Representatives of the artist's expressed a desire to read the material about Hearst, before it gets into print. The editors considered it an attempt to censor

Cover the April issue of the magazine Monopol Source: monopol-magazin.de

article about Hearst, through the intervention of his representatives in the rest of the magazine's editorial policy, without illustrations Source: monopol-magazin.de

For the April issue of German magazine Monopol has prepared a great deal of material about the retrospective of Damien Hirst (Damien Hirst) in the Tate Modern museum, offering its readers different perspectives on the exhibition and work of Hirst as a whole. The editors asked the studio Hirst to provide illustrations for the article, but the representatives of the studio agreed to give them only on condition that they can familiarize themselves with the material before going to print. When the magazine refused, the studio and, in turn, refused to provide editorial reproductions of works.

As a result, the number came out with the prepared material, but without illustrations - in their place, editorial pointedly, in protest , left a blank space. Libs Holger (Holger Liebs), editor in chief, said: "We decided to leave everything as is, including the materials of our authors. We did not occupy the empty space with something, but accentuated the attention on them. The desire of the artist to interfere with our editorial policy before giving permission to publish images of his work, passes all bounds ».

righteous wrath of editors and journalists is understandable, but the position of Hearst, it is unlikely Whether in need of additional PR, causing some confusion. Perhaps in this way the most scandalous British artist wants to boost its number of media image, although it is difficult to believe that the most financially successful and popular author of Albion is still worried about the opinion of reviewers.

Material Maria prepared Estrova, AI

Source : artforum.com , artinvestment.ru