We’ve covered Chicago’s PITR and his ambitious street work in the past, and his latest endeavor ups the ante again. We have high expectations for this artist, especially after the magnificent “Paper Portraits” in 2016 and incredible 9 month collaborative project “Good Example” in 2017. PITR x Zissou Tasseff-Elenkoff Originally launched in October 2018 and…

Our friend Mau Mau returns to Vertical Gallery with first-ever U.S. solo art show “Bombing walls and painting bridges” features the newest work from Mau Mau, who made his Vertical Gallery debut in mid-2017 with the collaborative exhibit “Foreign Policy,” co-headlined by his co-conspirator Beejoir. Mau Mau will attend the “Bombing walls and painting bridges”…

Brazilian artist Cranio (also known as Fabio de Oliveira Parnaiba) has been busy in Chicago! While in town to celebrate the opening of his solo show “Jungle” at Vertical Gallery he’s put up a handful of colorful murals featuring his trademark blue Indian characters. Cranio – Berwyn Public Art at Lavergne’s Tavern The above mural…

Blek Le Rat in Paris Blek Le Rat (born Xavier Prou) has been painting on walls longer than most reading this article have been alive. He’s influenced generations of graffiti writers, street/urban artists, and vandals all around the world. He studied fine art and architecture at Beaux-Arts in Paris, but the the confines of a…

Ben Eine has been in Chicago this past week to open his show, “The Great Western” with Sickboy and Word To Mother. While in town he’s been busy, getting up a giant mural in the city’s Wabash Arts Corridor’ while also finding time to do a few shutters.For the massive mural on East Congress Street…

Early in 2015 Chicago’s own Pizza in the Rain spearheaded an exciting new project around the city.He asked other artists to create black and white panels, and he installed them around town. Since the pieces were put up without permission, most were removed almost immediately. For the fifth and final installation, 4 over-sized wood panels…