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Seven Arrested After “The Bean” by Anish Kapoor Was Defaced in Chicago

by Hakim Bishara July 2, 2019July 2, 2019

The police found Kapoor’s “Cloud Gate” sculpture at the city’s Millennium Park covered in graffiti.

Anish Kapoor, "Cloud Gate" (2006) (photo by Ines Hegedus-Garcia, via Flickr)
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Anish Kapoor Sues the NRA for Showing “Cloud Gate” in Recruitment Video

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton June 20, 2018

The artist claims that the gun advocacy group is committing copyright infringement by using an image of his sculpture in a video without his permission.

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Anish Kapoor’s Bean Will Be Windexed, Baked (by Guy Fieri), Turned into a Ghost, and More

by Claire Voon October 27, 2017October 27, 2017

A new meme has people creating Facebook events to render peculiar tributes to Chicago’s iconic “Cloud Gate” sculpture.

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Chicago Mayor Flattered, Kapoor Even Madder, as “Cloud Gate”-Gate Continues

by Claire Voon August 14, 2015August 18, 2015

Officials in Karamay, China, have not announced plans to remove a blatant copy of Anish Kapoor’s “Cloud Gate” that opens to the public this month, which means “Cloud Gate”–gate is far from over.

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Anish Kapoor Threatens to Sue Over Chinese “Cloud Gate” Copy

by Claire Voon August 12, 2015August 16, 2015

Yesterday we noticed that a copy of Anish Kapoor’s “Cloud Gate” in Chicago is in the works in Karamay, China, promoted as a giant, stainless steel drop of oil.

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A Poor Man’s Kapoor: China Unveils Knockoff of Chicago’s Bean

by Claire Voon August 11, 2015August 14, 2015

An immense sculpture in China is nearing completion, and it bears a striking resemblance to Chicago’s most famous work of public art.

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