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Damien Hirst to donate two works from solo exhibition to South Korea’s National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art

From Dong-A Ilbo · () Korean

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  • Damien Hirst will donate two works from his Seoul solo exhibition to South Korea’s National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art.
  • The works include a 1999 spin painting and a 2008 triptych reflecting on life and death.
  • The museum has completed its review of the donation and is processing the transfer.

Damien Hirst has decided to donate two works from his solo exhibition in Seoul to South Korea’s National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art.

The works are the 1999 painting “Beautiful Exploding Insanely Mad Chaos, a Rainbow Vortex and the Volcano of Death” and the 2008 triptych “Because Humans Will Never Know Anything.” Hirst selected the two works himself and expressed his intention to donate them.

The first work measures 365.8 centimeters in diameter and belongs to Hirst’s spin-painting series, made by rotating a circular canvas and pouring paint onto it. The second consists of three canvases, each measuring 203.2 by 129.5 centimeters. Hirst made it while reflecting on life and death after experiencing the deaths of people close to him.

Both works were displayed at Hirst’s solo exhibition at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul, which ran from March 20 to June 28. The museum has completed its acceptance review and is now proceeding with the donation.

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