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Anish Kapoor's Olympic Orbit tower unveiled
Friday 11 May 2012
The UK's tallest sculpture was officially unveiled today at Stratford's Olympic Park.
Designed by Anish - built by Kirk, Matt, Andy, John and Wayne
Friday 25 November 2011
Standing nearly twice as tall as the Olympic Stadium, the crazed and twisted steelwork of the ArcelorMittal Orbit tower is an undeniably impressive piece of engineering. Consider that it was bolted together by just three men, and its loops and spirals seem more imponderable than ever.
Designed by Anish Kapoor – built by Kirk, Matt, Andy, John and Wayne
Friday 25 November 2011
Rob Hastings meets the men charged with constructing the gravity-defying backdrop to next summer's Olympics
The night I danced for Michael Clark
Wednesday 08 June 2011
Tonight ballet's enfant terrible returns to Tate Modern's Turbine Hall with a new work. Laura McLean-Ferris can't wait
Music for Solaris: the mentoring process
Friday 03 June 2011
The Australian experimental composer Ben Frost is in London to meet his mentor Brian Eno, ahead of their joint project at the Reykjavik Festival in Iceland this weekend.
How Anish Kapoor's Venice installation went up in smoke
Thursday 02 June 2011
Visitors left confused after artist's critique of the 'immaterial' simply fails to function
The 'Leviathon' in Paris
Tuesday 10 May 2011
Indian-born London-based artist Anish Kapoor has unveiled a sculpture of epic proportions in Paris.
Grayson Perry joins the Royal Academy
Wednesday 20 April 2011
Grayson Perry received a Royal Academician's medal in the category of Printmaking at the Royal Academy of Arts in London yesterday. Perry, 50, who often appears as "Claire", his female alter-ego, is known for his urns decorated with images of sex and child abuse. The potter joins Tracey Emin and Anish Kapoor at the institution which is regarded by many as "the artists' union".
Howard Jacobson: Zion is all around if you look hard enough
Saturday 05 March 2011
What we are seeing now proves how opportunistic Arab anti-Zionism has been, a crowd-pleasing loathing
The <i>IoS</i> smug list 2010
Sunday 26 December 2010
It's the perfect antidote to all that yuletide harmony – the <i>IoS</i> index of the year's insufferably self-satisfied
Paddington's Merchant Square building is a bit of a mind-bender
Friday 26 November 2010
Britain is awash with large commercial buildings whose façades have been tarted up with supposedly creative gubbins because planners encourage the so-called Per Cent For Art approach. We're not talking Anish Kapoor. Nine times out of ten, that 1 per cent of building cost pays for witless "artistic" glass fins projecting from façades.
Anish Kapoor: Turning the World Upside Down, Kensington Gardens, London
Tuesday 19 October 2010
An elegant reflection of Kapoor's art
Anish Kapoor: 'I don't want my work to be popular'
Saturday 16 October 2010
Kapoor's monumental success is matched by the scale of his ambition. Not bad for an artist who thought he'd end up 'a bloody art school teacher'
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