It was commissioned nearly 15 years ago and was delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic and the 2008 financial crisis. Our global contracts enable you to trade around the new crop of the northern hemisphere in November and the South American new crop in May. Seek rewards, manage risks and diversify your portfolio. Kapoor reached an out-of-court settlement with the National Rifle Association in 2018 after filing a copyright infringement lawsuit over the American gun rights group’s use of the sculpture in a promotional video.Įarlier this year, a similar sculpture by Kapoor was completed in New York’s Tribeca neighbourhood. Soybean futures are an easy, liquid tool for speculating or hedging against price movements for one of the world’s most widely grown crops. The sculpture has also become a recognizable symbol of Chicago, and has been featured in multiple movies and television shows. “It has incorporated the life of all those millions of people who have taken wedding pictures there or otherwise posed in front or beneath it. Since opening in July 2004, the Park has had millions of visitors, making it one of the most popular local, national and international destinations. But, in another way, it has taken on all kinds of other lives,” Kapoor told the Chicago Sun-Times in 2017. “Public objects have a weird way of morphing … In one way, Cloud Gate is mine.
The highly polished exterior reflects the image of visitors and the surrounding city skyline, and has helped make Millennium Park in downtown Chicago the top attraction in the midwestern US. Inspired by the appearance of liquid mercury, the sculpture is made from 168 stainless steel plates welded together and cost a total of $23m. At 33ft high, 42ft wide and 66ft long, Cloud Gate is one of the largest public art installations in the world.
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