ART

The first American retrospective of the works of 42-year-old German artist Anselm Kiefer will be on view at the Art Institute of Chicago Dec. 5 through Jan. 11, 1988. The exhibition, organized jointly by the institute and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, will consist of about 70 works including paintings, sculpture, books, photographic pieces and watercolors. Kiefer has quite a large following and lofty reputation in Europe but isn’t very well-known in this country. The retrospective arrives in Los Angeles at the Museum of Contemporary Art in June.