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Sat 09 Sep 2008The art world's thirst for Hirst is rooted in fear, not admiration
CULTURE SHOCK:Damien Hirst's talent is for decorative spectacle adn his genius for marketing. So why does everyone pretend that a smart shark-oil salesman is the Picasso of our age, writes Fintan O'Toole
WITH ITS USUAL spirit of public-mindedness, this column has a suggestion that will not merely save the Government money in these straitened times, but actually turn a drain on the public finances into a money-maker. The Natural History Museum, the "dead zoo" so poignantly posed beside the Dáil, is literally falling down. The cost of restoring the building to a condition of safety will be considerable.
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