Damien Hirst interview 'I thought museums were for dead artists, and I wanted to look forward'
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Quite by accident, Damien Hirst found himself well prepared for lockdown. Last year Britain’s most influential — and richest — artist slimmed down the huge army of staff and hangers-on that had grown up around the creation and sale of his bisected animals, spin and dot paintings and pill cabinets, and embarked alone on a series of 90 cherry blossom paintings in a rented Hammersmith studio.
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