Anish Kapoor and Ai Weiwei Lead Protest Walk in London Amid Art Market Updates
On September 25, 2015, artists Anish Kapoor and Ai Weiwei organized a protest march near the Royal Academy in London, seemingly in solidarity with tube strike drivers. The crowd, wrapped in blankets, moved through neighborhoods like Whitechapel and Forest Gate. In France, Kapoor faces allegations of inciting racial hatred due to his stance on anti-Semitic graffiti on his sculpture at the Chateau de Versailles, which he denies. In the art scene, Frances Stark's work, A Hundred Years From Now You Too Could Have Nothing!, is available for £150 via Art on the Underground, while Lucien Smith's artwork, Seed Packet (Swiss Chard), is expected to sell for $3,000 to $5,000 during Christie's auction from September 25 to October 6.
Key facts
- Anish Kapoor and Ai Weiwei organized a protest walk in London on September 25, 2015.
- The walk started at the Royal Academy and passed through Forest Gate and Whitechapel.
- Kapoor was accused in France of inciting racial hatred over anti-Semitic graffiti on his sculpture at Chateau de Versailles.
- Frances Stark's edition A Hundred Years From Now You Too Could Have Nothing! is priced at £150 and available from Art on the Underground.
- Lucien Smith's Seed Packet (Swiss Chard) is estimated at $3,000-$5,000 in Christie's First Open/Online auction from September 25 to October 6.
- Cecilia Sjoholm's book Doing Aesthetics With Arendt: How to See Things is mentioned in relation to Kapoor.
- Luc Tuymans curated The Gap: Selected Abstract Art from Belgium at Parasol Unit.
- Nina Beier's The Demonstrators (Sinking Bulb) is auctioned on Paddle8 for de Appel Arts Centre and Witte de With Centre for Contemporary Art.
Entities
Artists
- Anish Kapoor
- Ai Weiwei
- Frances Stark
- Cecilia Sjoholm
- Luc Tuymans
- Raoul de Keyser
- Lucien Smith
- Nina Beier
Institutions
- Royal Academy
- Art on the Underground
- Chateau de Versailles
- Parasol Unit
- Serralves Foundation
- Christie's
- Paddle8
- de Appel Arts Centre
- Witte de With Centre for Contemporary Art
Locations
- London
- United Kingdom
- Forest Gate
- Whitechapel
- E7 district
- France
- Versailles
- Belgium
- Knokke