Creation, destruction, sensation Damien Hirst’s burning desire to destroy art worth £10m | Curio

Creation, destruction, sensation Damien Hirst’s burning desire to destroy art worth £10m

10 mins | Oct 5, 2022

What happens when art is money and money makes art? Notorious British artist Damien Hirst's latest event, "The Currency", has already got the art world talking as he plans to set light to his artworks from his first NFT collection, worth £10m. But Vanessa Thorpe questions whether the expensive stunt combining NFTs and creativity could give contemporary art a bad name.

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