Damien Hirst: The Provocateur Who Redefined Contemporary Art
Early Life and the Rise of a Provocative Visionary Damien Hirst was born on June 7, 1965, in Bristol, England, and raised in Leeds. His mother, an unwed teenager, left him in the care of his mother’s parents while she pursued a career as an artist herself. This fractured upbringing would later seep into Hirst’s…
