Hirst hopes to revolutionise art market with 'Golden Calf' Jun 20, 2008
"God", by Damien Hirst fetched 188,500, a record at the time for contemporary artwork when it sold at Christies in 1998 ... A calf in formaldehyde with gold-plated horns and hooves leads a collection of previously unseen work by Damien Hirst that will be auctioned off this summer in a move that could revolutionise the sale of contemporary art. (Independent)
It's not funny, Woody. Give up now Jun 6, 2008
The film is ostensibly about class: a penniless Irish former tennis star (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is determined to rise above his station by reading Dostoevsky, attending La Traviata and Damien Hirst shows and marrying Emily Mortimer. Unfortunately, Allen gets it all wrong: when you shoot a Mike Leigh movie, you aren't supposed to make Mummy and Papa and their grouse-shooting twit progeny the heroes. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
London's Victoria & Albert Museum May 26, 2008
This exhibition features 60 works by 38 artists and explores how books have been treated by such notable names as Pablo Picasso, Damien Hirst, Francis Bacon, Louise Bourgeois, Alberto Giacometti and Roy Lichenstein. The display features sculptures, manuscripts and books including Anish Kapoor's , a book sculpture in four parts. (Suite101.com)
British surrealism's greatest hoard, hidden in retired GP's house May 20, 2008
More than 200 masterpieces of British surrealism, including works by Henry Moore, Paul Nash, Damien Hirst and Glen Baxter, as well as several continental surrealists such as Ren; Magritte, were trucked at the weekend from a home in a Leeds suburb, which will be partially recreated in the exhibition at Mima, the new 14. 2m Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Art market faces jittery times, despite Monets making money May 18, 2008
In fact, the megawealthy have kept prices -- especially for contemporary art by the likes of Damien Hirst -- high. "The fact that you have these hedge fund guys that are making millions a day -- or losing a millions a day -- they're the ones that don't mind paying 1 million for something because all their buddies are going to say, 'Oh, you got that?' It's the power of recognition," Krulik says. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Art therapyNew talents vie for Afghanistan's first contemporary art prize May 18, 2008
Contemporary art in Afghanistan is far removed from the world of contemporary artists such as Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin. Good thing. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Barking work shortlisted to win 25k Turner Prize May 14, 2008
Past winners of the contest include Damien Hirst, who pickled a sheep and now rolls in cash. Advertisement. (Mirror.co.uk)
Mannequin on toilet in running for top U.K. art prize May 13, 2008
Critics may lambaste the shortlist as pretentious claptrap but the Turner has recognized Britart stars like Damien Hirst and the exhibition attracts up to 70,000 fans a year ... Damien Hirst won the Turner in 1995 with a pickled cow. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
The artist gets back in the saddle May 11, 2008
Worst of times: Losing to Damien Hirst in the 1995 Turner Prize, which Wallinger described as 'painful. He triumphed in 2007, however. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Ghosts of childhood past May 10, 2008
While the work of Damien Hirst, the Chapman brothers, Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas screamed for attention, Whiteread's tended to whisper - despite its scale. It also caused huge controversy. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Art becomes luxury-brand for Asians May 6, 2008
A Damien Hirst "spot" painting and a 1962 Andy Warhol silkscreen could also fetch millions, organisers say. "With so many top calibre galleries exhibiting a huge range of 20th and 21st century art there will be something for everyone," said Renfrew. (India Times)
Cusack aims to offend with war satire film May 2, 2008
It was shown to a range of high-profile people such as artist Damien Hirst and comedian Sarah Silverman, whose comments have been posted online. Singer Hilary Duff, 20, had a week to prepare for her role as a trashy central Asian pop singer and said that while many families have been devastated by whats happening in Iraq, she hopes that audiences will see the funny side of the film. (MSNBC -- News)
Going, Going, Not Gone May 2, 2008
"The same day that former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said the U.S. economy is on the verge of its first recession in six years," she reported the evening of the Red charity auction of contemporary art, organized by Bono and Damien Hirst, "the seven pieces Hirst gave to the charity brought in about $19 million.". You don't usually see writers who cover, say, the price of wheat rooting for its decline. (Slate)
Glad to be grey Apr 23, 2008
The second piece, Head of a Fallen Giant, formally relates to the sculptures of William Turnbull and Eduardo Paolozzi, via Damien Hirst. It is a large war-like bronze skull; its subject is the changing face of Britain in the second half of the 20th century. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Milan Furniture Fair Apr 21, 2008
Damien Hirst, Carsten Hller and other artists and curators flew in for the night. Strands of carnival light sculptures by the German artist Andreas Slominski dangled from the ceiling - their twinkling bulbs outshone by the gob-stoppingly big emeralds in Miuccia Prada's 19th-century chandelier earrings. (International Herald Tribune)
