Damien Hirst burns the first of thousands of his paintings as part of NFT project

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Damien Hirst has burned some of his artworks.

The artist burned pieces from his first NFT collection, The Currency, on Tuesday (11 October).

It was the first burning session to take place at Newport Street Gallery, Vauxhall, London. The remaining artworks will be burned at a specified time each day for the rest of the exhibition until it concludes on 30 October.

Hirst launched The Currency in July last year. He made 10,000 unique dot paintings in 2016, which were each linked to corresponding NFTs and sold for $2,000 (£1,663) each.

Buyers were given a choice to keep the NFT or exchange it for its corresponding physical piece. They had until 27 July this year to make their decision.

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No loss, he's not an artist he's a showman.

Horizon
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As usual, Hirst simply wants to shock. He's built an art career on this. We don't care! Banksy did a far better job when he shredded his work. No wonder Hirst's "art" is losing its it should never have had. I'd be happy to see all his ouvre burn! What a charlatan.

DG-mvzw
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The heat from these paintings should have been channelled into an old peoples home . 😊

lappylappy
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What is art ? An unmade bed or something created from the tortured soul of a madman .Or is it just a pile of pretentious rubbish that deserves to be burned because rich people are idiots that will buy anything? Watch Harry Enfield's take on it .

fredmcveigh
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Nobody forced anyone to use NFC. This burning is a total waste and destruction of the environment

guff
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you said he was burning works of art ????

mattschafer
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it gets crazier by the day with humanity who is going to stop this

ldbr
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Nice to see him burn the 300 million plus hes worth! ..that would be real art, wearing your heart on yer sleeve! ..head over to Bank of England with a bunch of them Non Refundable Tokens. Made a mint for a fly killer!! Whoopee thats art!

harrymacintyre
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Is he doing that half a cow Love a good bbq 🍗

paulkirby
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I also have a shed full of priceless artifacts

marxman
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Wen interessiert sowas? Wer kauft schon Bilder mit Punkten? hahahahahahahah😂😂😂 sowas hat man im Kinder Garten gemalt ahahaha ich hau ma weg😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

purgetek
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Pleased to hear it. At last a wise decision

PMS
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Ha Ha, Saatchi did it better, he burnt whole gallery down ! was it insured

marxman
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It's called attention seeking there's a war in was has this man been true ...I don't fucki g thi k so

colonisedtartan