Artist Damien Hirst discusses his (RED) auction, Bono and Damien Hirst have joined forces with Sotheby's and Gagosian Gallery to organise the most significant charity auction of Contemporary Art ever The (RED) Auction which will be held at Sotheby's in New York on Valentine's Day, Thursday, February 14th, 2008. The proceeds are to go the United Nations Foundation to support HIV/AIDS relief programs in Africa conducted by The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
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---DOESN'T ANYONE CALL THESE PEOPLE'S BLUFF?
-uh -there really is a difference between
graphic/decorative and display art -and fine art.
Hirst is a stale-brilliant manipulator of those
subject to that confusion.
Post-modern con-job ---and not much more.