Page turners Apr 19, 2008
Damien Hirst's I Want to Spend the Rest of My Life Everywhere, With Everyone, One to One, Always, Forever, Now. Photograph: Nigel Young/ Damien Hirst and Booth-Clibborn Editions 1997 ... That's why authors can be less than thrilled when a Matisse, Picasso or Damien Hirst collaborates on an illustrated edition. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Freud's 'Big Sue' expected to fetch 18m at auction Apr 14, 2008
Before then, Damien Hirst had held the title for Lullaby Spring, which sold for 9. 6m, also last year. (Independent)
Art auction of Chinese works full of surprises Apr 10, 2008
But last year, he was one of the hottest living artists in the global auction market, just behind Damien Hirst and Gerhard Richter and ahead of Jeff Koons, according to Art Market Trends 2007. The report also said China's auction market now ranks third in the world, behind only the United States and Britain and ahead of France. (International Herald Tribune)
Angus Fairhurst, 41, British artist Apr 7, 2008
Born in 1966 in Penbury in southern England, Mr. Fairhurst studied at Goldsmiths College in London in the 1980s, where his contemporaries included Damien Hirst, Gary Hume, and Sarah Lucas. They and their work, first shown in the 1988 exhibition "Freeze," were central to the group of provocative and playful young artists dubbed the "Young British Artists.". (Boston Globe)
Angus Fairhurst: the brains behind the Young British Artists Apr 2, 2008
If Damien Hirst was the Oscar Wilde of that circle, then Fairhurst was the Whistler. Maybe he helped everyone else a bit too much to the detriment of his own career. (Times Online)
Britart founder Angus Fairhurst found hanged Apr 1, 2008
The artist Angus Fairhurst, who rose to prominence with Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin in the 1990s, has killed himself in a remote Highland woodland ... Angus Fairhurst [right] with his old friends Damien Hirst and Sarah Lucas at an exhibition in 2004. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Absolut Vodka Town Wakes Up to French Master as State Sells Out Apr 1, 2008
The brand's cachet reflects a bottle shape based on a medicine flask found in a Stockholm antiques store in the 1970s, marketing slogans playing on the Absolut name and design work with artists including and Damien Hirst. The Wallenberg family, Sweden's most prominent industrial dynasty, had also submitted a bid through its holding company and the EQT Partners AB private-equity firm. (Bloomberg)
Artist Angus Fairhurst dead at 41 Apr 1, 2008
Damien Hirst and others pay tribute to 'brilliantly inventive' founding YBA, who has taken his own life ... Fairhurst (right) with Damien Hirst and Sarah Lucas at their collaborative show In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida in 2004 ... Fairhurst was one of the 16 Goldsmiths College students who took part in the 1988 exhibition Freeze, mainly organised by second-year Damien Hirst. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
British artist Angus Fairhurst commits suicide Apr 1, 2008
Born in 1966 in Penbury, southern England, Fairhurst studied at Londons Goldsmiths College in the 1980s, where his contemporaries included Damien Hirst, Gary Hume and Sarah Lucas. advertisement. (MSNBC -- News)
Hirst pays tribute to late artist Apr 1, 2008
Fairhurst (r) studied with Damien Hirst and Sarah Lucas. Artist Damien Hirst has paid tribute to his "great friend" and contemporary Angus Fairhurst, who has apparently committed suicide at the age of 41. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Special Fish - For 150k Mar 19, 2008
A PICKLED fish by artist Damien Hirst which hung in a chippy for nearly a decade is expected to fetch up to 150,000 when sold at auction this year. Darren Walker, who went to school with Turner Prize winner Hirst, hopes to clear his mortgage by selling it. (Glasgow Daily Record)
Sole-d for 100,000? Hirst's chip shop piece may net art lovers Mar 19, 2008
A piece of work by artist Damien Hirst which was on display in a Leeds fish and chip shop is expected to fetch more than 100,000 at auction ... "Besides, we knew that if it was stolen Damien would give us another one. He's that kind of guy. Damien Hirst's friend Darren Walker in the fish and chip shop "At the time our fish was the only Damien Hirst work on public display north of the Thames ... " A regional television programme was produced in 1995 in which Damien's mother, Mary Hirst, was... (BBC News -- Europe)
Baird's Last Bash Open To All Mar 5, 2008
BAIRD'S LAST BASH OPEN TO ALL - New York Post. Wednesday, March 05, 2008 Last Update: 07:00 AM EST. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Can you do me a quick cow's head? Mar 5, 2008
From Damien Hirst to Mark Wallinger, many major artists now rely on legions of helpers ... Big-name artists like Damien Hirst outsource their work, employing project managers and young artists to realise their lucrative ideas. (Guardian Unlimited)
Marcel Duchamp: Anything Goes Mar 4, 2008
Andy Warhol ran with this idea in the 1960s, and so do Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst today. Art students are in awe of it. (Time.com)
Anthony dOffay Mar 2, 2008
It was plain altruism, the 68-year-old declared, that motivated his gift to the Tate and National Galleries of Scotland of works by artists including Andy Warhol and Damien Hirst ... There was such a collection Charles Saatchi s collection of modern British art from the Damien Hirst era but the Tate let it slip through their fingers. (Times Online)
