Arte Agora

  • New Art from Glorita at Clark and Lake

    Earlier this month I bought a couple of pieces of art from an artist who often sells their stuff on the street near one of the corners of Clark and Lake in downtown Chicago. Here’s the two new pieces:

  • New art: Sandstone “Chicago”

    Last night I purchased this piece in Millennium Park just north of the skating rink: When I saw him, with a number of pieces splayed in front of him, he was finishing up with another client, giving her his number so she can contact him when she gets back home. I asked him my stock…

  • This Weather is Murder on Poster Glue.

    Yesterday was a big day for me, poster-wise, and today the walls continued to act exactly like the sky today. I harvested four more posters by T-Money from damp walls all over Wicker Park.

  • It Was a Five-Poster Day.

    I collect posters. Here’s some of them. As a collector of posters, sometimes I do things that are not quite legit, like taking posters off walls for events that have not happened yet. This doesn’t make me happy, but I rationalize it to myself by saying that I am an archivist with a vision. I…

  • Poster Art at Congress Theater, September 2017

    Tonight I walked by Congress Theater and took some pics of all of the great art on the exterior: Arte Agora, Congress Theater, Chicago, September 2017.