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Explanation for the people out of the loop:

Anish Kapoor has secured the exclusive rights to Vantablack in Art, meaning other artists are not allowed to use it.

He was critizised heavily by painter Stuart Semple, who told Kapoor to #ShareTheBlack. Semple in turn created the “world’s pinkest pink,” alongside the “world’s most glittering glitter.” And the license for those state that both can be purchased by anyone in the world, except Anish Kapoor.

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wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Stuart Semple also developed a comparably “black” black to Vantablack, that is arguably darker and better suited for art use.

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- DarkSirrush@piefed.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Isn’t it also 100x safer to use than vantaback?
  
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  - Pat_Riot@lemmy.today ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Vantablack isn’t even really a pigment. It’s a carbon nanotube structure that is suited to telescope interiors.
    
    Stuart Semple’s Culture Hustle’s Black2.0 and Black 3.0 are both fantastic paints. He doesn’t half step, his pink is fucking ridiculous. His glow pigments are intense and easy to use. His chrome isn’t just silver paint, it’s like actually chrome-like.
    
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  - Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Vantablack is applied via spraying it on at some 200 degrees C, then putting the object in a vacuum to let the nanotubes align.
    
    Its not really a paint.
    
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  - shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I have both versions of Semple’s black. Paint brush works fine. You need a lab to apply Vantablack.
    
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- krooklochurm@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Is he the guy that owns culture hustle?
  
  I ordered $270 worth of pigments from them and they never shipped them. I followed up five times over four months and I got emails back saying they’d look into what was going on and I never found out what was goin on. I never got a shipping label. Never got confirmation the order was sent. They stopped replying to my emails eventually (I was polite, for the record).
  
  I finally ended up filing a dispute with my credit card company.
  
  Never in my life have I dealt with such a kafkaesque process.
  
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- shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I bought both versions of his “black” and they’re great. #1 is blacker by far, harder to apply though.
  
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Gonzako@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I’ll be honest, that does just sound like licensing a color. I wanna call dibs on blue

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- AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Sorry, but Yves Klein beat you to it by some 65 years.
  
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  - PunnyName@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    That is a sexy blue!
    
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