Just before Halloween, “Agora” started to be unveiled on the southwest corner of Grant Park (approximately the opposite end of the New Eastside residential area which includes Lakeshore East).

I had a chance to speak with a woman at a recent Grant Park Conservancy meeting who filled me in on some details.

The artist is a friend of Frank Gehry’s and it is partly due to his design on Millenium Park that led to her being invited to install Agora. Over 100 headless, armless permanent sculptures are being installed in stages as the 9-foot tall structures can only be brought in a couple or few per day. The sculptures are designed to be walked around and in some sense no Grant Park ground is being given up for the art, as you can walk between the sculptures.

I joked that the area can still be used and in fact has been enhanced by the installation for the purpose of Frisbee golf. – Eric

There is more information in a recent article from the Sun Times.