; 44-20-8708-3399-55; designmuseum.org.

Update June

SOFA New York 2005: Privileging the Maker's Mark

June 2-5

Seventh Regiment Armory, New York; 800-563-7632; sofaexpo.com.

"Site Seeing: Photographic Excursions in Tourism"

June 4–September 4

Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida; 561-832-5196; norton.org.

Modern Design & Murano Glass and African Tribal Art auctions

June 6

Quittenbaum Kunstauktionen, Munich; 49-89-33-00-0756; quittenbaum.de.

The Hali Fair: Carpets, Textiles and Tribal Art

June 9-19

National Hall of Olympia Exhibition Centre, London; 44-87-0126-1743; halifair.com.

Rhode Island School of Design MFA Textiles Show

June 9-23

Felissimo Design House, New York; 800-565-6785; felissimo.com.

Cerca Series: Mark Mulroney

June 13–August 8

The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego; 858-454-3541; mcasd.org.

NeoCon World's Trade Fair

June 13-15

Merchandise Mart, Chicago; 800-677-6278; mmart.com.

AAF Contemporary Art Fair San Francisco

June 23-26

Fort Mason Center, San Francisco; 212-255-2003; aafsf.com.

Antiques in the Hamptons

June 25-26

Bridgehampton Historical Society Corwith House, New York; 212-255-0020; stellashows.com.