Damien Hirst - Alain Elkann Interviews

Cherry Blossoms in Paris. Damien Hirst discusses his career and the new paintings on beauty, life and death that he plans to exhibit at Fondation Cartier.

CHERRY BLOSSOMS IN PARIS. Damien Hirst talks about his life and the new paintings on beauty, life and death that he plans to exhibit at Fondation Cartier. This interview with Damien Hirst is also available to listen to as a podcast and on YouTube. Damien Hirst, there are four artists that stand out as influences in your life and work: Marcel Duchamp, Pablo Picasso, Francis Bacon and Jeff Koons. You could put Chaim Soutine and de Kooning with Bacon, that very fleshy way of painting. Goya as well, before Bacon. And I suppose Warhol with Koons, together. Do you like the simplicity of…

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