Cloud Gate

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landmark outdoor sculpture public sculpture site-specific artwork tourist attraction

Cloud Gate is a famous stainless-steel public sculpture by artist Anish Kapoor, known for its reflective, bean-like shape and prominence in Chicago’s Millennium Park.

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Label Occurrences
Cloud Gate canonical 14
Cloud Gate sculpture 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf landmark ⓘ
outdoor sculpture ⓘ
public sculpture ⓘ
site-specific artwork ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Bean ⓘ
artist Anish Kapoor ⓘ
artMovement contemporary sculpture ⓘ
commissionedBy Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: City of Chicago
commissionedFor Millennium Park ⓘ
completedIn 2006 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Anish Kapoor ⓘ
depicts abstract cloud form ⓘ
designedIn United Kingdom ⓘ
fabricatedIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
feature central omphalos ⓘ
concave underside ⓘ
distorted reflections of Chicago skyline ⓘ
reflective surface ⓘ
genre contemporary art ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance icon of Chicago ⓘ
popular photo spot for tourists ⓘ
height about 10 meters ⓘ
inception 2004 ⓘ
inspiredBy liquid mercury ⓘ
length about 20 meters ⓘ
locatedInCity Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago
locatedInCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
locatedInState Illinois ⓘ
location Millennium Park ⓘ
maintenance requires regular cleaning ⓘ
materialUsed stainless steel ⓘ
nearby Chicago Cultural Center ⓘ
Millennium Park ⓘ
surface form: Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Magnificent Mile ⓘ
surface form: Michigan Avenue
openingDate May 2006 ⓘ
owner Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: City of Chicago
partOf Millennium Park ⓘ
surface form: Millennium Park public art collection
publicAccess free ⓘ
shape bean-like ⓘ
elliptical ⓘ
subjectOf public art debates in Chicago ⓘ
surface highly polished ⓘ
unveiled 2004 ⓘ
weight about 110 tonnes ⓘ
width about 13 meters ⓘ

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Chicago, Illinois, United States → hasLandmark → Cloud Gate ⓘ
Millennium Park → hasPart → Cloud Gate ⓘ
Millennium Park → hasPublicArtwork → Cloud Gate ⓘ
Boeing Galleries → locatedNear → Cloud Gate ⓘ
The Bean → officialName → Cloud Gate ⓘ
McCormick Tribune Plaza & Ice Rink → hasView → Cloud Gate ⓘ
McCormick Tribune Plaza & Ice Rink → hasNearbyLandmark → Cloud Gate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cloud Gate sculpture
Anish Kapoor → notableWork → Cloud Gate ⓘ
Anish Kapoor → creatorOf → Cloud Gate ⓘ
Wrigley Square → hasNearbyAttraction → Cloud Gate ⓘ
Loop → hasPublicArt → Cloud Gate ⓘ
Millennium Monument → near → Cloud Gate ⓘ
East Washington Street → hasNearbyLandmark → Cloud Gate ⓘ
Downtown Chicago area → hasLandmark → Cloud Gate ⓘ
subject surface form: Downtown Chicago
City of Chicago → hasLandmark → Cloud Gate ⓘ