Damien Hirst on new exhibition: I am not burning my art, I am transforming it | Daily Mail Online

Damien Hirst has said he is not burning his art but "transforming it", as he began setting fire to thousands of his creations as part of a new exhibition.The British artist, 57, has begun the next stage of his The Currency exhibition in south London, which will see him destroy a physical collection of his classic polka dot-style artworks in contained fires.The project first began in July 2021 with 10,000 original pieces accompanied by NFTs (non-fungible tokens) which are cryptographic assets st