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AO News Summary: First Ever Homecoming Exhibition for London-based Indian Artist Anish Kapoor Occupies Galleries in Mumbai and New Delhi until February 27th, 2011

Saturday, December 11th, 2010


Anish Kapoor, Shooting Into the Corner, via The Telegraph–>

Last week brought the grand opening of Anish Kapoor‘s latest exhibition, his first ever in his native India. Kapoor claims to embrace his Indian heritage but believes that an artist’s identity should be based on their creativity, not nationality. He has in fact been looking for a suitable exhibition space in India for nearly a decade, finally deciding on the National Gallery of Modern Art and the Mehboob Film Studios.


National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, via Flickr–>

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