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Never Forget
Never Forget
@neverforget@mas.to  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

Happy Black History Month to all who celebrate! Created in 2014, Vantablack is touted as the blackest color in the world, and are capable of absorbing 99.965% of light. The creator, Surrey Nanosystems, gave Anish Kapoor "exclusive artistic rights" to the color. In response, artists Christian Furr and Stuart Semple created "the pinkest pink", and allow everyone except Kapoor to use it. Kapoor later got a pint and used it "illegally". #blackHistory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vantablack#Controversy

Vantablack on aluminum foil. It is a void. A void that stares back at you.
Vantablack on aluminum foil. It is a void. A void that stares back at you.
Vantablack on aluminum foil. It is a void. A void that stares back at you.

Vantablack - Wikipedia

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Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
@rysiek@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@neverforget and then in October 2024 Stewart Semple legally changed his name to… Anish Kapoor:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/stuart-semple-changed-name-anish-kapoor-2560653

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Stuart Semple Has Changed His Name to Anish Kapoor | Artnet News

Stuart Semple is now Anish Kapoor, after a legal name change. Semple has waged war over Kapoor's exclusive artistic rights to Vantablack.
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