Financial Times Interviews Anish Kapoor Ahead of Hayward Gallery Exhibition
Anish Kapoor discussed his upcoming exhibition at London’s Hayward Gallery in a Financial Times interview published on 9 June 2026. The 72-year-old artist described a large crimson mountain installation titled “Mount Moriah at the Gate of the Ghetto” (2022) that will hang from the ceiling with its peak near the floor, originally shown at Palazzo Manfrin in Venice. Assistants in his Camberwell studio are assembling the work, which Kapoor may title “Ha Makom” in Hebrew, referencing place and God in the Kabbalah. The piece connects to themes of sacrifice and the biblical site of Mount Moriah.
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Kapoor linked the installation to personal history, including a childhood breakdown on a kibbutz in Israel and his mother’s ritual of placing earth from India under his bed. He compared artistic transformation to Jackson Pollock’s shift from floor to wall, turning material into cosmic diagrams. The Hayward show will feature Kapoor’s signature steel, black and red sculptures that alter viewers’ perception of space.
- Artists: Anish Kapoor
- Galleries: Hayward Gallery, Lisson Gallery
- Locations: London
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