--- description: Artist Anish Kapoor is pursuing legal action, claiming the Chinese work is a copy of his famed Windy City sculpture. title: New Chinese Sculpture Looks Just Like Chicago's Cloud Gate image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd48cc95816690875/69885f100b72e3b30c6e55d3/gettyimages-141079754.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A New Public Sculpture in China Looks Just Like Chicago's Iconic _Cloud Gate_ by [Joanna Plucinska](/author/joanna-plucinska/) ## Joanna Plucinska Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 13, 2015 9:02 AM CUT  Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate, on a winter and foggy afternoon in Chicago, Illinois on January 22, 2012. Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate, on a winter and foggy afternoon in Chicago, Illinois on January 22, 2012.Raymond Boyd—Getty Images by [Joanna Plucinska](/author/joanna-plucinska/) ## Joanna Plucinska Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 13, 2015 9:02 AM CUT China has [replicas](http://whenonearth.net/11-fake-european-towns-landmarks-made-china/ "undefined") of Paris’ Eiffel Tower, London’s Tower Bridge and St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. Now it has, well, an artwork that looks remarkably similar to Chicago’s _Cloud Gate_ — and the sculptor who crafted the Windy City landmark is having none of it. Anish Kapoor, who presented his now iconic public sculpture to Chicago in 2006, is pursuing legal action against those responsible for the Chinese artwork, which he claims is a blatant copy, the BBC [reports](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-33886678 "undefined"). “It seems that in China today it is permissible to steal the creativity of others,” he said in a statement. “I feel I must take this to the highest level and pursue those responsible in the courts.” > [](https://twitter.com/PDChina/status/631034336188301312) The Chinese sculpture was unveiled in the oil town of Karamay in Xinjiang province. According to the state-run [_People’s Daily_](http://en.people.cn/n/2015/0811/c98649-8934474.html "undefined"), the sculpture is supposed to represent an oil bubble. An official from Karamay’s tourism office, Ma Jun, expressly denied the plagiarism allegations to the _Wall Street Journal_’s China Real Time [blog](http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2015/08/12/a-cloud-gate-in-china-xinjiang-sculpture-resembles-chicago-bean/ "undefined"). “_Cloud Gate_ intends to reflect the sky, but ours reflects the ground,” he said. \[[_BBC_](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-33886678 "undefined")\] _Read next:_ [_Green Tea Cigarettes Are Now a Thing_](http://time.com/3991330/green-tea-cigarettes-are-now-a-thing/?iid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") [_Download TIME’s mobile app for iOS to have your world explained wherever you go_](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/time-mobile/id328218429 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3995636/anish-kapoor-bean-china-cloud-gate-xinjiang/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3995636/anish-kapoor-bean-china-cloud-gate-xinjiang/"},"headline":"A New Public Sculpture in China Looks Just Like Chicago's Iconic Cloud Gate","datePublished":"2015-08-13T09:02:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:23:23.632Z","description":"And artist Anish Kapoor is mad about it","url":"https://time.com/3995636/anish-kapoor-bean-china-cloud-gate-xinjiang/","keywords":["Newsfeed","China","chicago","Plagiarism","Xinjiang"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd48cc95816690875/69885f100b72e3b30c6e55d3/gettyimages-141079754.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Joanna Plucinska","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/joanna-plucinska/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd48cc95816690875/69885f100b72e3b30c6e55d3/gettyimages-141079754.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Chicago Cityscapes And City Views","caption":"Chicago Cityscapes And City Views","creditText":"Raymond Boyd—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3995636/anish-kapoor-bean-china-cloud-gate-xinjiang/","name":"A New Public Sculpture in China Looks Just Like Chicago's Iconic Cloud Gate"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Philip Glass on Decades of Bringing Music to Art","description":"The iconic composer talks about his longstanding friendship with sculptor Richard Serra, his recent performance inside an art installation, and his advice for young artists","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/54KpjpwE/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-07-01T16:31:27.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/54KpjpwE.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3995636/anish-kapoor-bean-china-cloud-gate-xinjiang/","duration":"PT4M1S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3995636/anish-kapoor-bean-china-cloud-gate-xinjiang/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```