Behold the New Vantablack 2.0, the Art Material So Black It Eats Lasers and Flattens Reality
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You won't believe these new photos of an updated Vantablack, the blackest substance known to man, and a favorite of Anish Kapoor.
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The World's BLACKEST Paint? - The Black Market
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Anish Kapoor Is the Only Artist Who Can Use Vantablack, but Anyone
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The Current State Of The Black Market: You Can't Buy Vantablack
A window into the void: This is Vantablack, the darkest black ever
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Vantablack swallows everything it's painted on - CNET
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The Vantablack Controversy: Anish Kapoor vs. Stuart Semple
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Sharing the worlds flattest, mattest, blackest, art material
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Behold the New Vantablack 2.0, the Art Material So Black It Eats
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Art Fight! The Pinkest Pink Versus the Blackest Black
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