What is Cloud Gate?
{{Infobox artwork | image_file = | image_size = 337px | title = Cloud Gate | alt = | artist = [[Anish Kapoor]] | year = 2006 | medium = [[Stainless steel]] sculpture | height_metric = 10 | length_metric = 20 | width_metric = 13 | height_imperial = 33 | length_imperial = 66 | width_imperial = 42 | imperial_unit = ft | metric_unit = m | city = [[Chicago, Illinois]], [[United States]] | museum = [[Millennium Park]] }} '''''Cloud Gate''''' is a [[public art|public]] sculpture by [[India]]n-born British artist [[Sir Anish Kapoor]]. It is the centerpiece of [[AT&T Plaza]] at [[Millennium Park]] in the [[Chicago Loop|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 {{convert|33|by|66|by|42|ft|m}}, and weighs {{convert|110|ST|t LT|0|sp=us}}. Kapoor's design was inspired by liquid [[mercury (element)|mercury]]. ==Other websites== * [http://anishkapoor.com/210/Cloud-Gate.html ''Cloud Gate'' on Anish Kapoor's website] * [http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/millennium_park.html City of Chicago Millennium Park] * [http://www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/dca/Millennium%20Park/MPMap1000.png Millennium Park map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711033448/https://www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/dca/Millennium%20Park/MPMap1000.png |date=2017-07-11 }} * [http://www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/doit/general/GIS/Chicago_Maps/Community_Areas/CA_LOOP.pdf City of Chicago Loop Community Map] * [http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/millennium_park_-artarchitecture.html#cloud ''Cloud Gate'' at Millennium Park, City of Chicago] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211235752/https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/millennium_park_-artarchitectu