{{Short description|Series of mirror sculptures by Anish Kapoor}} {{Italic title}} {{Use British English|date=October 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} [[File:Anish Kapoor Sky Mirror Bangkok 2020.jpg|thumb|''Sky Mirror'', this one commissioned in 2015, on a temporary exhibition in 2020 at Wat Arun, Bangkok]] thumb|The original ''Sky Mirror'' in Wellington Circus, Nottingham, outside the Nottingham Playhouse theatre. '''''Sky Mirror''''' is a public sculpture by artist Anish Kapoor.<ref name="BBQ">{{Cite magazine|last1=Young|first1=Emma|title=Barbecue wings|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn495-barbecue-wings/|accessdate=28 October 2018|magazine=New Scientist|archive-date=28 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028230007/https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn495-barbecue-wings/|url-status=live}}</ref> Commissioned by the Nottingham Playhouse, it is installed outside the theatre in Wellington Circus, Nottingham, England.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Nanrah |first=Gurjeet |date=2021-07-03 |title=The 6-metre wide mirror sculpture displayed the city for 20 years |url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/20-years-on-unique-nottingham-5603061 |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=Nottinghamshire Live |language=en}}</ref> ''Sky Mirror'' is a {{Convert|6|metre|foot|adj=mid|-wide}}-wide concave dish of polished stainless steel weighing {{Convert|10|tonne|long ton}} and angled up towards the sky. Its surface reflects the ever-changing environment.<ref name=":0" />
==Original version== It took six years from the initial idea for a major new piece of public art to the unveiling of ''Sky Mirror'' on 27 April 2001, and cost {{Inflation|UK|921,000|2001|end_year=2023|r=-3|fmt=eq|orig=yes|cursign=£}}.<ref name="BBQ"/><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=2001-04-27 |title=Fire-starting sculpture unveiled |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1300341.stm |access-date=2024-12-20 |language=en-GB}}</ref> At the time, it was the largest National Lottery grant to any single artwork.<ref name=":1" /> It was manufactured in Finland.<ref name=":0" />
In autumn 2007 the Nottingham Playhouse ''Sky Mirror'' was voted Pride of Place in a poll to find Nottingham's favourite landmark.<ref>{{Cite web |last=BBC |title=Art captures city's heart |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/content/articles/2007/12/08/sky_mirror_favourite_nottingham_landmark_feature.shtml |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en-gb}}</ref> In 2009, ''Sky Mirror'' was installed in Brighton's Pavilion Gardens for the Brighton Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kapoor |first=Anish |title=Anish Kapoor: Sky Mirror |url=https://anishkapoor.com/274/sky-mirror-2 |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=anishkapoor.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>
From 28 September 2010, ''Sky Mirror'' and three other Kapoor sculptures were exhibited in Kensington Gardens, London.<ref name = "EoAKSOIKG" > {{cite web|url=http://www.demotix.com/news/457867/exhibition-anish-kapoor-sculptures-opens-kensington-gardens|title=Exhibition of Anish Kapoor's sculptures opens in Kensington Gardens|publisher=Demotix|accessdate=28 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721174833/http://www.demotix.com/news/457867/exhibition-anish-kapoors-sculptures-opens-kensington-gardens|archive-date=21 July 2011|url-status=dead}} </ref> The open-air exhibition was titled ''Turning the World Upside Down'' and it ran until 13 March 2011. It was accessible from 6 a.m. until dusk.<ref name="AKTTWUD">{{cite web|url=http://www.demotix.com/news/473544/anish-kapoor-turning-world-upside-down|title=Anish Kapoor Turning the World Upside Down|publisher=Demotix|access-date=28 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721174913/http://www.demotix.com/news/473544/anish-kapoor-turning-world-upside-down|archive-date=21 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kapoor said that Kensington Gardens was "the best site in London for a piece of art, probably in the world". The location of ''Sky Mirror'' was previously occupied by a sculpture by Henry Moore – a work that was donated by the artist, but had been removed for conservation in 1996.<ref name = "ITLoAKSMTC" >{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/8030914/Its-the-location-of-Anish-Kapoors-Sky-Mirror-that-counts.html|title=It's the location of Anish Kapoor's 'Sky Mirror' that counts|first=Martin|last=Gayford|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=28 September 2010|access-date=28 October 2010|archive-date=26 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101026022605/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/8030914/Its-the-location-of-Anish-Kapoors-Sky-Mirror-that-counts.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Kapoor's sculptures were guarded round-the-clock at a cost estimated to be £120,000 paid for by the Royal Parks Agency.<ref name="AKPBSiLfSMS">{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/reflecting-badly-public-pays-for-guards-on-anish-kapoor-mirrors-6521902.html|title=Reflecting badly: Public pays for guards on Anish Kapoor mirrors|author=Ross Lydall|work=Evening Standard|location=London|date=7 October 2010|access-date=28 October 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423220844/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23885543-reflecting-badly-public-pays-for-guards-on-anish-kapoor-mirrors.do|archive-date=23 April 2011}}</ref>
