British artist Damien Hirst burns thousands of his paintings live on Instagram as part of an NFT project, "completing the transformation" from physical to NFTs (Halisia Hubbard/NPR)

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British artist Damien Hirst burns thousands of his paintings live on Instagram as part of an NFT project, “completing the transformation” from physical to NFTs  —  British artist Damien Hirst is among the many art-world giants who have set fire to their work, having burned 1,000 of his artworks Tuesday.