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Evening Standard
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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Damien Hirst row as formaldehyde artworks found to be completed in 2017, not 90s

British artist Damien Hirst has been embroiled in a row after it was found several of his artworks were completed years after it was previously thought.

Three of the artist’s famous works involving dead animals preserved in formaldehyde - a shark, a dove, and two calves, respectively - were dated by his company to the 90s.

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