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Introduction

Date of Birth
12 Mar 1954
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Place of Birth
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
State Country of Birth
Maharashtra, India

Exhibitions

  1. 1974

    1. Art into Landscape 1, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK

      21 Sep 1974 to 20 Oct 1974

  2. 1975

    1. Young Contemporaries, Royal Academy of Art, London, UK
  3. 1978

    1. Northern Young Contemporaries, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK
  4. 1979

    1. Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK
    2. Tolly Cobbold: Eastern Arts, 2nd National Exhibition, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK
  5. 1980

    1. Anish Kapoor, Patrice Alexandre, Paris, France
    2. New Sculpture, Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham, UK
  6. 1981

    1. Anish Kapoor, Coracle Press, London, UK

      03 Apr 1981 to 01 May 1981

    2. Objects & Sculpture: Richard Deacon, Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor, Peter Randall-Page, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, UK
    3. Summer Show, Serpentie Gallery, London, UK

      21 Sep 1981 to 11 Oct 1981

    4. British Sculpture in the 20th Century, Part -2: Symbol and Imagination 1951-80, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK

      27 Nov 1981 to 24 Jan 1982

    5. Objects & Sculpture: Richard Deacon, Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor, Peter Randall-Page, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK
    6. British Sculpture in the 20th Century: Part -1, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK
  7. 1982

    1. Lisson Gallery, London, UK

      19 May 1982 to 12 Jun 1982

    2. Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK

      13 Mar 1982 to 18 Apr 1982

    3. Prefiguration, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Chambéry, France
    4. Englische Plastik Heute/British Sculpture Now, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
    5. Aperto '82, XL Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
    6. XII Paris Biennale, Paris, France

      02 Oct 1982 to 14 Nov 1982

    7. London / New York 1982, Lisson Gallery, London, UK
    8. India: Myth and Reality, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK
    9. Objects and Figures: New Sculpture in Britain, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
  8. 1983

    1. Patrice Alexandre, Paris, France
    2. Feeling into Form, Nouveau Musee, Villeurbanne/Lyon, France

      20 May 1983 to 05 Jul 1983

    3. Lisson Gallery, London, UK

      22 Oct 1983 to 19 Nov 1983

    4. Anish Kapoor: Beeldhouwwerken, Organised by the Rotterdam Arts Council, Galerie 't Venster, Rotterdam, Netherlands

      21 Jan 1983 to 23 Feb 1983

    5. Feeling into Form, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK

      16 Mar 1983 to 17 Apr 1983

    6. The Sculpture Show, Organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain, Hayward gallery & Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
    7. Sculpture 1983, Van Krimpen Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands

      28 May 1983 to 25 Jun 1983

    8. Beelden/Sculpture 1983, Rotterdam Arts Council, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

      13 May 1983 to 22 Jun 1983

    9. Douceur de l'Avant-Garde, C'est Rien de le Dire, Rennes, France

      07 Jan 1983 to 29 Jan 1983

    10. Figures and Objects, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, England, UK
    11. La Trottola di Sirio, Organised by The British Council, Centro d'Arte Contemporanea, Siracusa, Italy

      29 Jan 1983 to 26 Mar 1983

    12. Tema Celeste, Museo Civico d'Arte Contemporanea, Gibellina, Italy

      22 Jan 1983 to 30 Mar 1983

    13. Eros Mythos Ironie, Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria

      17 Sep 1983 to 23 Oct 1983

    14. Constellazione, Galleria Giorgio Persano, Turin, Italy
    15. Finland Biennale, Helsinki, Finland
    16. New Art, Tate Gallery, London, UK

      14 Sep 1983 to 23 Oct 1983

    17. Transformations : New Sculpture from Britain, Organised by The British Council, XVII Biennale de Sao Paulo, Brazil

      14 Oct 1983 to 18 Dec 1983

  9. 1984

    1. Anish Kapoor, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA

      03 Mar 1984 to 31 Mar 1984

    2. Transformations : New Sculpture from Britain, Organised by The British Council, Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

      20 Jan 1984 to 20 Feb 1984

    3. Transformations : New Sculpture from Britain, Organised by The British Council, Museo de Arte Moderna, Maxico City, U.S.A.

