Leading international artist Anish Kapoor exhibits work in Delhi

The first-ever exhibition of Anish Kapoor in India has opened at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi. Each display focuses on a different strand of the artist's practice and together forms one of the largest and most ambitious exhibitions of the artist's work ever to be shown. The exhibition at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, opened by Sonia Gandhi, spans the full breadth of his career, from early pigment pieces to recent polished steel works, including a huge outdoor sky mirror. Also included is a full survey of Kapoor's architectural models.

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