''Sky Mirror'' is a public sculpture by artist

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. Commissioned by the Nottingham Playhouse, it is installed outside the theatre in Wellington Circus,

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, England. ''Sky Mirror'' is a -wide

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dish of polished stainless steel weighing and angled up towards the sky. Its surface reflects the ever-changing environment. 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 £900,000. At the time, it was the most expensive piece of civic art funded by the National Lottery. It was manufactured in

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. In autumn 2007 the Nottingham Playhouse ''Sky Mirror'' was voted Pride of Place in a poll to find Nottingham's favourite landmark. More recently, ''Sky Mirror'' has been installed in Brighton's Pavilion Gardens for the

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. From 19 September to 27 October 2006, a larger version of ''Sky Mirror'' was installed at

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in New York City. It had a diameter, stood three stories tall, and weighed . The convex side faced Fifth Avenue, the concave side the Rockefeller Center courtyard. Versions of ''Sky Mirror'' also exist in the

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, in front of the Casino de Monte-Carlo in

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, in the Serralves Museum in Porto, Portugal and in the

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, the

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. From 28 September 2010, ''Sky Mirror'' and three other Kapoor sculptures were exhibited in Kensington Gardens, London. 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. 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. Kapoor's sculptures are guarded round-the-clock at a cost estimated to be £120,000 paid for by the Royal Parks Agency. ''Sky Mirror''s permanent installation is at

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Art Collection at AT&T Stadium.

Gallery

File:Sky Mirror, Nottingham.jpg, ''Sky Mirror'', Nottingham File:Sky Mirror, Kensington Gardens (cropped).JPG, ''Sky Mirror'', Kensington Gardens, London Image:SkyMirror NYC.jpg, ''Sky Mirror'', New York, as seen from Rockefeller Center

References

External links

Anish Kapoor official website''Sky Mirror'' websiteImages of the ''Sky Mirror'' and Wellington Circus from BBC Nottingham
{{Anish Kapoor Tourist attractions in Nottingham Sculptures by Anish Kapoor 2001 sculptures Parabolas Mirrors in art