      15 Mar 1984 to 15 May 1984

    4. Transformations : New Sculpture from Britain, Organised by The British Council, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, Portugal
    5. An International Survey of Recent painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

      17 May 1984 to 19 Aug 1984

    6. Anish Kapoor and Bill Woodrow, Galeries Paul Maenz, Cologne, Germany

      06 Jun 1984 to 30 Jun 1984

    7. ROSC 84, The Guinness Hop Store, Dublin, Ireland
    8. The British Art Show: Old Allegiances & New Directions 1979 - 1984, Organised by The Art Council of Great Britain, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK

      02 Nov 1984 to 22 Dec 1984

  10. 1985

    1. Lisson Gallery, London, UK

      04 Sep 1985 to 23 Sep 1985

    2. Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA
    3. Anish Kapoor, Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland

      06 Oct 1985 to 10 Nov 1985

    4. The British Art Show: Old Allegiances & New Directions 1979 - 1984, Organised by The Art Council of Great Britain, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK

      19 Jan 1985 to 24 Feb 1985

    5. The British Art Show: Old Allegiances & New Directions 1979 - 1984, Organised by The Art Council of Great Britain, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, UK

      16 Mar 1985 to 04 May 1985

    6. The British Art Show: Old Allegiances & New Directions 1979 - 1984, Organised by The Art Council of Great Britain, Southampton Art Gallery, Southampton, UK

      18 May 1985 to 30 Jun 1985

    7. Nouvelle Biennale de Paris, Paris, France
    8. The British Show, Organized by the Art Gallery of New South Wales and The British Council, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

      19 Feb 1985 to 24 Mar 1985

    9. The British Show, Organized by the Art Gallery of New South Wales and The British Council, Travelled to Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

      23 Apr 1985 to 09 Jun 1985

    10. The British Show, Organized by the Art Gallery of New South Wales and The British Council, Travelled to Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia

      05 Jul 1985 to 11 Aug 1985

    11. The British Show, Organized by the Art Gallery of New South Wales and The British Council, Travelled to The Exhibition Hall, Melbourne, Australia
    12. The British Show, Organized by the Art Gallery of New South Wales and The British Council, Travelled to National Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
    13. Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue?, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, UK

      31 Aug 1985 to 06 Oct 1985

    14. Anniottanta, Galleria Comunale d' Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy

      04 Jul 1985 to 30 Sep 1985

    15. Three British Sculptors, Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, USA
    16. 20 Sculptures du FRAC Rhone - Alpes, I'Abbaye de Tournus, France
    17. Anish Kapoor and Bill Woodrow, Donald Young Gallery, Chicago, USA
    18. The Poetic Object, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

      21 Nov 1985 to 21 Dec 1985

    19. Currents, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, USA
    20. Sculptors' Drawings, Artspace Galleries, Aberdeen, also travelled to Ayr and Glasgow, Scotland, UK; Dracos Arts Center, Athens, Greece
    21. 7000 Eichen, Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

      02 Mar 1985 to 14 Apr 1985

    22. 7000 Eichen,Travelled to Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

      02 Jun 1985

  11. 1986

    1. Anish Kapoor, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
    2. Anish Kapoor, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands

      03 May 1986 to 08 Jun 1986

    3. Anish Kapoor: Recent Sculpture and Drawings, University Gallery, Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

      01 Nov 1986 to 14 Dec 1986

    4. The Poetic Object, The Arts Council Gallery, Belfast, Ireland

      09 Jan 1986 to 01 Feb 1986

    5. Entre el Objecto y la Imagen, Organised by The British Council and Ministerio de Cultura, Palacio de Velazquez, Madrid, Spain

