Pickled Sharks and Diamond Skulls: The Art of Damien Hirst

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British artist Damien Hirst opens his first major retrospective in London this week..The Tate Modern gallery will showcase the work of the enfant terrible-turned-multi-millionaire featuring 70 works including classics like “The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living”, a shark suspended in formaldehyde.

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