First Post
Tue 3 Jan 2012, AT 10:29
Hirst's use of assistants – including taxidermists and jewellers – is 'insulting' to other artists
One-Minute Read
Tue 22 Nov 2011, AT 13:14
Pricey work in upcoming Tate Modern show may jar in age of austerity
News
Fri 2 Sep 2011, AT 17:09
Dasha Zhukova’s Garage
Magazine launches with an
‘intimate’ tattoo design by
Damien Hirst on its cover
News
Fri 2 Sep 2011, AT 13:17
Damian Hirst’s tattooed
vagina isn’t the first use of
skin ink in contemporary art
The brief from photographer Rankin was simple enough: Destroy. Seventy musicians and visual artists - including Damien Hirst, Debbie Harry, Kylie Minogue and REM frontman Michael Stipe - who had been shot by the Dazed & Confused founder were told to "do something to the [iconic shots], something that's totally unique and original, and theirs. If they wanted to make a painting, or put targets on it, or smear paint all over themselves, or rip themselves up...
News
Thu 15 Oct 2009, AT 15:51
First he was savaged by the critics, now the British artist is losing influence in the art world
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Tue 13 Oct 2009, AT 17:16
Damien Hirst’s exhibition of paintings has been dismissed as ‘turgid teen angst stuff’
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Thu 13 Nov 2008, AT 08:15
After years of growth, the same fate that has befallen other sectors of the economy is now damaging the art market
If anyone can draw big names to an art show, it's Damien Hirst. This weekend, he invited some of his most illustrious pals to a private view of his soon-to-be-auctioned works at Sotheby's, Bond Street, under the title 'Beautiful Inside my Head Forever'. Art-world newbie and Abramovich squeeze Dasha Zhukova showed up, as did A-lister and Old Vic director Kevin Spacey, U2 front man Bono and a few of London's bright young things; Lily and Alfie Allen, Jaime Winstone and Mark Ronson.
News
Fri 5 Sep 2008, AT 09:50
Damien Hirst talks
to Edward Helmore
about his mega-sale at Sotheby’s, London