Anish Kapoor at Palace of Versailles

7 January 2015

The New York Times reported: "The sculptor Anish Kapoor will be the next contemporary artist to be given a one-man show at the Château de Versailles. Mr. Kapoor’s show will run from June to October this year, the palace’s chief administrator, Catherine Pégard, said in an interview.

'It’s not easy to choose an artist for Versailles,' Ms. Pégard said. 'It’s not a museum, or a gallery or an exhibition space.' She said that Mr. Kapoor, 60, had been chosen 'because he has something particular to say in this setting.' The series of solo shows began in 2008 with Jeff Koons and has included Takashi Murakami among others.

Certainly Mr. Kapoor, who was born in India and has lived in London for decades, is no stranger to grandeur. He is probably best known recently for his ArcelorMittal Orbit in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London, a convoluted cross between the Eiffel Tower and a Salvador Dalí surrealist fantasy that stands more than 375 feet high and is Britain’s tallest sculpture."

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