- Anish Kapoor was born on March 12, 1954 in Bombay, State of Bombay, India. He is known for Lost Paradise: A Smart Talk (2016), Timelapses de 5 oeuvres d'Anish Kapoor (2011) and Constructing Anish Kapoor's Orbit: Time-Lapse Film (2012). He has been married to Susanne Spicale since 1995. They have two children.
- SpouseSusanne Spicale(1995 - present) (2 children)
- He allegedly declined a British honor for his services to arts.
- He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to Art.
- He was awarded the Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to the Visual Arts. He is a sculptor.
- London, England: Sculptor
- Camden Town, London, England
- When I first came to London you had to go to a specialist shop to buy olive oil.
- I have artist friends who can't paint a nude picture and show it in India because it offends Hindu values. What crap is this?
- We live in cities where every other object has phallic implications. The moment someone said my work looked like female genitalia, it became a site for abuse. What does that say of us culturally? The first time it was scrawled with anti-Semitic graffiti, I cleaned it off. The second time I decided to make the graffiti part of the work.
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