The Art Newspaper

Morrissey cries "Off with Hirst's head!"

By The Art Newspaper. From In The Frame
Published online: 24 March 2010

Moody crooner Morrissey is not one to hold back on his personal or political views, and he recently let his wry ire fly against art star Damien Hirst. In a Q+A with artist and fellow Mancunian Linder Sterling published in Interview magazine this month, the vegetarian singer asks: “I dislike the 'use' of animals in art, such as in the work of Damien Hirst…Do you agree that Hirst’s head should be kept in a bag for the way he’s utilized—and sold—dead animals?” To which Linder offers the penetrating reply: “How many halved calves suspended in formaldehyde does the world need? To my way of thinking, none.”