“Red has a certain kind of darkness. It is a colour that is of the earth and it is a colour that is of the body.”

— Anish Kapoor

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About Anish Kapoor

Artist • British

Anish Kapoor is a celebrated British-Indian sculptor known for his large-scale, abstract public artworks. Born in Mumbai, he moved to London in the early 1970s to study art, where he quickly gained acclaim. His work...

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