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Artist Index and Statistics- Anish Kapoor
Volume: 3 Issue No: 11 Month: 12 Year: 2010
Anish Kapoor, born in Mumbai (12th March 1954 ) has lived and worked in London since the early 1970s where he shifted to study art, at the Hornsey College of Art and later at the Chelsea School of Art and Design.
He exhibited internationally at the Tate Gallery and Hayward Gallery in London, Kunsthalle Basel, Haus der Kunst Munich, Deutsche Guggenheim in Berlin, Reina Sofia in Madrid, MAK Vienna, and the ICA Boston. He represented Britain in the XLIV Venice Biennale (1990), and was awarded the Premio Duemila Prize. In 1991 he received theTurner Prize. Notable public sculptures include Cloud Gate, Millennium Park, Chicago, and Sky Mirror at the Rockefeller Center, New York.
Kapoor's works has fetched high prices .Some of which includes “Untitled “(2003) sold at Sotheby's London for EUR 2,173,22 in 2008,”Untitled” (1999) sold at Sotheby's New York for EUR 1,714,750 in 2007,”Untitled” (1999) sold at Sotheby's New York for EUR 1,557,400 in 2006, “ Untitled “(2004) was sold at Christie's , London for EUR 1,162,880 in 2008, “Turning The World Upside Down (1998) was sold at Sotheby's , New York for EUR 1,068,000 in 2009.