Kapoor Named To Tate Board

Sculptor Anish Kapoor has been chosen to replace Chris Ofili as one of three working artists on the Tate board of directors. “He fills a vacancy created when Ofili – whose Upper Room was controversially purchased by the Tate in March – came to the scheduled end of his reign there last month. The Prime Minister, Tony Blair, who is in charge of re-appointments, is believed to have chosen Kapoor from a shortlist of two given to him earlier in the year.”