The Western Avenue And Vicinity Art Gallery

Chicago’s most vibrant art scene is not to be found in the galleries of River North or Wicker Park, but stretching along the city’s longest street, Western Avenue. The work in this spontaneous gallery is unpretentious and, for the most part, unheralded. Its functional purpose does nothing to diminish its creativity or its range, from isolated drawings to full-blown art environments. And though these pages include images from all over Chicago, many of them are from Western Avenue itself — the world’s most artistic street.

The Montrose Strip

The Magikist lips sign near the Kennedy Expressway

Art on Western

Painting of engine with arms from Western Avenue Art Gallery

Avenue Vernacular

Roadside Art: Ciales Carniceria

New Finds from the South Side

Roadside Art: Zebonys on 51st

New Finds

Roadside Art: Pepe's Mofles on Blue Island

Tableaus

Church Furniture 8K JPG