==Other versions== From 20 September to 27 October 2006, a larger version of ''Sky Mirror'' was installed at Rockefeller Center in New York City. It had a {{Convert|35|foot|metre}} diameter, stood three stories tall, and weighed {{Convert|23|long ton|tonne}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/04/arts/design/warhol-death-and-disaster-work-to-be-sold-by-sothebys.html|work=The New York Times|first=Carol|last=Vogel|title=Warhol Death and Disaster Work to Be Sold by Sotheby's|date=3 October 2013|access-date=28 February 2017|archive-date=22 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422193735/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/04/arts/design/warhol-death-and-disaster-work-to-be-sold-by-sothebys.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The convex side faced Fifth Avenue, the concave side the Rockefeller Center courtyard.
Versions of ''Sky Mirror'' also exist in the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mosse |first=Martha |date=2021-04-24 |title=Dream Anish Kapoor |url=https://thewickculture.com/dream-and-discover-anish-kapoor/ |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=The Wick Culture |language=en-GB}}</ref> in front of the Casino de Monte-Carlo in Monaco,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Calendar |first=Event |date=2017-06-22 |title=Monuments in Monaco: Sculptures Near Monte-Carlo Casino |url=https://www.hellomonaco.com/leisure-entertainment/museums-parks/sculptures-of-monaco-a-walk-at-the-place-of-casino/ |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=HelloMonaco |language=en-US}}</ref> and in the Serralves Museum in Porto, Portugal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sky Mirror |url=https://www.lissongallery.com/artists/anish-kapoor/artworks/sky-mirror?image_id=15375 |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=Lisson Gallery |language=en}}</ref> The De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art in Tilburg, the Netherlands has a rectangular (650 cm by 250 cm) version. There is a version at the Dallas Cowboys Art Collection at AT&T Stadium.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sky Mirror (2006) {{!}} AT&T Stadium |url=https://attstadium.com/artwork/sky-mirror-2006/ |access-date=2024-12-20 |language=en-US}}</ref> Singapore's Marina Bay Sands has a {{Convert|2.9|m|ft|adj=mid|-wide}}-wide version.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Art Installations at the Marina Bay Sands Art Path |url=https://www.marinabaysands.com/guides/exceptional-experiences/marina-bay-sands-art-path.html |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=www.marinabaysands.com |language=en}}</ref> A {{Convert|5|m|ft|-wide|adj=mid}}-wide version was exhibited at Houghton Hall in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Major exhibition by Anish Kapoor opens at Houghton Hall |url=https://www.lissongallery.com/news/major-exhibition-by-anish-kapoor-opens-at-houghton-hall |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=Lisson Gallery |language=en}}</ref>
== Gallery == <gallery> File:Sky Mirror, Nottingham.jpg|''Sky Mirror'' (original), Nottingham File:Sky Mirror, Kensington Gardens (cropped).JPG|''Sky Mirror'' (original), Kensington Gardens, London Image:SkyMirror NYC.jpg|''Sky Mirror'' (version), New York, as seen from Rockefeller Center File:Sky Mirror at Serralves (2).jpg|''Sky Mirror'' (version), Serralves, Porto, Portugal </gallery>
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==External links== {{Commons category|Sky Mirror (Kapoor)|Sky Mirror}} *[http://www.anishkapoor.com/273/Sky-Mirror.html Anish Kapoor official website] *[http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/about-us/sky-mirror/ ''Sky Mirror'' website] *[https://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/360/views/sky_mirror.shtml Images of the ''Sky Mirror'' and Wellington Circus from BBC Nottingham] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20061015190529/http://www.publicartfund.org/pafweb/projects/06/kapoor/kapoor-06.html ''Sky Mirror'', New York] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100615142348/http://hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/00/hm0_4_384.html The State Heritage Museum, St. Petersburg]
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