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Damien Hirst
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The artist and his work Damien Hirst: The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living Damien Hirst: Floating Skull Damien Hirst: False Idol
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Tate Modern extension Switch House, London, England. (Tavatnik, museums). Photo dated 2017.
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"The Birth of Venus," tempera on canvas by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485; in the Uffizi, Florence.
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Members of the public view artwork by Damien Hirst entitled: The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living - in the Tate Modern art gallery on April 2, 2012 in London, England. (see notes) (1991) Tiger shark, glass, steel
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Facts

Also Known As Damien Steven Hirst
Born June 7, 1965 (age 59) • England
Awards And Honors Turner Prize (1995)
Notable Works “Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable”

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The artist and his work
Damien Hirst: The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living
Damien Hirst: Floating Skull
Damien Hirst: False Idol
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J.M.W. Turner: The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to Her Last Berth to Be Broken Up, 1838
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Oskar Kokoschka
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Self-portrait by John Constable
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti, photograph by Lewis Carroll, 1863
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