10/12/2026
Reality vs. Expectation. 😉The Cloud Gate well known as “The Bean”
Millennium Park, downtown Chicago.
•Artist Anish Mikhail Kapoor
•Made up of 168 stainless steel plates welded together
•Weighs 110 short tons (100 t; 98 long tons)
•Design inspired by liquid mercury and the sculpture’s surface reflects and distorts the city’s skyline and clouds moving overhead
•Result of a design competition
Note: last minute stop from my trip