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Fun Fact Friday - The Feud Between Stuart Semple and Anish Kapoor
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Fun Fact Friday - The Feud Between Stuart Semple and Anish Kapoor

For more information and resources you can visit www.WhoArtEdPodcast.com In this minisode, we learn about some of the petty behavior of "sophisticated" artists. Anish Kapoor has the exclusive rights to use vantablack, the world's blackest black, for art...

Who Arted: Weekly Art History for All Ages

October 16, 20209m 16s

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For more information and resources you can visit www.WhoArtEdPodcast.com 

In this minisode, we learn about some of the petty behavior of "sophisticated" artists. Anish Kapoor has the exclusive rights to use vantablack, the world's blackest black, for artistic purposes. Many in the art world found it infuriating that someone in a creative field would stop others from accessing materials thus stifling innovation. Some were more bothered by the uninspired ways that Kapoor squandered this material. Stuart Semple fought back in was that are in some ways petty, but always amusing. Learn a bit about their feud in this episode, and if you want to learn more about Semple, purchase some of his pigments, or participate in #Pinktober visit his website Culture Hustle.

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