UK govt is castrating art, says Anish Kapoor

Remember the artist Anish Kapoor from his exhibitions inNew Delhi and Mumbai?It doesn't matter if you were impressed or otherwise, but here's why the Turner prize-winning artistis back in the news.

Kapoorhas accused the Tories of having a "castration complex" about the arts, warning that it will take decades to recover from the damage caused by current cuts, reports guardian.co.uk.

"Already they're rolling us back to the situation of the Thatcher years, and that took 15 years for the arts to recover," he said. "I despair of this government, they just don't get it, they just don't understand that citizenship, community spirit, all the things they're talking about, can come from art, can come from a sense of cultural belonging."

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