Anish Kapoor the 55 year old Indian sculptor who has resided in London since the early 1970’s and is a Royal Academician, CBE and supporter of the British Humanist Association has lashed out at the British conservative government cuts to the arts. Kapoor a Turner prize winning artist has accused the government of neo-rightwing policies in rolling back arts funding to the Thatcher years, warning the damage will take decades to recover. Arts funding in the past has enabled many of today’s high profile British artists to emerge internationally including Lucian Freud, Tracey Emin, Antony Gormley and Francis Bacon. Kapoor is angry that young artists today will not have the same support from public institutions that he received. Inspired by Coline Milliard ht.ly/4pG6K image source team art in berlin ow.ly/4uckt This government, they just don’t get it (April 8 2011)

Anish Kapoor the 55 year old Indian sculptor who has resided in London since the early 1970’s and is a Royal Academician, CBE and supporter of the British Humanist Association has lashed out at the British conservative government cuts to the arts. Kapoor a Turner prize winning artist has accused the government of neo-rightwing policies in rolling back arts funding to the Thatcher years, warning the damage will take decades to recover. Arts funding in the past has enabled many of today’s high profile British artists to emerge internationally including Lucian Freud, Tracey Emin, Antony Gormley and Francis Bacon. Kapoor is angry that young artists today will not have the same support from public institutions that he received.

 

Inspired by Coline Milliard ht.ly/4pG6K image source team art in berlin ow.ly/4uckt