Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days agoAnish Kapoor says US's politics of hate' should exclude it from Venice Biennale
Anish Kapoor advocates for the exclusion of the US from the Venice Biennale due to its politics of hate and warmongering.
But now a true successor has been announced: next year the Southbank Centre's 2026 75th anniversary programme will play explicit homage to the Festival of Great Britain, most notably in You Are Here (May 4 and 5 2026), a huge weekend-long celebration of British youth culture conceived and directed by the one and only Danny 'London Olympics Opening Ceremony' Boyle, plus Gareth Pugh, Carson McColl and Paulette Randall.
With his newly completed intervention, artist Anish Kapoor introduces to the station two distinct points of entry, each designed as sculptural thresholds into Naples' metro network. The university entrance, formed from weathering steel, swells from the plaza in a way that is 'archetypal, raw and labial.' The artist's team explains: ' It appears to offer a descent into the underworld.'
The BUTCHERED installation on Shell's gas platform visualizes climate damage from fossil fuel extraction, using a blood-like liquid to symbolize environmental impact.