Art 101: The juiciest art war of the 21st century

What happened when one artist helped create the blackest shade of black — and decided nobody else could use it. In this edition of Art 101: Anish Kapoor, Stuart Semple, and the battle over who gets to use Vantablack.

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Artworks featured in this video (in order of appearance) :
46s. - Broadway Boogie Woogie by Piet Mondrian (1942)
51s. - AIDS by General Idea (1988)
56s. - Lake and Mountains by Lawren Harris (1928)
59s. - Autumn Foliage against Grey Rock by Franklin Carmichael (1920)
1m 21s. - Cloud Gate by Anish Kapoor (2006)
1m 47s. - Leviathan by Anish Kapoor (2011)
1m 54s. - Shooting into the Corner by Anish Kapoor (2008-2009)
2m 4s. - Sectional body preparing for Monadic Singularity by Anish Kapoor (2015)
6m 9s. - Lady Gaga ARTPOP by Jeff Koons (2013)
6m 13s. - End of a Century by Damien Hirst (2020)
6m 15s. - Eroded Delorean by Daniel Arsham (2018)
6m 27s. - Gathering Clouds I-IV by Anish Kapoor (2014)

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