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What Do New Yorkers Think of Anish Kapoor’s “Mini-Bean”?
Manhattan now has its own, downscaled version of the artist’s famous Chicago sculpture, oddly squished under a luxury condo tower.
Elaine Velie February 3, 2023
The shiny public artwork has been four years in the making: Construction began in 2019, but the pandemic ground it to a halt. The British installation team was able to return to the city and resume work in September 2021, but the project soon encountered another setback — the sun caused the unfinished sculpture to unevenly heat, and it ruptured.
The project was incredibly labor intensive: 38 metal plates were precisely cut to fit next to one another, attached to an internal support system, welded together, and then polished to create a mirror-like surface.
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