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Felix Friedmann / © Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS 2021 St Moritz, the capital of Alpine chic, is bathed in sunshine over 300 days of the year. Its great lake, frozen to within an inch of its life, is usually the spot for alpine horse racing and polo between the snow-capped mountains, where crowds watch on wrapped up in faux furs, sipping champagne on ice. This year, without the usual fanfare, the notorious pioneer of the Young British Artists (YBA) movement, Damien Hirst, has taken centre stage. The one time bad boy of the British art scene – who once told Kirsty ...

Natural History series—animal corpses preserved in formaldehyde—and a photorealist painting titled Surgical Tools for Caesarean will go on show in the neoclassical space. Kaleidoscope Paintings, which reference “the spiritual symbolism of the butterfly” according to Hirst’s website, will be shown in the Protestant church in the town centre. Unseen works from the 1990s Spot (Pharmaceutical) Paintings series, daubed with random irregularly shaped spots, will also be exhibited. The exhibition has been curated by the art director Jason Beard, who has previously collaborated with Hi...