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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

‘This is fascist America’: Anish Kapoor may sue after border agents pose by his sculpture

Border Patrol agents pose for photos next to Anish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate sculpture in Chicago.
Border Patrol agents pose for photos next to Anish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate sculpture in Chicago. Photograph: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago/Reuters

The artist Anish Kapoor is considering taking legal action after border patrol agents posed for a photo in front of his Cloud Gate sculpture in Chicago, saying the scene represented “fascist America”.

The Indian-born artist said he was sent the image by a friend who lives in the US city on Tuesday morning in a conversation about his show at the Southbank Centre’s Hayward Gallery, which will open next year.

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