Damien Hurst does not want to be an academician

The famous British artist Damien Hurst refused to join the ranks of academicians of the Royal Academy of Arts in London

The famous British artist Damien Hurst (Damien Hirst) has refused to join the ranks of academicians of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, founded in 1768 by King George III. This is the head of the organization Somarez Charles Smith (Charles Saumarez Smith), adding that knows nothing about the reasons that forced Hurst to take this decision.

Somareza According to Smith, some authors such as Tracy Emin (Tracey Emin), accepted his proposal, and some, including Lyusien Freud (Lucian Freud), Howard Hodgkin (Howard Hodgkin) and Paula Rego (Paula Rego), refused.

At present, the Academy is to 80 practicing artists. Each of them is elected by a vote among existing members of the organization and receives the title of Royal Academician. Academics are entitled to exhibit up to six of his works at the annual Summer Exhibition, and often participate in smaller exhibitions held by the Academy. Many of them also teach at the School of the Academy, whose graduates were well-known artists as William Blake (William Blake) and Joseph Mellord William Turner (Joseph Mallord William Turner).

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Source: artdaily.com , royalacademy.org.uk , artinvestment.ru

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