What Is Anish Kapoor's Connection to Vantablack?
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British sculptor Anish Kapoor made history when he bought exclusive rights to the Vantablack pigment, aka the world’s “blackest black.”
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You could disappear into it': Anish Kapoor on his exclusive rights to the 'blackest black', Anish Kapoor
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Anish Kapoor on Vandalism, Instagram, His Moscow Retrospective, and 'The Long, Long View of Poetic Intent' –
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Art Fight! The Pinkest Pink Versus the Blackest Black
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Artist Anish Kapoor Buys Rights to Vantablack the Darkest Black
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Anish Kapoor is given exclusive rights to Vantablack, the purest black paint ever
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Stuart Semple launches Black 3.0 to obliterate Anish Kapoor's Vantablack
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The circle is only completed by the viewer.” -- Anish Kapoor
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The Vantablack Controversy: Anish Kapoor vs. Stuart Semple
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