Famous Sculpture

Loud Gate is a public sculpture of Sir Anish Kapoor, a British artist born in India. It is the core of AT&T Plaza in Millennium Park, Chicago's Loop Community District, Illinois. The sculpture and AT&T Plaza are located at the top of the Park Grill, between Chase Promenade and McCormick Tribune Plaza & Ice Rink. This sculpture was built between 2004 and 2006. It was nicknamed the bean because of its shape. Kapoor didn't like the name at first, but he liked it more and more. It is welded from 168 stainless steel plates and has a highly polished appearance with no visible seams. It measures 33 x 66 x 42 feet (10 x 20 x 13 m) and weighs 110 short tons (100 tons; 98 long tons).

Spoonbridge and Cherry is a sculptural fountain designed by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. It is funded by a donation of US$500,000 from art collector Frederick R. Weisman and is permanently located in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. This work was completed and installed for the opening of the sculpture garden in 1988. It includes a large cherry placed on a large spoon and partially across a small pond.Spoonbridge and Cherry were completely repainted in 1995. In 2012, the word "Kony" was sprayed onto the spoon of the sculpture. This may be part of the Invisible Children's Cover the Night event, requiring scrubbing and restoration of the sculpture. Walker staff were able to do this within 48 hours.