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Public art
From cop shops to mean streets, off-the-cuff galleries await your verdict
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Arresting art: Unless you get mugged or need a green card, you may never get to see some of Chicago’s most intriguing public artwork. |
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Scrub-a-dub-dub: It costs a pretty penny to keep our art squeaky clean. |
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Concrete canvas: Risking fines and jail time, street artists install pieces that (temporarily) enhance bleak cityscapes. |
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Going, going, gone: Take our street-art tour before these fleeting works disappear. |
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The writing on the wall: A graffiti expert breaks down the differences between gang tags and street art. |
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Bean there, done that: There’s more to Chicago’s public art than the Millennium Park mainstays. |
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Public displays of art-fection: Chaos can ensue when the city’s art meets the citizens. |
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Peddling Picasso: Here’s what one of the city’s most priceless possessions would go for on the open market. |
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Sculptural figures: Chicago’s public art isn’t funded by your taxes alone. |
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Budget whoa: If the CTA’s so broke, how can it afford to commission some of the city’s best public art? |
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Photo gallery: See more public art in this image gallery. |
July 22, 2008
