Cloud Gate, or as it’s better known, “The Bean,” will have a new friend come February.
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Millennium Park, home to Cloud Gate and Crown Fountain, will soon welcome the addition of “Paintings Below Zero.” The new installation will be a 95-foot long multicolored wall of ice with abstract patterns and shards of ice “jutting out.”
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Canadian artist Gordon Halloran will unveil plans for the installation today. Creation will take place in mid-December and he will begin setting it up in mid-January.
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Millennium Park is one of my favorite parts of Chicago. The Bean, which usually attracts hundreds of people per day, is a piece of art I’ve grown to really enjoy. The reflection of the Chicago skyline looks amazing. The distorted self-portraits taken in its side or under it’s belly are fantastic as well.
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It will be really awesome to see some new art added to the park. Sadly it will all melt away come spring time.
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Click here to see a picture of what it will look like.