Comments on: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam | Damien Hirst’s For the Love of God http://www.alexasigno.co.uk/rijksmuseum-amsterdam-damien-hirsts-for-the-love-of-god Alex's travel blog to record my life of travelling Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:05:10 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Leo Plaw http://www.alexasigno.co.uk/rijksmuseum-amsterdam-damien-hirsts-for-the-love-of-god/comment-page-1#comment-71038 Leo Plaw Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:22:30 +0000 http://www.alexasigno.co.uk/?p=186#comment-71038 I was surprised and sorely disappointed when I visited the Rijksmuseum and saw it dominated by Hirst's skull. I had gone there to see Dutch cultural heritage, mostly Old Masters. I don't understand the museum's need to compete with contemporary art museums. It cheapens and confuses the museum I feel. I wrote at length about it on my blog. http://leoplaw.com/2008/12/11/damien-hirst-rijksmuseum-ultimate-bling/ I was surprised and sorely disappointed when I visited the Rijksmuseum and saw it dominated by Hirst’s skull. I had gone there to see Dutch cultural heritage, mostly Old Masters. I don’t understand the museum’s need to compete with contemporary art museums. It cheapens and confuses the museum I feel. I wrote at length about it on my blog.

http://leoplaw.com/2008/12/11/damien-hirst-rijksmuseum-ultimate-bling/

]]> By: Linda http://www.alexasigno.co.uk/rijksmuseum-amsterdam-damien-hirsts-for-the-love-of-god/comment-page-1#comment-70854 Linda Sat, 13 Dec 2008 13:25:36 +0000 http://www.alexasigno.co.uk/?p=186#comment-70854 Damien Hirst is annoyingly "overrated" Damien Hirst is annoyingly “overrated”

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