Kapoor’s bottomless whirlpool: a sublime spectacle from the magician of modern art

I used to think Anish Kapoor was just another contemporary artist with nothing to say – but his latest installation shows just how daring he really is

A pool of dark water swirls in a terrifying spiral, never stopping, never emitting light. It looks black and bottomless. It is the whirlpool to end all whirlpools – a spooky mixture of the vortex that sucked down the Pequod and an illustration from Stephen Hawking’s latest work on black holes. Yet this awe-inspiring phenomenon is an exhibit in an art gallery – the latest sublime spectacle from Anish Kapoor.

What will this dazzling artist think of next? British fans will find out in late March when his next exhibition opens at Lisson Gallery, in London. Meanwhile his black whirlpool, Descension, is being shown at India’s Kochi-Muziris biennale, fenced off from anyone who fancies a trip to another dimension.

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