Indian Sculptor Anish Kapoor joins UK’s super-rich artists
January 31st, 2010 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANILondon, January 31 (ANI): Acclaimed Indian sculptor Anish Kapoor is set to be counted amongst UK’s high rollers with a multi-million-pound fortune.
The gifted artist, who moved from Mumbai to London in the early 1970s, was said to have grossed an estimated 40 million pounds from his art.
The 55-year-old is set to be named in The Sunday Times Rich List as the first specialist sculptor when the 2010 edition comes out, reports Times Online.
The Turner prize-winner, whose work adorn squares from Chicago to Nottingham, will join esteemed artists such as Damien Hirst and Lucian Freud.
Kapoor is presently engaged in the world’s largest commission, a 15-million-pound series of sculptures known as the Tees Valley Giants for towns in England. (ANI)
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