This morning's earlier post linked to a 2009 essay by the late Denis Dutton on Damien Hirst and Acheulian Hand Axes.
Related material on hand axes —
Related material on Damien Hirst —
The large stone of the Hirst diamond skull —
Related philosophy — "And that is the state of the art ." — Stephen Sondheim
See also this journal on the date of the above Hirst skull post.