Damien Hirst is embroiled in a plagiarism row after being accused of stealing the idea of using live flies in his breakthrough work from a fellow artist. Hamad Butt, a classmate of Hirst at Goldsmiths ...

Damien Hirst (born 7 June 1965) is an English artist, entrepreneur, and art collector. He is one of the Young British Artists (YBAs) who dominated the art scene in the UK during the 1990s.

Damien Hirst’s Instagram bio reads thus: Artist. Short and sweet, simple, straightforward. Right? But Hirst supposedly is not just any artist, but one of the biggest today. A short google search for ...