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Cloud Gate. Cloud Gate is a public sculpture by Indian -born British artist Anish Kapoor, that is the centerpiece of Grainger Plaza at Millennium Park in the Loop community area of Chicago. Constructed between 2004 and 2006, the sculpture is nicknamed " The Bean " because of its shape, a name Kapoor later grew fond of. [1]
The bean-shaped sculpture by artist Anish Kapoor is formally known as “Cloud Gate” and weighs 110 tons (99.8 metric tons). Chicago's iconic 'Bean' sculpture reopens to tourists after nearly a ...
Chicago’s iconic mirrored Bean sculpture is expected to fully reopen to visitors by the end of June after almost a year of limited access, city officials revealed Thursday. Grainger Plaza, the ...
The sculpture was completed in England and transported to its current location, The Brown Foundation, Inc. Plaza, on March 27, 2018. Some locals have given the artwork the nickname "El Frijol". In Spanish, "frijol" means "bean", which is the English nickname for Kapoor's Chicago sculpture Cloud Gate (2006).
Millennium Park is a public park located in the Loop community area of Chicago, operated by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.The park, opened in July 2004, is a prominent civic center near the city's Lake Michigan shoreline that covers a 24.5-acre (9.9 ha) section of northwestern Grant Park.
Tourists hoping to take a reflective selfie at “The Bean” in Millennium Park may soon have to opt for a picture at another mirror instead. Access to the iconic downtown sculpture, officially ...
Dimensions. 15 m (50 ft) Location. Millennium Park, Chicago, Illinois. Crown Fountain (sometimes known as the "Squirting Faces") is an interactive work of public art and video sculpture featured in Chicago 's Millennium Park, which is located in the Loop community area. Designed by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa and executed by Krueck and Sexton ...
The sculpture was initially met with controversy. [10] Before the Picasso sculpture, public sculptural artwork in Chicago was mainly of historical figures. [4] One derisive Chicago City Council alderman, John Hoellen, immediately proposed replacing it with a statue of Chicago Cubs baseball great Ernie Banks, [11] and publicist Algis Budrys erected a giant pickle on the proposed site for his ...