SKOVVEJ.-Thanks to an exceptionally generous donation by the Merla Art Foundation, London, of eight works by the world-famous artist Damien Hirst, ARKEN will now be home to a significant permanent collection of works by the British artist. The donation includes the artist’s largest “spot painting” to date. This is a donation that will benefit all Danes, since the works will now become part of the national heritage. “Its amazing that my work has been so generously donated to ARKEN. It has always been important for me to have my work viewed by the public and now ARKEN and Mrs Dresing are making this happen in Denmark”, siger Damien Hirst. “Damien Hirst (1965) has been a special focus of the museum over the past number of years, and so it is with the greatest of pleasure that we receive this lavish donation of eight major works. We will now be able to dedicate one of the museum’s large-scale galleries to the work of this groundbreaking and out-