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.

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.

Candace Dane Chambers / Sun-Times

The display now also includes a photo of the murals lining a CTA Green Line L retaining wall in Oak Park, among the images we've published that show street art is hardly limited to the city.

An assortment of murals adorns the side of a Green Line retaining wall in Oak Park.

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere / Sun-Times

And there’s a photo of a West Side mural — one of our favorites — that shows a girl gazing into the distance, surrounded by an explosion of red roses.

A mural on the West Side, as shown at the Chicago Sun-Times’ Navy Pier exhibition.

Kieran Stover / Sun-Times

“The youth are watching,” the artist explained. “Those children look out the window looking for role models.”

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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 [email protected] . We might do a story on it.

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