Part of a series on public art in the city and suburbs. Know of a mural or mosaic? Tell us where and send a photo to murals@suntimes.com. We might do a story on it.
The angst and anxiety thrust upon us in 2020 seemed to spur artists to paint even more deeply from the heart in an effort to capture what we were going through and maybe even provide a little balm for us all.
The Chicago Sun-Times has been spotlighting much of their work in the ongoing “Murals & Mosaics” series. Here are some of the more notable murals we featured in 2020.
Click on the map below for a selection of Chicago-area murals
He launched a campaign against a proposed neo-Nazis march at a time the suburb was home to many Holocaust survivors. His rabbi at Skokie Central Congregation urged Jews to ignore the Nazis. “I jumped up and said, ‘No, Rabbi. We will not stay home and close the windows.’ ”
That the Bears can just diesel their way in, Bronko Nagurski-style, and attempt to set a sweeping agenda for the future of one of the world’s most iconic water frontages is more than a bit troubling.