Damien Hirst
TIME: 10 Questions For Damien Hirst
6 days ago
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TIME magazine speaks with British artist Damien Hirst with the overlying theme surrounding his most recent large-scale Gagosian Gallery take over with his Spot paintings. A man that has been at the center of controversy with numerous issues including his use of assistants to...
Gagosian Gallery Announces Damien Hirst Spot Challenge Winners
3 weeks ago
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When Gagosian gallery announced that a Damien Hirst spot painting extravaganza would open at 11 locations all around the world, they also issued a challenge: anyone who saw all 11 shows would win a special Hirst spot painting print. In a press release published yesterday, the...
NOWNESS: Damien Hirst – On the Spot
3 weeks ago
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Upon recently sitting down with world-renowned artist Damien Hirst, filmmaker Matt Black and NOWNESS were fortunate enough to delve inside the mind of the British painter regarding his infamous spot paintings. Just as any individual, and more specifically creative people in...
Damien Hirst “The Complete Spot Paintings 1986-2011” @ Gagosian Gallery Recap
3 weeks ago
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One of the world's most controversial artists, Damien Hirst recently launched a high-profile show at Los Angeles' Gagosian Gallery. Effectively pushing the boundaries of pricing for a living artist, Hirst's Los Angeles premiere was just one of a globally coordinated showing at...
Gagosian Gallery: Damien Hirst – The Complete Spot Challenge
January 7, 2012
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The ever popular and equally enigmatic artist Damien Hirst has kicked off The Complete Spot Challenge. Titled after his popular collection of Spot Paintings, Hirst challenges the cultured jetsetter to collect stamps on a Spot Challenge card from each of eleven Gagosian Galleries...
Damien Hirst Spot Prints Launch Event
January 3, 2012
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On January 10, Other Criteria will host an exclusive launch of brand new Spot Prints by artist Damien Hirst. The 12 new prints include eight silkscreens and four woodblock prints that Hirst commented, "When you see them together you get kind of lost in them. There’s an...
Damien Hirst: The Complete Spot Paintings 1986-2011
December 13, 2011
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British-born artist Damien Hirst, known for leathers, sunglasses, and an "I don't give a what attitude," may arguably be one of the more influential artists of the current generation. With artwork auctioning for well over the million dollar mark, the famed artist will open on...
Damien Hirst Retrospective @ Tate Modern Preview
November 23, 2011
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Damian Hirst's platinum and diamond skull, a notorious and expensive piece, will go on show at Tate Modern's Turbine Hall next year, in the first survey show devoted to the artist in the UK. While Hirst has had successful shows ranging from Florence to Monaco, this will surely...
Damien Hirst x Flea Color Spin Bass Guitars
November 2, 2011
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Other Criteria announces a special collaboration between Damien Hirst and Red Hot Chili Peppers' bassist Flea, set to release on November 8. This charitable effort will see profits from the sales of special spin painted guitars going towards Flea’s charity, Silverlake...
Damien Hirst “Poisons” T-Shirts
October 28, 2011
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World renowned English artist Damien Hirst published in October 2010 a comprehensive look at his Poison + Remedies collection. This limited edition book came complete with images depicting differing skulls as various poisons, pills as the remedies, complimented by text from...
Damien Hirst & RANKIN “Myths, Monsters and Legends” Exhibition @ RANKIN Gallery Recap
October 15, 2011
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Two heavyweight British creatives descended upon the RANKIN Gallery as photographer RANKIN and pop artist Damien Hirst unified their respective styles through a new cohesive body of work. The surrealistic efforts combined RANKIN's well documented photography which embodies a...
Damien Hirst “Beautiful Sunflower Panerai” Paintings
October 11, 2011
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English artist Damien Hirst's new paintings give the feeling of spinnig, and that's not by accident. The new pieces, called Beautiful Sunflower and Beautiful Fractional Sunflower are actually created by a process called spin painting. In addition to the spin painting technique,...
Damien Hirst “Death or Glory” Prints
October 4, 2011
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On October 12, Damien Hirst is scheduled to present a series of 30 foil block prints titled “Death or Glory” in association with Hirst's own London-based publisher Other Criteria. The skull imagery is made up of two color foil blocks on 300gsm Arches 88 Archival Paper, as...
Damien Hirst & RANKIN “Myths, Monsters and Legends” Exhibition @ RANKIN Gallery
September 23, 2011
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Longtime friends Rankin and Damien Hirst get together for a joint project that combines their creative mediums. Titled “Myths, Monsters and Legends,” this collaboration between the photographer and the artist enters the world of an imagined sequence of events with monsters...
Garage Magazine Cover by Damien Hirst featuring Shauna Taylor
August 28, 2011
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Having someone's art on your arm is already a sign of admiration for their craft, but having it placed on your vagina is someone a bit deeper. Shauna Taylor's crotch was recently photographed by Garage Magazine, the new publication from art philanthropist and socialite Dasha...
