Dot paintings by British superstar likened to works by a renowned Indigenous artist
The paintings in a new exhibition by the British artist Damien Hirst have raised eyebrows in Australiafor bearing an “uncanny similarity” to works by Indigenous artists from the Central Desert.
Hirst, one of the world’s highest-earning contemporary artists, premiered the works, titled The Veil Paintings, at a star-studded event at Gagosian Gallery in Los Angeles on 1 March. His agent said Hirst had not been aware of the Indigenous artist’s work and press statements accompanying the launch said the brightly coloured, layered brush and dot-work paintings drew inspiration from pointillism and were built on Hirst’s 1990s Visual Candy series.
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