Edvard Munch: The Modern Eye - review

There is a self-portrait in this exhilarating show of the artist naked and bleeding on an operating table. A nurse holds a bowl overflowing with blood and a vast stain is spreading through the sheets. Not one but three surgeons are in attendance and dozens of students are observing the agonies through the theatre window: witnesses, as we are, to the artist’s martyrdom.

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Read Adrian Searle’s review of Damien Hirst retrospective: 

One wants to write a straightforward review of Hirst’s work, but it is almost impossible. What would it be like, I wonder, for someone with no knowledge of his art, let alone his global reputation, to come along and review this show? What would they see? So much has already been said about Hirst, including a great deal by me. How can we see it fresh?

Answers on the back of a spotty postcard or below this post.