The third article in our series examining public art in Chicago explores Lorado Taft's Fountain of the Great Lakes in the Art Institute of Chicago's South Garden, as well as Roger Browns Loop mosaics, plus John Storrs's Ceres. 

Most Chicagoans are familiar with the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright due to nearby Oak Park, the suburb in which he lived and worked for 20 years. However, a wealth of Wright designed architecture awaits just beyond Chicagoland. Summer is the perfect opportunity for a day trip out to one of the many Wright buildings open to the public. 

This summer the Art Institute of Chicago presents a major exhibition of work by the French Post-Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin, highlighting his career not only as an accomplished painter but also as a sculptor, ceramicist, printmaker and decorator.