Damien Hirst Picks a Fight with Sixteen Year-Old Artist Over Crystal Skull

Damien Hirst has either taught a young, sixteen year old artist a valuable lesson or he has unintentionally made the guy an instant success, known forever as “the artist who got Hirst mad over $200.” The David in this vs. Goliath story is a young man who calls himself Cartrain, who repeatedly used images of Hirst’s multi-million dollar crystal skull piece in his own work, including a collage he was selling online for around seventy dollars.

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