A-list Chinese actress Zhou Xun poses beside one of Anish Kapoor's artworks on display at the CAFA Art Museum in Beijing for the fashion magazine Vision. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

As such, topics related to Kapoor's China solo on Weibo, China's equivalent to Twitter, have been read over 10 million times, and vlogs and selfies featuring the artist's work have also inundated social media platforms like TikTok and Little Red Book (xiao hong shu).

The Chinese capital has felt the Kapoor craze, just like many other parts of the world.

His giant public sculpture Cloud Gate, fondly dubbed as The Bean, has become one of the iconic sights in Chicago since it was erected in the city's Millennium Park in 2004. Over five billion photos and selfies have so far been taken around or under the sculpture.