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Unit Six. Reading. Exercise three.

What is Cow Parade?

Cow Parade is the biggest public art event in the world.

It started in Chicago in nineteen ninety-nine and has spread to major cities on every continent.

Cow Parade is an exhibition of fiberglass sculptures of life-size cows decorated by local artists.

The huge sculptures are placed around the city in public places like parks and streets, so everybody can see them.

The original idea.

The concept started in Zurich in nineteen ninety-eight.

It was based on a similar project of painted lions from two years before.

Swiss sculptor Pascal Knapp was commissioned to design the cows.

He made them all the same size, but varied their positions.

Some were lying down and others were standing up.

Chicago businessman Peter Hanig was so impressed with the concept that he decided to organize an event in his home town in nineteen ninety-nine.

Neither Knapp nor Hanig knew that this was the beginning of an international cow boom.

Raising money for charity.

After each event, the cows are sold in auctions.

Most of the money is given to charity organizations.

In Chicago, the first cows were sold for a total of three million dollars.

The auction was held by Sotheby's and buyers were able to bid online.

One cow was bought for a hundred and ten thousand dollars.

The future of Cow Parade.

Cow Parade is growing and changing.

The sculptures do not change, but the artists are inspired by their own cultures and styles.

Sometimes there are other animals, such as bears in Berlin.

Cow Parade has been in London, two thousand two, Manchester, two thousand four, Barcelona, two thousand five, and Vigo, two thousand seven.

But it has not finished.

Look out for a Cow Parade coming to a city near you!