Art Institute Lions face masks stolen

It may seem like someone is beating us all over the head with the public call to be safe in our collective fight with COVID-19, but maybe the regal guardian lions of the Art Institute of Chicago could get the message across. The iconic statues got a makeover yesterday with Chicago flag face masks displaying our beloved baby blue bars and 6-pointed red stars. WGN News got the whole story here.

Unfortunately that did not last long, as CWB is reporting that the face masks were stolen a few hours after they were installed on Thursday by two men who climbed the statues around 11pm, and quickly ran off in a waiting  black four-door Chevy sedan.