      28 Jan 1986 to 30 Apr 1986

    6. Entre el Objecto y la Imagen, Organised by The British Council and Ministerio de Cultura, Foundacion Caja de Pensiones, Barcelona, Spain

      03 Jun 1986 to 17 Jul 1986

    7. Skulptur - 9 Kunstnere fra Storbrittanien, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark

      01 Mar 1986 to 20 Apr 1986

    8. Project '86, Eine Internationale Austellung Aktueller Kunst, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany

      09 Sep 1986 to 02 Nov 1986

    9. Dessins de Sculpteurs, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France

      24 Sep 1986 to 24 Oct 1986

    10. Sonsbeek 1986, International Sculpture Exhibition, Arnhem, The Netherlands

      18 Jun 1986 to 14 Sep 1986

    11. General Idea, Anish Kapoor, Melissa Miller, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, U.S.A.

      12 Jul 1986 to 24 Aug 1986

    12. Inaugural Exhibition, Lang & O'Hara Gallery, New York, USA
    13. Vessel, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
  12. 1987

    1. Anish Kapoor: Works on Paper, Museum of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
    2. Anish Kapoor: Works on Paper, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney, Australia
    3. Juxtapositions: Recent Sculpture from England and Germany, The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, New York, USA

      26 Apr 1987 to 21 Jun 1987

    4. British Art of the 1980s, Organised by The British Council, Liljevalchs Konstall, Stockholm, Sweden

      10 Apr 1987 to 24 May 1987

    5. Viewpoint: L'Art Contemporain en Grande Bretagne, Museed'Art Moderne in Collaboration with the British Council, Brussels, Belgium

      18 Dec 1987 to 31 Jan 1988

    6. Inside / Outside, Museum Van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen, Belgium
    7. Britannia: Paintings and Sculptures from the 1980s, Organised by The British Council, Sara Hilden Art Museum, Tampere, Finland

      16 Jun 1987 to 23 Aug 1987

    8. Simila - Dissimila, Columbia University, New York, USA

      04 Dec 1987 to 30 Jan 1988

    9. Simila - Dissimila, Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf, Germany

      05 Dec 1987 to 22 Dec 1987

    10. Simila - Dissimila, Sonnabend Gallery and Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, USA
    11. Vessel, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK

      05 Sep 1987 to 11 Oct 1987

  13. 1988

    1. Lisson Gallery, London, UK

      11 Apr 1988 to 07 May 1988

    2. Brittanica: 30 ans de sculpture, Musee d'Evreux, Evreux, France
    3. Fourth International Drawing Triennial, Kunsthalle Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany

      01 Oct 1988 to 23 Oct 1988

    4. La Couleur Seule, l'Experience du Monochrome, Musee St. Pierre, Lyon, France

      07 Oct 1988 to 05 Dec 1988

    5. Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, USA
    6. British now: sculpture et autres dessins, Musee d'Arte contemporain de Montreal, Canada
    7. Starlit Waters, British Sculpture: An International Art 1968-88, Tate Gallery, Liverpool, UK
    8. Britannica: 30 ans de sculpture, traveled to Ecole d'Architecture de Normandie, Rouen, France
    9. Europe now, Museo d'arte Contemporanea, Prato, Italy

      25 Jun 1988 to 20 Oct 1988

    10. Britannica: 30 ans de sculpture, Musee des Beaux-Arts Andre Malraux, Le Havre, France

      15 Oct 1988 to 12 Dec 1988

  14. 1989

    1. Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA

      01 Apr 1989 to 29 Apr 1989

    2. Void Field, Lisson Gallery, London, UK

      01 Dec 1989 to 04 Jan 1990

    3. Kohji Ogura Gallery in collaboration with Lisson Gallery, Nagoya, Japan

      09 Sep 1989 to 14 Oct 1989

    4. Britannica: 30 ans de sculpture, Museum Van Hedendaages, Antwerp, Belgium
    5. Anish Kapoor, Wolfgang Laib, Richard Long, Galerie le Gall Petronet, Paris, France

