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LONDON: Indian-origin sculptor Anish Kapoor has been honoured with knighthood, one of the highest honours in Britain, by Queen Elizabeth II in her birthday honours list 2013 for services to visual arts.
Regarded as one of the most influential and pioneering sculptors of his generation, 59-year-old Kapoor is famous for his monumental public sculptures and for his enigmatic sculptural forms which have been exhibited all over the world.
He became the first living British artist of Indian origin to take over the Royal Academy in 2009.
A Turner Prize winner, Kapoor has twice won the Premio Duemilia at the Venice Biennale and has since received many other international honours.
Twenty-four others of Indian-origin have been chosen for honours including Jasvinder Sanghera, founder, Karma Nirvana, for services to victims of forced marriage and honour-based violence. She is made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
UK queen knights Anish Kapoor - The Times of India
Regarded as one of the most influential and pioneering sculptors of his generation, 59-year-old Kapoor is famous for his monumental public sculptures and for his enigmatic sculptural forms which have been exhibited all over the world.
He became the first living British artist of Indian origin to take over the Royal Academy in 2009.
A Turner Prize winner, Kapoor has twice won the Premio Duemilia at the Venice Biennale and has since received many other international honours.
Twenty-four others of Indian-origin have been chosen for honours including Jasvinder Sanghera, founder, Karma Nirvana, for services to victims of forced marriage and honour-based violence. She is made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
UK queen knights Anish Kapoor - The Times of India
