Blossoming artist: Damien Hirst on returning to the studio, fluorescent florals and the ‘muppets’ in government

Alison Cole | The Art Newspaper | 1st May 2019

Hirst’s “polarizing” 2017 show in Venice persuaded some that his sole interest is money. There is no sign he is chastened by this criticism but still, except perhaps to the irredeemably skeptical, he sounds thoughtful. Of his recent 18 months of studio work – “You need time to make things, and also time to consider them. You don’t want to show things before you believe in them.”