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Hundreds Attempt to Move Anish Kapoor’s Iconic ‘Bean’ Sculpture

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Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate sculpture, also known as "The Bean," at Millennium Park. Photo: Aaron M. Sprecher/ Getty Images.

Margaret Carrigan Nov 9, 2026

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A Big Push

Anish Kapoor ’s Cloud Gate (2006), the 110-ton steel sculpture better known as “The Bean,” stayed put in Chicago on Sunday, despite the best efforts of about 250 people. They turned up at Millennium Park after an anonymous flyer went viral, asking for help nudging it exactly 7 inches to the left at the peculiar time of 12:47 p.m., according to Block Club Chicago. The pretext?…