Hirst Invited to Join Royal Academy

The Evening Standard is reporting that the Royal Academyof Arts wants to invite controversial Brit artist, Damien Hirst to become a member.

It's not clear if Hirst would accept such an invitation as relations between the RA and the artist have been frosty since John Hoyland implied Hirst "farmed" his work out and it lacked humanity. Hirst responded by calling the RA "a big, fat, stuffy old pompous institution"

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