The Darkest Color in the World Is Now Owned Exclusively by Artist Anish Kapoor

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A lot of people are asking the question "Can an artist own a color?" today, but rather that asking it philosophically, they're asking it practically and in response to the fact that it artist Anish Kapoor appears to now own a color. That color is vantablack, the world's blackest shade of black.

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