Cloud Gate is British artist Anish Kapoor's first public outdoor work installed in the United
States. The 110-ton elliptical sculpture is forged of a seamless series of highly polished
stainless steel plates, which reflect the city's famous skyline and the clouds above. A 12-foot-
high arch provides a "gate" to the concave chamber beneath the sculpture, inviting visitors to
touch its mirror-like surface and see their image reflected back from a variety of perspectives.

Inspired by liquid mercury, the sculpture is among the largest of its kind in the world, measuring
66-feet long by 33-feet high. Cloud Gate sits upon the At&T Plaza, which was made possible by a
gift from AT&T.

What I wanted to do in Millennium Park is make something that would engage the Chicago skyline…so
that one will see the clouds kind of floating in, with those very tall buildings reflected in the
work. And then, since it is in the form of a gate, the participant, the viewer, will be able to
enter into this very deep chamber that does, in a way, the same thing to one's reflection as the
exterior of the piece is doing to the reflection of the city around.
-Anish Kapoor