The Bean Archives - Traveler Master Traveler Master Thu, 16 Jan 2020 10:33:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://travelermaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-FAVICON_wp-32x32.png The Bean Archives - Traveler Master 32 32 Fun Facts That Will Make You Appreciate Chicago’s Cloud Gate Even More https://travelermaster.com/fun-facts-that-will-make-you-appreciate-chicagos-cloud-gate-even-more/ Thu, 16 Jan 2020 12:11:12 +0000 https://stagingtrm.wpengine.com/?p=12890 Cloud Gate aka The Bean is one of Chicago’s most visited attractions, despite the fact it’s been around for less than 15 years. Everyone who visits this city can’t resist taking a photo of this reflective sculpture, but here’s a couple of interesting facts you probably didn’t know about it. Artist’s Vision British artist Anish […]

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Cloud Gate aka The Bean is one of Chicago’s most visited attractions, despite the fact it’s been around for less than 15 years. Everyone who visits this city can’t resist taking a photo of this reflective sculpture, but here’s a couple of interesting facts you probably didn’t know about it.

Artist’s Vision

British artist Anish Kapoor designed Chicago’s top landmark with the city’s skyline in mind because he wanted the clouds and the tall buildings reflected in his work.

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Silly Nickname

The official name of this sculpture is Cloud Gate, but most people know it as The Bean. Kapoor wasn’t fond of this nickname at first and called it “completely stupid”, but eventually came to terms with it.

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Cleaning Time

Countless visitors touch this sculpture every day, so it has to be cleaned daily so sweat, dirt and fingerprints would be removed. A detailed cleanup of the entire sculpture takes time twice a year.

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Popular Culture

Cloud Gate is easy on the eye, and many famous filmmakers wanted to include it in their projects. It appeared in the movies The Break-Up, Source Code and The Vow, and Kanye West used it for a setting for the “Homecoming” music video.

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ersion="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> The Bean Archives - Traveler Master Traveler Master Thu, 16 Jan 2020 10:33:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://travelermaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-FAVICON_wp-32x32.png The Bean Archives - Traveler Master 32 32 Fun Facts That Will Make You Appreciate Chicago’s Cloud Gate Even More https://travelermaster.com/fun-facts-that-will-make-you-appreciate-chicagos-cloud-gate-even-more/ Thu, 16 Jan 2020 12:11:12 +0000 https://stagingtrm.wpengine.com/?p=12890 Cloud Gate aka The Bean is one of Chicago’s most visited attractions, despite the fact it’s been around for less than 15 years. Everyone who visits this city can’t resist taking a photo of this reflective sculpture, but here’s a couple of interesting facts you probably didn’t know about it. Artist’s Vision British artist Anish […]

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Cloud Gate aka The Bean is one of Chicago’s most visited attractions, despite the fact it’s been around for less than 15 years. Everyone who visits this city can’t resist taking a photo of this reflective sculpture, but here’s a couple of interesting facts you probably didn’t know about it.

Artist’s Vision

British artist Anish Kapoor designed Chicago’s top landmark with the city’s skyline in mind because he wanted the clouds and the tall buildings reflected in his work.

View this post on Instagram

Photo by ?: @v_as_victor

A post shared by Chicago, IL (@chicago) on

Silly Nickname

The official name of this sculpture is Cloud Gate, but most people know it as The Bean. Kapoor wasn’t fond of this nickname at first and called it “completely stupid”, but eventually came to terms with it.

View this post on Instagram

Photo by ?: @pr0f0t0

A post shared by Chicago, IL (@chicago) on

Cleaning Time

Countless visitors touch this sculpture every day, so it has to be cleaned daily so sweat, dirt and fingerprints would be removed. A detailed cleanup of the entire sculpture takes time twice a year.

View this post on Instagram

Photo by ?: @waywelling

A post shared by Chicago, IL (@chicago) on

Popular Culture

Cloud Gate is easy on the eye, and many famous filmmakers wanted to include it in their projects. It appeared in the movies The Break-Up, Source Code and The Vow, and Kanye West used it for a setting for the “Homecoming” music video.

View this post on Instagram

Photo by ?: @deftony83

A post shared by Chicago, IL (@chicago) on

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