Picasso gifted this 162-ton sculpture to Chicago in 1967 and never said what it depicts (a wom...
Best Chicago Public Art
Chicago's Loop doubles as a free outdoor museum of modern masters, and this guide is for visitors with an hour to spare and locals who pass these works daily. The pieces cluster around Daley Plaza, Dearborn and State streets, Millennium Park and south Grant Park.
The Chicago Picasso never revealed what it depicts, and kids slide down its sloping base. Miro's Chicago, a celestial figure with a moon at her center, faces it across Washington Street, so you can see both in one stop. Calder's red Flamingo pops against the black federal buildings of Federal Plaza; walk underneath and look up for the best photo. Kerry James Marshall's Rush More mural on the Cultural Center honors 20 women who shaped Chicago's arts and culture. At Cloud Gate in Millennium Park, come early morning for photos without the crowds.
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Built of steel, concrete, bronze and ceramic tile, this celestial female figure with a moon at...
Thousands of hand-set chips in more than 250 colors depict scenes of the four seasons; Chagall...
Calder's vermilion arches pop against Mies van der Rohe's black federal buildings. The 50-ton...
Kapoor's 110-ton polished-steel sculpture reflects the skyline and the crowds. Walk under the...
The towers display faces of about 1,000 Chicagoans who appear to spout water from their lips i...
Wander among 106 nine-foot rusted iron torsos, some walking and some still, named after the Gr...
Painted in 2016 by Brazilian street artist Eduardo Kobra, the mural towers over State Street n...
On the Garland Court facade of the Cultural Center, MacArthur Fellow Marshall painted a 132-by...