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Article: Who's fooling who?
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- October 14, 2009
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If it were not for his prodigious fame, would Damien Hirst's
canvases be exhibited at London's hallowed Wallace Collection? Of
course not, says Tom Lubbock, the man simply can't paint
A few quick questions. 1. Are these new paintings, painted by
Damien Hirst himself, any good? No, not at all, they are not worth
looking at. 2. So why are you writing about them at such length?
Because he is very famous. 3. And why has the Wallace Collection
decided to exhibit them? Because he is very famous. 4. And why did
Damien Hirst even paint them in the first place? Because he is very
famous.
Now let me put this at more length. Damien Hirst has painted some
paintings, entirely by hand. So far he has made ...