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    They were presented this week, but critics were far from impressed. "The paintings are dreadful. Think Francis Bacon meets Adrian Mole... What are they doing in the home of such masters as Rembrandt or Poussin, Titian or Fragonard?" wrote a commentator in the Times newspaper. Full Article at France 24
    The paintings are dreadful. Think Francis Bacon meets Adrian Mole... What are they doing in the home of such masters as Rembrandt or Poussin, Titian or Fragonard?
    SOURCE: France 24 1 month ago
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British critics lash 'amateurish' Hirst paintings
  1. You kind of think that you've done all that formaldehyde work and then it's a real shock that you're doing something quite straightforward
    SOURCE: France 24 1 month ago
  2. Damien Hirst wanted an intimate national museum to present his paintings that are much more traditional than what he had done before.
    SOURCE: France 24 1 month ago
  3. The problems with the exhibition begin when you study the paintings themselves. Although they have impact as a group, individually many of the paintings simply don't pass muster. Details are tentatively painted; compositions fall apart under scrutiny
    SOURCE: France 24 1 month ago
  4. At its worst, Hirst's drawing just looks amateurish and adolescent. His brushwork lacks that oomph and panache that makes you believe in the painter's lies. He can't yet carry it off.
    SOURCE: France 24 1 month ago

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