Article 437KX Damien Hirst delivers controversy with giant uterus sculptures at Qatar hospital

Damien Hirst delivers controversy with giant uterus sculptures at Qatar hospital

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Showpiece outside women's healthcare centre culminates with 14-metre newborn which has previously raised eyebrows

Health authorities at a hospital in Qatar are braced for an outcry after unveiling 14 giant bronze sculptures by British artist Damien Hirst that graphically chart the voyage from conception to birth.

The vast open-air installation greets patients arriving at the $8bn (6bn) Sidra medicine hospital and is the centrepiece of a modern art collection that officially opened this week in Doha. Named The Miraculous Journey, it shows a foetus growing in the womb and culminates with a 14-metre (46ft) newborn.

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