Damien Hirst on the break-in that changed his art – The Start podcast

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Damien Hirst on the break-in that changed his art – The Start podcast

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Feb 1, 2018

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In the second episode of our new culture podcast about artistic beginnings, Damien Hirst reveals how his neighbour – a compulsive hoarder – triggered a creative explosion that set him on the road to success

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Feb 1, 2018

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Titles in the series (17)

The Start is a podcast about artistic beginnings, as told by great artists of our time. Focusing on one piece, they share how these early moments of creativity shaped them, the influence it had on their subsequent work, and what the piece now means to them in retrospect

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Ai Weiwei on the project that awoke his political voice – The Start podcast: The artist and activist tells how investigating schoolchildren’s deaths in the Sichuan earthquake of 2008 spawned his mammoth installation, Remembering by The Start
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Damien Hirst on the break-in that changed his art – The Start podcast

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