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Which bean will reign supreme?

Houston recently had a new sculpture, the "Cloud Column," installed, and Chicago, Dallas, Youtube and Twitter had a lot to say about it. They claimed that the Cloud Column is copycat of the "Cloud Gate" sculpture made by the same artist, Anish Kapoor. Here is a timeline of the back and forth banter that has been surrounding Houston's bean sculpture. It is Houston versus cyber space.

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Houston vs. Chicago: Which bean will reign supreme?

March 26, Houston installed the new sculpture, Cloud Column.

Photograph capturing the installment of the Cloud Column.

Chicago had a few choice words to say about Houston's bean. Round 1: Newspapers battle it out.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-met-houston-bean-0328-chicago-inc-20180327-story.html

Dallas thinks they can pick on Houston as well.

https://www.dallasnews.com/arts/visual-arts/2018/03/29/sorry-chicago-making-fun-houstons-bean-sculpture-job

Houston will defend itself!

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/local/gray-matters/article/Dear-Chicago-Houston-s-bean-is-better-And-so-is-12788750.php

Twitter definitely did not stay quiet. Round two: Twitter battle.

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Attacking the bean.

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Defending the bean.

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Defending the bean.

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YouTube joins the battle of the bean. Round three: Youtube battle.

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New 'bean' sculpture to greet museum visitors

Houston will definitely not back down!

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KHOU 11 bites back in 'Bean Battle'

UHCL community speaks up. Round four: UHCL battle.

Jess Holland- Safety and Volunteer Manager
Michele Gibson- Communication Major

Houston wins the battle of the bean. Sorry Chicago, it is time to step aside. Houston is the new bean city.

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