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More Damien Hirst Bollocks: The Hype, the Diamonds, and the Dead Things

Damien Hirst, the enfant terrible of the art world, the man who turned dead animals into million-dollar spectacles and placed a skull encrusted with diamonds at the pinnacle of contemporary art. Critics call him a genius; others see him as the ultimate conman. But one thing’s for sure: Hirst has built an empire of bollocks as big and brash as his installations.

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