Some Chicago murals “are political, and some are purely beautiful, and most are somewhere in between," artist Cyd Smillie says.

Why not make your garden walls work harder for you? Art has the power to transform an unassuming wall into a meadow of wildflowers, a tropical jungle or an endless series of garden rooms projecting ...

Most of the artists are from out of town—but the Independent talked to four local participating artists and asked them to ...