1. Brian Sewell On Damien Hirst
Damien Hirst: “Were Hirst’s canvases the work of a late teenager, we might take the random lines around the skulls as a clever allusion to the measuring-points of a sculptor of Canova’s generation, or as an illusion of cracked glass, and forgive the ugly clumsiness of inexperienced execution; but Hirst is nearing his half-century and should have a far higher level of skill than this rough daubing, with which he degrades his master, Bacon.” “Sharks in formaldehyde and butterflies pinned to boards could appeal only to a ‘filthy-rich, pop-star, monkey-see monkey-do’ clientele”.