Chicago murals: Sun-Times free exhibition at Navy Pier of murals and other public art is newly updated
Since the Chicago Sun-Times launched the weekly “Murals and Mosaics” series in July 2019, we’re published at least one feature story on public art each week.
That’s more than 360 stories, all of them devoted to spotlighting street art in the city and suburbs and the artists behind those works. And we’ve covered more in a weekly newsletter sent to subscribers and in special supplements.
We’ve also been highlighting that coverage with a public exhibition at Navy Pier, near our newsroom, displaying some of the many photographs of Chicago murals we’ve published. Now, we’ve added more images to that free display.
The exhibition opened in 2023. Among the newly added images, it now includes a photo of a two-story mural in Roseland that focuses on Chicago’s “footwork culture.”
A Roseland mural celebrating Chicago dance culture.
Anthony Vazquez / Sun-Times
Also displayed: a towering mural in the South Loop that shows a girl who’s imagining 10 suffragists, including the journalist-activist Ida B. Wells.
A South Loop mural showcasing suffragists is shown at the Navy Pier display.
Kieran Stover / Sun-Times
There’s also the mural on the Far Northwest Side that shows native Illinois flowers including black-eyed Susans, reflecting that much of the Chicago area was once prairie. The plants are exaggerated in size, with runners seen jogging past them.
An underpass on the Far Northwest Side shows giant flowers native to Illinois, and runners passing by them.
Part of a series on public art in the city and suburbs. Know of a mural or mosaic? Tell us where, and email a photo to murals@suntimes.com. We might do a story on it.
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