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Anish Kapoor

1954 - Today

Anish Kapoor

Sir Anish Mikhail Kapoor (born 12 March 1954) is a British sculptor specializing in installation art and conceptual art. Born in Mumbai, Kapoor attended the elite all-boys Indian boarding school The Doon School, before moving to the United Kingdom to begin his art training at Hornsey College of Art and, later, Chelsea School of Art and Design. His notable public sculptures include Cloud Gate, also known as "The Bean" (2006) in Chicago's Millennium Park; Sky Mirror, exhibited at the Rockefeller Center in New York City in 2006 and Kensington Gardens in London in 2010; Temenos, at Middlehaven, Middlesbrough; Leviathan, at the Grand Palais in Paris in 2011; and ArcelorMittal Orbit, commissioned as a permanent artwork for London's Olympic Park and completed in 2012. In 2017, Kapoor designed the statuette for the 2018 Brit Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anish Kapoor is the 145th most popular sculptor (down from 121st in 2019), the 429th most popular biography from India (down from 336th in 2019) and the most popular Indian Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Anish Kapoor ranks 145 out of 258. Before him are Bartolomeo Bon, Olafur Eliasson, Dan Flavin, Clara Westhoff, Chana Orloff, and Robert Morris. After him are George Minne, Auguste Clésinger, Anna Coleman Ladd, Tony Cragg, Augustin-Alexandre Dumont, and Eduardo Paolozzi.

Most Popular Sculptors in Wikipedia

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Bartolomeo Bon
1407 - 1464
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 139
Olafur Eliasson
1967 - Present
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 140
Dan Flavin
1933 - 1996
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 141
Clara Westhoff
1878 - 1954
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 142
Chana Orloff
1888 - 1968
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 143
Robert Morris
1931 - 2018
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 144
Anish Kapoor
1954 - Present
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 145
George Minne
1866 - 1941
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 146
Auguste Clésinger
1814 - 1883
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 147
Anna Coleman Ladd
1878 - 1939
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 148
Tony Cragg
1949 - Present
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 149
Augustin-Alexandre Dumont
1801 - 1884
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 150
Eduardo Paolozzi
1924 - 2005
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 151

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Anish Kapoor ranks 205. Before him are George Church, Carlos Agostinho do Rosário, Ahmed Dogan, Gabi Ashkenazi, Dennis Haysbert, and Joseph Ngute. After him are Murat Karayılan, Steve Smith, Ingrid Daubechies, Alice, Juanito, and Kathleen Quinlan.

Others Born in 1954

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George Church
CHEMIST
1954 - Present
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 199
Carlos Agostinho do Rosário
POLITICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 200
Ahmed Dogan
POLITICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 201
Gabi Ashkenazi
POLITICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 202
Dennis Haysbert
ACTOR
1954 - Present
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 203
Joseph Ngute
POLITICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 204
Anish Kapoor
SCULPTOR
1954 - Present
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 205
Murat Karayılan
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1954 - 2023
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 206
Steve Smith
MUSICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 207
Ingrid Daubechies
MATHEMATICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 208
Alice
MUSICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 209
Juanito
SOCCER PLAYER
1954 - 1992
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 210
Kathleen Quinlan
ACTOR
1954 - Present
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 211