Anish Kapoor awarded $1 million Genesis Prize 2017, pledges funds to refugee aid

Anish Kapoor received the Genesis Prize 2017 on February 5, an honor Time magazine has called the 'Jewish Nobel Prize.' The British-Indian artist, born to an Iraqi-Jewish mother and Indian father, will donate his $1 million prize money to assist refugees fleeing war and persecution. Kapoor's statement connected Jewish history of persecution and Holocaust to contemporary refugee crises, emphasizing that inheritors of Jewish values should not ignore those in mortal danger who have lost everything. The Guardian reported the award announcement.