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Consider that of the 19 films nominated for Oscars this past year in the major categories (picture, director, actor, actress, supporting actor and actress), 12 had played at TIFF in 2007, as had the winners in four of those six slots. Such multiple nominees as No Country for Old Men...
Well, that's a very interesting point, I mean, the expectations are different. But on the other hand, there is the Mozartian opera which people love - and rightly so - but for its delightfulness. That isn't threatening really, even in the Madame Butterfly way.
The money also pays for his small army of studio assistants. Hirst employs 120 people at six locations in England, including two massive facilities in Gloucestershire housed in converted World War II airplane hangars. Not all of his people work on the manufacturing end, but scores of assistants execute his...
But Hirst's career always threatens to amount to a core of genuine invention surrounded by a vast penumbra of middling merchandise. In all likelihood the huge Sotheby's sale will be another milestone in his financial victory march. But it may also be a terminus, a house-cleaning by...
This may be another reason, apart from the impulse to explore new avenues, why Hirst has decided to throttle back production of the spin and butterfly paintings. The Sotheby's sale is also a canny way of getting his name out to new buyers. "There's our global reach," says...