Sculptor Anish Kapoor Unleashes Whale-Like Monster on Paris’s Grand Palais

PARIS (REUTERS).- Entering Anish Kapoor’s latest sculpture through a dark, windowless revolving door, visitors experience a momentary blackout before emerging into a womb-like cavity — warm, oppressive and bathed in red light. This is “Leviathan” at Paris’s Grand Palais, the Mumbai-born British sculptor’s first work in France for 30 years, to be unveiled on May 11, and an experience one can only imagine is like being swallowed by a whale. Famed for his critically acclaimed Cloud Gate in Chicago and [...]

Anselm Kiefer Installation an International Coup for the Art Gallery of Ontario

TORONTO.- Acclaimed international artist Anselm Kiefer’s monumental installation Palmsonntag (Palm Sunday) is coming to the Art Gallery of Ontario this March. Kiefer, known for his epic themes and operatic flair, will be adapting and adding to the installation for its Canadian premiere at the AGO, opening March 4 and continuing through August 1. Palmsonntag is composed of a 60-foot-long palm tree, cast in fiberglass and resin, that lies on its side across the Gallery floor, surrounded by a cycle of [...]