      06 Jun 1989 to 22 Jul 1989

  15. 1990

    1. Le Magasin, Centre National d'Art Contemporain in collaboration with the British Council, Grenoble, France
    2. Drawings, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA

      18 Sep 1990 to 06 Oct 1990

    3. Anish Kapoor, XLIV Biennale di Venezia, Organised by British Council, British Pavilion, Venice, Italy

      27 May 1990 to 30 Oct 1990

    4. Drawings, Tate Gallery, London, UK

      03 Oct 1990 to 10 Feb 1991

    5. Affinities and Intuitions: The Gerald S. Elliott Collection of Contemporary Art, The Institute of Chicago, Chicago, U.S.A.

      12 May 1990 to 29 Jul 1990

    6. Dujourie, Fortuyn, Houshiary, Kapoor, Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller, Otterlo, Holland

      14 Sep 1990 to 29 Oct 1990

    7. Heroes of Contemporary Art, Galerie Saqqarah, Gstaad, Switzerland
    8. Heroes of Contemporary Art, travelled to Trans Art Exhibitions Kreishaus, Cologne, Germany
    9. Works on Paper, Frith Street Gallery, London, U.K.

      23 Nov 1990 to 22 Dec 1990

    10. British Art Now: A Subjective View, Organised by the British Council, Setagaya Museum, Tokyo, Japan

      25 Aug 1990 to 07 Oct 1990

    11. British Art Now: A Subjective View, Organised by the British Council, travelled to Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
    12. British Art Now: A Subjective View, Organised by the British Council, travelled to Nagoya City Museum, Nagoya, Japan
    13. Made of Stone, Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels, Belgium

      19 Dec 1990 to 26 Jan 1990

  16. 1991

    1. Kunstverein Hannover, in collaboration with British Council, Hannover, Germany

      10 May 1991 to 14 Jun 1991

    2. The 6th Japan Ushimado International Art Festival, Ushimado, Japan
    3. Palacio de Velazquez, Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in collaboration with British Council, Madrid, Spain

      02 Feb 1991 to 17 Apr 1991

    4. British Art Now: A Subjective View, Organised by the British Council, travelled to Tochigi Prefectual Museum of Fine Arts, Tochigi, Japan
    5. British Art Now: A Subjective View, Organised by the British Council, traveled to Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
    6. The 1991 Turner Prize: An Exhibition of Work by the Four Shortlisted Artists, Tate Gallery, London, U.K.

      06 Nov 1991 to 08 Dec 1991

    7. Trans/Mission, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö, Sweden

      27 Aug 1991 to 27 Oct 1991

    8. Exhibition of Work by the Four Shortlisted Artists, Tate Gallery, London, U.K.
    9. Gallery Shirakawa, Kyoto, Japan
    10. Anish Kapoor and Abstract Art in Asia, Fukuoka Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
    11. II Limite delle Cose nella Nuova Scultura Inglese, Studio Oggetto, Milan, Italy
    12. II Limite delle Cose nella Nuova Scultura Inglese, Studio Oggetto, Milan, Italy

      26 Nov 1991 to 19 Jan 1991

    13. British Art Now: A Subjective View, Organised by the British Council, travelled to Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art, Hyogo, Japan
    14. La Sculpture Contemporaine après 1970, Fondation Daniel Templon, Fréjus, France

      04 Jul 1991 to 29 Sep 1991

  17. 1992

    1. Galeria Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid, Spain

      28 Apr 1992 to 30 May 1992

    2. San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, USA

      01 Feb 1992 to 05 Jul 1992

    3. Stuart Regen Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
    4. Prints by Sculptors, Anish Kapoor and Janis Provisor, Crown Point Press, New York & San Francisco, U.S.A.
    5. Anish Kapoor invita Gary Woodley, Foro per l'Arte Contemporanea, Verona, Italy

      17 Oct 1992 to 29 Nov 1992

    6. New Voices: New Works for the British Council Collection, Centre de Conferences Albert Borschette, Brussels, Belgium
    7. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    8. De Opening, De Pont Foundation for Contemporary Art, Tilburg, Netherlands

      13 Sep 1992 to 31 Jan 1993

    9. Another World, Art Tower Mito, Mito-shi Ibaraki, Japan

      21 Nov 1992 to 07 Mar 1993

    10. Documenta IX, Kassel, Germany

      13 Jun 1992 to 20 Sep 1992

    11. Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, U.K.

