Anish Kapoor

Serlachius Manor

27.06.2026

—04.04.2027

EXHIBITIONAnish Kapoor, one of the world’s leading contemporary artists, evokes eternal questions with a monumental new sculpture, non-objects and paintings to be exhibited at Serlachius.

Kapoor is renowned for his bold, sensual sculptures that hold a dynamic relationship with the viewer in the spaces they inhabit and create. Often using scale as a tool, his works are both intimate and architectural in their reach.

Utilising an ever-growing lexicon of materials, his art can be eye-catchingly beautiful, rough in its physicality, or almost immaterial and seemingly untouched in its formation.

Kapoor explores the borderland between our inner world and external reality. He makes skilful use of visual archetypes and metaphysical opposites, the eternal questions of being and non-being, destruction and birth.

Kapoor’s exhibition unfolds across several galleries at Serlachius Manor. The exhibition is curated by Timo Valjakka. 

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Anish Kapoor’s Ancestor was created especially for the newly opened exhibition at Serlachius and is now receiving its world premiere. As the work is newly completed, the scent of the polyester resin used in its composite structures may still be perceptible in the gallery. 

The noticeable odour is expected to dissipate within 2–3 weeks of the opening. The museum has increased ventilation in the space to maximise the intake of fresh air and reduce the odour. 

Visitors who may be sensitive to odours are kindly asked to take this into consideration when planning their visit. 

Anish Kapoor. Photo: George Darrell

Anish Kapoor

Anish Kapoor was born in 1954 in Mumbai (formerly Bombay) and moved to London at the age of 18, where he initially studied art at Hornsey College of Art and then at Chelsea School of Art and Design.

Kapoor gained worldwide fame in the early 1990s. He represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 1990 and was awarded the Premio Duemila for Best Young Artist. The following year, he won the Turner Prize, considered Britain’s most important art award. 

His works are regularly shown in major art museums around the world and have been acquired for the collections of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, the Guggenheim, Tate Modern, and more.

Anish Kapoor was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2013 in recognition of his contribution to the arts.

Anish Kapoor, Ancestor, 2026, mixed media, ⓒ Anish Kapoor. All rights reserved, DACS/Kuvasto 2026. Photo: Jussi Tiainen