hockeyacegrace:

So basically this is the pettiest argument in art that I have ever seen and I love it.

So, Anish Kapoor is a famous artist who got the rights to use Vantablack. The blackest black in the whole world. And he’s the only one who can use it. He refuses to share the rights and flaunts it off.

So, artist Stuart Semple from the UK forbade Kapoor from using the world’s pinkest pink (just named Pink) which he created, in retaliation to Kapoor getting sole rights to the Vantablack. It got to the point where Semple’s website made you actually confirm that you are not Anish Kapoor when buying the pigment for the pink paint.

Eventually, Kapoor posts a picture on his Instagram of his middle finger covered in the bright pink pigment with the little pot of Pink next to his hand. Semple got pissed the hell off. Now, Kapoor is banned from using the world’s glitteriest glitter as well by Semple,

Sometime later, Stuart Semple posted a video of his fingers in a peace sign covered in Vantablack. He somehow got his hands on it. Also, due to recent perfection by Semple out of spite for Kapoor, he perfected the pigments for the world’s yellowest yellow and the world’s greenest green, both of which are- you guessed it- forbidden to be bought and used by Anish Kapoor.

This artist feud has no end in sight and is so petty. I live for it.