Anish Kapoor in Brighton




Royal Academy of Arts (archive) show

Summary: In May 2009, over 80,000 people visited the six Anish Kapoor works that were displayed throughout Brighton during his Artistic Directorship of its annual arts festival. Andrew Comben, Chief Executive of the Brighton Festival, and Andrea Rose, British Council, reflect upon Kapoor's Artistic Directorship of the 2009 Brighton Festival, his site-specific works, and the ways in which the sculptures negotiated Brighton's histories, meanings and culture