'Anish Kapoor: Earth Sky on Red Ground' at SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA, USA

8 January 2026

From 9 February – 7 June 2026, SCAD Museum of Art presents 'Anish Kapoor: Earth Sky on Red Ground'. Featuring 15 works ranging from 2012 to 2022, 'Earth Sky on Red Ground' is the first museum exhibition in the U.S. devoted entirely to the painting practice of Anish Kapoor, an eminent artist recognized for his peerless international renown.

His iconic sculptures in a diverse spectrum of materials often confound the viewer’s perception. Yet Kapoor’s paintings simultaneously emphasize the viscerality of our physical existence and the metaphysical inner worlds we share. The artist has intrepidly accomplished this feat with his expressive technique, characterized by sensuous brushwork and an immersive scale that envelops the viewer in the works’ powerful traction. Kapoor’s canvases feature abstract forms with a forceful gestural boldness that is deftly achieved in thickly impastoed oil paint. The works’ timeless titles convey an almost ritualistic dialogue with the long arc of the medium and our collective history. The immediacy of Kapoor’s approach to painting animates this integral part of his practice, demonstrating its centrality to the truly incomparable creative outpouring of a contemporary master.

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Image: Anish Kapoor, Combusted Self, 2020, Oil on Canvas, 244 x 305 x 20 cm, 96 1/8 x 120 1/8 x 7 7/8 in © Anish Kapoor. Courtesy Lisson Gallery