      19 Jun 1992 to 28 Aug 1992

    12. The New British Sculpture, Selected works from the Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher Collection, University of North Texas Art Gallery, Texas, U.S.A.
  18. 1993

    1. Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA

      27 Nov 1993 to 15 Jan 1994

    2. Lisson Gallery, London, U.K.

      16 Apr 1993 to 20 May 1993

    3. Anish Kapoor, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

      02 Sep 1993 to 06 Nov 1993

    4. The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada

      18 Jun 1993

    5. Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa, USA

      30 Jan 1993 to 25 Apr 1993

    6. Sculptures, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
    7. Punti Dell' Arti, Italian Pavilion, XLV Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

      14 Jun 1993

    8. Magazin, Architectur Zentrum, Vienna, Austria

      22 Nov 1993 to 13 Dec 1993

    9. Body of Drawings, Organised by The South Bank Centre, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, U.K.
    10. Body of Drawings, Organised by The South Bank Centre, Travelled to Mead Art Gallery, Coventry, U.K.
    11. British Sculpture from the Arts Council Collection, Organised by The Art Council of Great Britain, Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby, U.K.
    12. Cerco, Bienal Internacional de Óbidos, Óbidos, Portugal

      09 Oct 1993 to 27 Nov 1993

    13. Tresors De Voyage, Monasterio dei Padri Mechitaristi Dell' Isola Di San Lazzaro Degli Armeni, Venice, Italy
    14. Sculpture, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
  19. 1994

    1. Ljublijana Museum of Modern Art, Ljublijana, Slovenia

      13 May 1994 to 12 Jun 1994

    2. Echo, Kohji Ogura Gallery in cooperation with the Lisson Gallery, Nagoya, Japan

      21 Sep 1994 to 29 Oct 1994

    3. Stuart Regen Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
    4. Punishment and Decoration, Hohenthal und Bergen, Cologne, Germany

      08 Apr 1994 to 28 May 1994

    5. Asian Art Now, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan

      18 Sep 1994 to 06 Nov 1994

    6. Sculptors' Drawings, Tate Gallery, London, U.K.

      05 Jul 1994 to 30 Oct 1994

    7. Re Rebaudengo Sandretto Collection, Sant'Antonino di Susa, Turin, Italy

      24 Sep 1994 to 18 Nov 1994

    8. A Changing World: Fifty Years of Sculpture from the British Council Collection, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

      17 Oct 1994 to 27 Nov 1994

  20. 1995

    1. DePont Foundation, Tilburg, The Netherlands

      11 Mar 1995 to 02 Jul 1995

    2. Lisson Gallery, London, UK
    3. Gourd, Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    4. A Changing World: Fifty Years of Sculpture from the British Council Collection, New Tretyakov, Moscow, Russia

      28 Apr 1995 to 26 May 1995

    5. A Changing World: Fifty Years of Sculpture from the British Council Collection, Castle Riding Hall, Prague, Czech Republic

      27 Jun 1995 to 01 Oct 1995

    6. Ars '95 Helsinki, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland

      11 Feb 1995 to 28 May 1995

    7. British Art of the 1980's & 1990's, Works from the Weltkunst Collection, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland

