Mastodawn

One can also use this attitude for licensing work 💡

> *Note: By adding this product to your cart you confirm that you are not Anish Kapoor, you are in no way affiliated to Anish Kapoor, you are not purchasing this item on behalf of Anish Kapoor or an associate of Anish Kapoor. To the best of your knowledge, information and belief this paint will not make its way into that hands of Anish Kapoor.

https://culturehustle.com/products/pink-50g-powdered-paint-by-stuart-semple

#stuartsemple #pinkestpink #blackestblack

*THE WORLD'S PINKEST PINK - 50g powdered paint by Stuart Semple

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JdeBP Apr 7

@Tristananthony

Having seen the #TomScott video on #StuartSemple's pink years ago, I'm always curious nowadays as to how well the camera captures the actual pink.

#pink #peonies #RGB

Art | Stories Jan 23

Fünf Fun Facts aus der Welt der Kunst

Fünf Fun Facts: Kurioses aus der Welt der Kunst von Leonardo da Vinci bis Anish Kapoor

https://little-arthistories.com/2026/fuenf-fun-facts-aus-der-welt-der-kunst/

Zorz Studios Aug 14, 2025

#Abode's ambitious #SoftwareDreams have died in a flurry of #controversy https://zorz.it/NDBeg | #JeremyGray #Kickstarter #PhotoEditing #Photoshop #StuartSemple #ProjectsCreator #Murial #news

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Silver Arrows Aug 7, 2025

Here's the Trustpilot page:

https://www.trustpilot.com/review/culturehustleusa.com?stars=1

All 1 and 2 star reviews.

For the main Culture Hustle website, look at this review in particular. This is the sob story one I mentioned earlier:

https://www.trustpilot.com/reviews/685ee6410a4a906efd85b8fb

Text:
Hi colin
This is the message I hoped I’d never have to write.
You placed an order with Culture Hustle. You trusted us to deliver the best paint ever. And we haven’t sent it.
I’m so sorry.
The truth is: we’ve hit a few bumps over here in the studio.
Between rising costs, a few critical delays, and mistakes we hold our hands up to, our small studio’s shipping operation came to a standstill. Orders have been stuck. Support messages have gone unanswered. We haven’t communicated, and that’s the worst part.
Here’s what I can tell you:
When will I get my paint?
Our fulfilment backlog is massive. BUT it’s now moving.
Realistically, if you’re in the USA your order will ship within 3 weeks.
If you’re anywhere else in the world it will leave us within 2 weeks.
We’re working flat-out behind the scenes, assembling help and hand-packing what we can.
If you’ve emailed us: we will reply, but it may take up to 3 weeks to reach your message. We’re deeply sorry for the silence.
Can I get a refund?
Right now, we’re not able to process refunds. The funds from your order have gone into raw materials, making your paint, studio rent, and trying to get this little ship back on course.
We’re not walking away, we’re rebuilding. And I promise you’ll receive what you ordered.
Why are you telling me this?
Because you deserve the truth.
Because you believed in us.
Because this isn’t just a shop, it’s a living, messy, all-heart art project.
And sometimes, in the life of an artist, it all falls apart before it comes back stronger.
If you stick with us, we’ll make it right.
We’ll ship every last order. We’ll send you something extra in that box. And we’ll never forget who stayed.
From the bottom of my heart,
Thank you for your patience.
Thank you for your belief.
With love,
Stuart
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Is this a genuine email from him? Has anyone else received this and can confirm it's genuine? Excuse me, but you can't deny refunds for products that have not been delivered, I don't care if you invested it into something else. What the actual hell is with this guy? I'd hope he's paying his solicitor well, but from what I've learnt about him today, he probably doesn't pay them at all.

#StuartSemple #CultureHustleIsAScam #CultureHustle

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Silver Arrows Aug 7, 2025

Sorry to link to the bad site, but wow, this guy is a first rate douchebag:

https://old.reddit.com/r/culturehustle/comments/1mj9dz6/a_message_from_the_photopop_abode_developer/

Lots of people wondering where their "unused credit" came from too.

#StuartSemple #CultureHustle

Silver Arrows Aug 7, 2025

Why have I got two separate "unused credit" emails at different addresses from #CultureHustle USA? I only every ordered from the UK site about 5 years ago. Now I supposedly have $19.43 unused credit?

Looking into it, it seems Culture Hustle has become quite dodgy. I've got to hand it to #StuartSemple though. His dramatic feud with Anish Kapoor was marketing gold. I fell for it.

His story was that Kapoor was a big meanie who bought exclusive rights to Vantablack so no other artists could use it. The truth is that it's not even an art material, it's for applications, like telescope tubes, where you don't want reflected light interference, and is subject to export restrictions in the UK. It's hazardous and also can cause things to overheat. Surrey Nanosystems, the maker, licensed it to Kapoor for marketing. It's not an artists' paint!

So Semple apparently manufactured this narrative that Kapoor is a big selfish meanie who won't let anyone else use this special paint and it worked in that he got a lot of people talking about him and his substitute blackest black paints.

I found out about it via Tom Scott's video about it featuring the Pinkest Pink. He made out like it's some amazing thing you've never seen before and you really need to see it in person to appreciate it.

I bought the LIT Paint after seeing in an the Action Lab channel. I am impressed by how well it glows. But I've just seen reviews saying it's actually kinda crap, because there are other glow pigments that glow just as strongly, but don't need the 4-5 coats that LIT does to get a uniform glow.

https://blog.outtolunch.me.uk/2020/01/05/i-finally-bought-lit-paint/

I did buy a jar of the Pinkest Pink when I bought more LIT, and it's just regular fluorescent pink. There's nothing special about it. I've seen way more retina burning fluorescents than that. It's just a big grift.

Couple that with Semple cyberbullying a critic, reports of him treating staff badly, launching some dodgy kickstarters and NFTs and the plethora of 1 star reviews on Trustpilot (orders not arriving and some people getting his sob stories to try to stop them claiming a refund), I definitely will not be going back to them when I need to top up my #glow pigments.

And unlike Semple, who couldn't even tell me if you can mix LIT with fabric medium (you can, and you'd think he'd know that), it says right there you can use it with any water based medium and it's right there in the link!

You can keep your $19.43 unused credit, ya grifter.

#art #artists #grifters