Edinburgh Art Festival

Gordon Burn on Damien Hirst

18 Aug

National Galleries of Scotland
National Gallery Complex
Hawthornden Lecture Theatre
12.45–1.30pm
FREE

www.nationalgalleries.org

Writer Gordon Burn is the author of four novels including Alma Cogan and non-fiction titles including On the Way to Work (Faber & Faber), a collection of interviews with the artist Damien Hirst from 1992–2001. In this talk, Burn gives a talk on Damien Hirst, which is currently on show as part of ARTIST ROOMS.

Tuesday 18 August 2009
18 Aug. 12.45-1.30pm. FREE

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