Anish Kapoor Cancels Beijing Exhibition To Protest Ai Weiwei’s Detention

“Anish Kapoor has cancelled plans to present his sculptures at the National Museum of China in Beijing, in protest against the continuing detention of Ai Weiwei. He had been asked by the British Council to consider a show at the newly renovated museum in Tiananmen Square as part the ‘UK Now’ festival in China late next year.”