Ewww!! Is that art? Damien Hirst at the Tate in London

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People view a fly-covered cow's head, part of an artwork by Damien Hirst entitled 'A Thousand Years' in the Tate Modern art gallery on April 2, 2012 in London, England. The Tate Modern is displaying the first major exhibition of Damien Hirst's artworks in the UK, bringing together the collection over 70 of Hirst's works spanning three decades.

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Live butterflies sit in a bowl of fruit in an installation 'In and Out of Love' by Damien Hirst in the Tate Modern art gallery on April 2, in London, England. The Tate Modern is displaying the first major exhibition of Damien Hirst's artworks in the UK, bringing together the collection over 70 of Hirst's works spanning three decades. The exhibition opens to the general public on April 4, 2012 and runs until September 9, 2012.

 Damien Hirst has yet again pushed the limits of taste in the name of art. Click here for a recent interview with Hirst, one of the most divisive figures in the art world today.

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Art critic Julian Spalding said in the Independent that Hirst's works "have no artistic content and are worthless as works of art

Read the review of the Hirst's Tate show in The Guardian

 

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No it is not art. It is a small child's cry for attention.

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Reply#1 - Mon Apr 2, 2012 10:36 AM EDT

You don't really have the right to say it's not art now do you? So long as someone considers it art, then it is art. I doubt you've even seen the above piece anyway.

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