      18 May 1995 to 05 Oct 1995

    8. British Abstact Art Part II: Sculpture, Flowers East, London, U.K.

      05 Aug 1995 to 03 Sep 1995

    9. Longing and Belonging: From the Faraway Nearby, SITE, Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A.

      14 Jul 1995 to 08 Oct 1995

    10. Ideal Standard Summertime, Lisson Gallery, London, U.K.

      17 Jul 1995 to 30 Sep 1995

    11. Arte inglese d'oggi nella raccolta Re-Rebaudengo Sandretto, Galleria Civica, Modena, Italy

      21 May 1995 to 30 Jul 1995

    12. Threads of Many Ideas, London, U.K.
    13. Escultura británica contemporánea: De Henry Moore ós anos 90, Auditorio de Galicia, Santiago de Compostella, Spain

      03 Jun 1995 to 25 Jul 1995

    14. Escultura británica contemporánea: De Henry Moore ós anos 90, touring to Serralves Foundation, Oporto, Portugal

      07 Sep 1995 to 25 Nov 1995

    15. Contemporary British Printmaking, The Paragon Press, 1986 – 1995, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.

      02 Dec 1995 to 04 Feb 1995

    16. Feminin - Masculin, Le sexe de l'art, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
  21. 1996

    1. Anish Kapoor, Sculptures, Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova, Tukru, Finland
    2. Gallery Massimo Minini, Brescia, Italy
    3. Kunst - Station St. Peter, Cologne, Germany
    4. Lisson Gallery, London, UK
    5. Gourd Project 1993-95, Freddie Fong Contemporary Art, San Francisco, USA
    6. Anish Kapoor, Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Cologne, Germany
    7. Anish Kapoor, Two Sculptures, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, UK
    8. Contemporary British Printmaking, The Paragon Press, 1986 – 1995, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, U.K.

      25 Feb 1995 to 30 Apr 1995

    9. Collections du Castello di Rivoli, Le Nouveau Musee, Villeurbanne, France
    10. 23rd International Biennale, Sao Paolo, Brazil
    11. Betong, Malmo Konsthall, Sweden
    12. Moderner Galerijana Ljubljana for the Museum of Modern Art, Sarajevo, Ljubljana, Slovenia
    13. Britische Kunst an der Unterelbe, Stade, Germany
    14. Dissonant Wounds: Zones of Display / Metaphors of Atrophy, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
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Kapoor, Anish (Artist). Anish Kapoor, 1995 | Solo Exhibition Catalogue | 00882339

Kapoor, Anish (Artist). Anish Kapoor, 1995 | Solo Exhibition Catalogue | 00882339

