Access to and views of Cloud Gate, or “the Bean” as it’s known to most, will be limited as Grainger Plaza undergoes construction beginning Tuesday, according to the Chicago Department of ...

Ald. Brendan Reilly, in whose ward the Millennium Park sculpture sits, says it's nonsense and doesn't want to keep responding ...

In this Jan. 31, 2008, file photo, a couple is seen on the underside of the 110-ton stainless steel Anish Kapoor sculpture called “Cloud Gate” and nicknamed “The Bean” at Millennium Park ...

You can book a “stay” inside Cloud Gate through Semple’s website, and he’ll send you a signed and numbered “Key to the Bean” ...

Anish Kapoor’s popular “Cloud Gate” in Chicago. Getty Images Kapoor’s New York bean sculpture is at the base of 56 Leonard St., where the sculptor is trying once more to sell his apartment.

But Cloud Gate also quickly received international recognition after it began to tour abroad in the late 1970s, winning acclaim for the elegance of Mr. Lin’s fusion of styles and the beauty of ...

When Millennium Park opened in 2004, the iron welds of Cloud Gate were already in sight, but it wasn’t until May 15, 2006 — 13 years ago Wednesday — that the reflective sculpture, known to ...

The final flourish of “Cloud Gate” is its gate: A 9-foot-high arch that allows you to walk beneath the sculpture and suggests a similarity to traditional city gates.

Despite Cloud Gate’s status, Lin said funding is still a struggle. The Taiwanese government chips in, but Cloud Gate still needs to tour heavily to galvanize interest among potential donors.