Anish Kapoor's art using Vantablack will go on display to the public for the first time at next year's Venice Biennale. More about Anish Kapoor to reveal first Vantablack artwork at Venice Biennale 2021
MIT engineers have created a blackest black coating from carbon nanotubes that is reportedly 10 times darker than any material created before, including Vantablack. More about MIT creates blackest black that is darker than Vantablack
BMW has released a Vantablack version of its X6 coupe, which has been spray-painted with "the world's blackest black" pigment that absorbs over 99 per cent of light. More about BMW unveils "blackest black" car sprayed with Vantablack
Stuart Semple has released the "flattest, mattest, black acrylic paint in the world" and banned Anish Kapoor from using it, as the latest development in an ongoing feud between the two British artists. More about Black 3.0 is a "black hole in a bottle" that challenges Anish Kapoor's Vantablack pigment
Asif Khan has unveiled a pavilion at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games in South Korea, described as the "darkest building on earth". More about Asif Khan reveals super-dark Vantablack pavilion for Winter Olympics 2018
The latest contender in the fight to create the world's blackest black is a paint originally developed for NASA and now made available to the public. More about Nanolab releases own extremely black paint to rival Anish Kapoor's Vantablack
Artist Stuart Semple has revealed his latest creation in an ongoing colour battle with Anish Kapoor – an "open source" cherry-scented version of the Vantablack pigment exclusively licensed to Kapoor. More about Stuart Semple creates cherry-scented version of Anish Kapoor's Vantablack
Indian-born British artist Anish Kapoor has acquired exclusive rights to the revolutionary Vantablack pigment, said to be the blackest shade of black ever created. More about Anish Kapoor receives exclusive rights to blackest black in the world