Chronicled Highlights

11 entries
Anish Kapoor
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Anish Kapoor
Anish Kapoor was born in 1954 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India.
Kapoor, Anish (Artist). Untitled. pigment on fiberglass, 1990 | Sculpture | FineArts | 00576196
Kapoor, Anish (Artist). Untitled. pigment on fiberglass, 1990 | Sculpture | FineArts | 00576196
In 2008, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Untitled (1990), offered in the Contemporary Art: Evening Auction by Sotheby's, which concluded on 17 October 2008 at London, achieving a sale price of ₹3,25,03,543 ($667,698). This record marked a defining moment in the artist's market history, reflecting both the significance of the artwork and its reception within the broader art world.
Kapoor, Anish (Artist). Untitled. Polished Stainless steel, 1997 | Sculpture | FineArts | 00577081
Kapoor, Anish (Artist). Untitled. Polished Stainless steel, 1997 | Sculpture | FineArts | 00577081
In 2009, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Untitled (1997), offered in the Contemporary Art: Including Arab And Iranian Art by Sotheby's, which concluded on 16 October 2009 at London, achieving a sale price of ₹6,22,50,010 ($1,345,364). This record marked a defining moment in the artist's market history, reflecting both the significance of the artwork and its reception within the broader art world.
Kapoor, Anish (Artist). Untitled. Watercolour on paper, 2000 | Painting | FineArts | 00562971
Kapoor, Anish (Artist). Untitled. Watercolour on paper, 2000 | Painting | FineArts | 00562971
In 2007, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Untitled (2000), offered in the South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art by Christie's, which concluded on 20 September 2007 at New York, achieving a sale price of ₹20,51,374 ($51,400). This record marked a defining moment in the artist's market history, reflecting both the significance of the artwork and its reception within the broader art world.
Kapoor, Anish (Artist). Untitled. Stainless steel and lacquer, 2000 | Sculpture | FineArts | 00417531
Kapoor, Anish (Artist). Untitled. Stainless steel and lacquer, 2000 | Sculpture | FineArts | 00417531
In music, light blue is like a flute, dark blue like a cello, and when still darker, it becomes a wonderful double bass. The deepest and most serene form of blue may be compared to the deep notes of an organ.
Kapoor, Anish (Artist). Untitled. Stainless steel and paint, 2003 | Sculpture | FineArts | 00576520
Kapoor, Anish (Artist). Untitled. Stainless steel and paint, 2003 | Sculpture | FineArts | 00576520
In 2009, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Untitled (2003), offered in the Contemporary Art by Sotheby's, which concluded on 18 March 2009 at Doha, achieving a sale price of ₹5,00,40,575 ($974,500). This record marked a defining moment in the artist's market history, reflecting both the significance of the artwork and its reception within the broader art world.
Kapoor, Anish (Artist). Untitled. Mirrored Plexiglas and wood, 2006 | Sculpture | FineArts | 00354440
Kapoor, Anish (Artist). Untitled. Mirrored Plexiglas and wood, 2006 | Sculpture | FineArts | 00354440
Red is a colour of the earth, it\'s not a colour of deep space; it\'s obviously the colour of blood and body. I have a feeling that the darkness that it reveals is a much deeper and darker darkness than that of blue or black
Kapoor, Anish (Artist). Untitled. Lacquer & stainless steel, 2011 | Sculpture | FineArts | 00419063
Kapoor, Anish (Artist). Untitled. Lacquer & stainless steel, 2011 | Sculpture | FineArts | 00419063
In 2022, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Untitled (2011), offered in the Present Future by Asta Guru, which concluded on 23 September 2022 at Online, achieving a sale price of ₹6,95,58,792 ($859,636.69). This record marked a defining moment in the artist's market history, reflecting both the significance of the artwork and its reception within the broader art world.
Kapoor, Anish (Artist). Untitled. Stainless steel and resin, 2012 | Sculpture | FineArts | 00603238
Kapoor, Anish (Artist). Untitled. Stainless steel and resin, 2012 | Sculpture | FineArts | 00603238
In 2024, the artist achieved a new high in the auction market with the sale of Untitled (2012), offered in the Contemporary Indian Art by Asta Guru, which concluded on 09 April 2024 at Mumbai, achieving a sale price of ₹9,04,07,609 ($1,086,299.59). This record marked a defining moment in the artist's market history, reflecting both the significance of the artwork and its reception within the broader art world.
Kapoor, Anish (Artist). Untitled. Copper alloy and lacquer, 2012 | Sculpture | FineArts | 00355748
Kapoor, Anish (Artist). Untitled. Copper alloy and lacquer, 2012 | Sculpture | FineArts | 00355748
Bronze is the mirror of form, wine of the heart.
Asta Guru (Auction House). Present Future. 24 September 2023, Online | Auction Catalogue | EconomicsArt | 00862488
Asta Guru (Auction House). Present Future. 24 September 2023, Online | Auction Catalogue | EconomicsArt | 00862488
In 2023, an artwork by Anish Kapoor was featured on the cover of Asta Guru: Present Future (September 2023, Mumbai), marking a documented highlight in the artist's public and auction market visibility.
Asta Guru (Auction House). Contemporary Indian Art. 09 April 2024, Mumbai | Auction Catalogue | EconomicsArt | 00862515
Asta Guru (Auction House). Contemporary Indian Art. 09 April 2024, Mumbai | Auction Catalogue | EconomicsArt | 00862515
In 2024, an artwork by Anish Kapoor was featured on the cover of Asta Guru: Contemporary Indian Art (April 2024, Mumbai), marking a documented highlight in the artist's public and auction market visibility.

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