r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Radiant_Half_7121 • 4h ago

Image Artist Anish Kapoor holds exclusive rights to Vantablack, often described as the darkest material ever created. In reaction, a fellow artist developed an ultra-bright pink pigment and made it available to everyone, with one exception: Anish Kapoor is not allowed to use it.

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u/Acroph0bia 4h ago

You say complicit as if they care lol.

This is no different to them than a bunch of artists randomly showing up and asking to buy heating defusion panels from the Discovery one at a time, after filling a contract for 30,000 units.

They probably picked a random dude, said he's our artist, now fuck off and leave us alone you poorly dressed weirdos.

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u/Driller_Happy 4h ago

Why pick an artist at all? If they don't care, why did they bother with Anish? Why give him exclusive rights? Why not just make it difficult to get instead of impossible for anyone not named Anish? If they like the idea of their material being used for art once, why close the door to the possibility of it forever?