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.

Aliases (1)

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	City of Chicago →
commissionedFor	Millennium Park →
completedIn	2006 →
country	United States →
creator	Anish Kapoor →
depicts	abstract cloud form →
designedIn	United Kingdom →
fabricatedIn	California → 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 →
locatedInCountry	United States →
locatedInState	Illinois →
location	Millennium Park →
maintenance	requires regular cleaning →
materialUsed	stainless steel →
nearby	Chicago Cultural Center → Jay Pritzker Pavilion → Michigan Avenue →
openingDate	May 2006 →
owner	City of Chicago →
partOf	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 →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Anish Kapoor →	creatorOf
Chicago, Illinois, United States →	hasLandmark
Wrigley Square →	hasNearbyAttraction
McCormick Tribune Plaza & Ice Rink ("Cloud Gate sculpture") →	hasNearbyLandmark
Millennium Park →	hasPart
Loop →	hasPublicArt
Millennium Park →	hasPublicArtwork
McCormick Tribune Plaza & Ice Rink →	hasView
Boeing Galleries →	locatedNear
Millennium Monument →	near
Anish Kapoor →	notableWork
The Bean →	officialName