Cloud Gate

Cloud Gate is a public sculpture by Indian-born British artist Sir Anish Kapoor. It is the centerpiece of AT&T Plaza at Millennium Park in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. Constructed between 2004 and 2006, the sculpture is nicknamed the Bean because of its shape. Made up of 168 stainless steel plates welded together, its highly polished exterior has no visible seams. It measures 33 by 66 by 42 feet (10 by 20 by 13 m), and weighs 110 short tons (100 t; 98 long tons). Kapoor's design was inspired by liquid mercury. Other websites Cloud Gate on Anish Kapoor's website City of Chicago Millennium Park Millennium Park map Archived 2017-07-11 at the Wayback Machine City of Chicago Loop Community Map Archived 2016-06-30 at the Wayback Machine Cloud Gate at Millennium Park, City of Chicago Archived 2018-02-11 at the Wayback Machine – Images and description of Kapoor's public sculpture