As finishing touches are made for its Roy Lichtenstein show (opening next week), the Art Institute of Chicago offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the exhibition-making process, from placing tiny paintings in replica galleries to uncrating the actual art.

The Barbican’s Bauhaus: Art as Life reframes the sober form-follows-function movement, highlighting the fun in it, writes Jackie Wullschlager, who notes the show’s emphasis on lesser-known works, artistic personalities, and discipline-crossing experiments.