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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). ... “Visitors can once again have full access to Chicago’s iconic ...
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 ...
Grainger Plaza (formerly AT&T Plaza, Ameritech Plaza and SBC Plaza) is a public space that hosts the Cloud Gate sculpture. It is located in Millennium Park, which is a park built to celebrate the third millennium and which is located within the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois in the United States.
Cloud Gate, dubbed "The Bean" by Chicagoans because of its legume-like shape, is a three-story reflective steel sculpture. The first public artwork in the United States by world-renowned artist Anish Kapoor, the privately funded piece cost $23 million, considerably more than the original estimate of $6 million. Composed of 168 stainless steel ...
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 ...
Sir Anish Mikhail Kapoor CBE RA (born 12 March 1954) is a British-Indian [2] sculptor specializing in installation art and conceptual art. Born in Mumbai, [3] [4] Kapoor attended the elite all-boys Indian boarding school The Doon School, before moving to the United Kingdom to begin his art training at Hornsey College of Art and, later, Chelsea School of Art and Design.
A long-awaited 48ft, 40-tonne bean sculpture by Sir Anish Kapoor has been completed in New York City. Installed in collaboration with Herzog & de Meuron, the reflective artwork appears to be ...