Chicago, Illinois: Wall of Bad Art
168 examples of art, chosen for its badness, are bolted to the red wall behind the Hotel Lincoln's front desk and climb from the lobby to the second-floor lounge. Nude women bathing, cats playing cards, smiling hippies, and a 1970s guy with large eyeglasses in a powder-blue suit, jauntily thrusting a pencil.
Hotel Lincoln
- Address:
- 1816 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL
- Directions:
- Hotel Lincoln. On the North Side, opposite Lincoln Park, on the west side of N. Clark St. between N. Lincoln Ave. and W. Menomonee St.
- Admission:
- Free
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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Staff said that the designer stopped at garage sales across the country, from California to Chicago, to collect all of the artwork.
[Adventures Of Cluckleberry Hen, 09/25/2021]You must go inside the Hotel to see this. They are friendly, the wall is up and behind the front desk.
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