“Cloud Gate,” designed by Anish Kapoor and also called “The Bean,” is an outdoor sculpture made up of 168 stainless steel plates welded together, making it resemble liquid mercury. Pictured above is “Cloud Gate” from the inside. (Ebony Bailey / Los Angeles Times)
The University Club, designed by Holabird & Roche, was completed in 1909 and has been called the world’s first Gothic “skyscraper.” (Ebony Bailey / Los Angeles Times)
“Agora,” a permanent installation in Grant Park consisting of 106 headless iron sculptures, was a gift to Chicago from Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz and the Polish Ministry of Culture. (Ebony Bailey / Los Angeles Times)
The Marquette Building, a Chicago landmark completed in 1895, was one of the earliest steel-framed skyscrapers, a common feature today. (Ebony Bailey / Los Angeles Times)
Colorful craft work dominates the gift shop at the National Museum of Mexican Art in the Pilsen neighborhood. (Ebony Bailey / Los Angeles Times)
Hundreds of ceramic vehicles model the Gulf War’s highway of death in Kuwait and Iraq at the exhibition “Alison Ruttan: If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” (Ebony Bailey / Los Angeles Times)
This stained-glass Tiffany dome in the Chicago Cultural Center is said to be the largest in the world. (Ebony Bailey / Los Angeles Times)
“Richard Hunt: Sixty Years of Sculpture” showcases 60 sculptural objects from 1954 to 2014. The exhibition, which leads up to Hunt’s 80th birthday this year, is meant to celebrate the native Chicagoan’s artistic legacy. (Ebony Bailey / Los Angeles Times)
This Tiffany glass mosaic on the fifth floor of Macy’s is made up of more than 1.6 million pieces of glass. (Ebony Bailey / Los Angeles Times)