A collector's item: art dealer's 125m gift to the nation is ... Feb 29, 2008
Three rooms will be dedicated to Arbus's 69 photographs; six to Warhol's evolving pop art; five rooms filled with 20 sculptures and 110 drawings by Beuys; two dedicated rooms to nine works by Gilbert e; and a Damien Hirst space that will include one of his early pickled installations, Away from the Flock, from 1995, as well as an early "spot" painting and a large new work from his "butterfly" series. Works by Jeff Koons, Bill Viola, Bruce Nauman, Georg Baselitz and Richard Hamilton will also... (Independent)
Guerrilla artist Banksy rises to stardom Feb 28, 2008
Earlier this month, Keep It Spotless a Banksy stencil over a polka-dot painting by British artist Damien Hirst sold for $1 ... Earlier this month,a Banksy stencil over a polka-dot painting by British artist Damien Hirstsold for $1. (MSNBC -- News)
Britain acquires major modern art collection Feb 28, 2008
London art dealer Anthony dOffay, 68, has agreed to sell 725 works by artists including Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons at the price for which he bought them $53 million. Thats just over a fifth of their current estimated value of $250 million. (MSNBC -- News)
Major art collection bought for UK Feb 28, 2008
The collection - which features works by Gilbert and George, Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst - was put together by art dealer Anthony d'Offay ... He said: "The National Galleries of Scotland is the kind of experience that defines your life. Damien Hirst is one of the artists who has work in the collection "This is about trying to make something happen in a place where it will really make a great difference to young people, their appreciation of themselves and their era. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
From street to salon: 'Guerrilla artist' Banksy is British art world's hottest star Feb 28, 2008
Earlier this month, "Keep It Spotless" a Banksy stencil over a polka-dot painting by British artist Damien Hirst sold for US$1. 8 million ( 1. (International Herald Tribune)
Scotland Gets Share Of 125M Art Collection Feb 28, 2008
The collection includes works by Damien Hirst and Andy Warhol and the Scottish section will be housed in the National Gallery of Scotland. Share this article. (Glasgow Daily Record)
Major arts bequest 'transforms' British collection Feb 27, 2008
The donation, which ranks among the most important in Europe, comprises a total of 725 works by 25 groundbreaking artists including Andy Warhol, Robert Mapplethorpe, Ron Mueck, Damien Hirst and Bruce Nauman. It is one of the greatest gifts that has even been made to museums in this country, Tate director Nicholas Serota said on Wednesday announcing the donation. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Sale of century Feb 27, 2008
The collection contains some of the finest works by the most important artists of the last 50 years, including Joseph Beuys, Gilbert and George, Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst. It will be called Artist Rooms and it will be jointly owned and managed for the nation by the National Galleries of Scotland and Tate. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Bacon's Nude, Warhol Self-Portraits Star in Sotheby's, Phillips U.K. Sales Feb 26, 2008
High-value works by Damien Hirst, Warhol and Gerhard Richter were among unsold lots. The highest estimated work at Sotheby's tomorrow is Bacon's 1969 painting, ``Study of Nude With Figure in a Mirror,'' expected to fetch at least 18 million pounds. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Carpenter House To Be Demolished, To Fans' Distress Feb 19, 2008
Rocker-activist Bono and British artist Damien Hirst held a Valentine s Day auction at Sotheby s, raising an astounding $42. 6 million that will support HIV/AIDS relief programs in Africa. (eFluxMedia)
Renzo Piano's LA museum opens to public Feb 18, 2008
Important pieces by Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns and Roy Lichtenstein shift the weight back toward pop art and its progeny, which rule again on the floor below, with ensembles of work by Damien Hirst, Cindy Sherman and Jean-Michel Basquiat. The visitor leaves BCAM with a question not intended by the museum and its benefactors: Who could warm to this particular constellation of artworks as anything but a triumph of conspicuous consumption or speculative investment. (San Francisco Chronicle)
The Red Campaign Comes to Sothebys Feb 18, 2008
The Damien Hirst-catalyzed auction drew its momentum from high-powered names in the audience (Martha Stewart, Russell Simmons, Queen Noor, Zhang Ziyi) and on the auction block (Jeff Koons, Jasper Johns, Willem de Kooning) ... Indeed, the auction represents a scaling of a business model where celebrity and commerce can be channeled to items large (a Damien Hirst sculpture sold for $7 ... Damien Hirst, Where There s a Will There is a Way, a steel and glass cabinet filled with replicas of... (New York Times)
Bono auction raises $42m for Aids Feb 16, 2008
An auction organised by U2 star Bono and artist Damien Hirst has raised $42. 5m (21. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Bono and Hirst Raise $42.5M for AIDS Feb 16, 2008
Rock Star Bono and Artist Damien Hirst Teamed Up And Raised $42 ... Singer Bono and artist Damien Hirst speak to ABC News Correspondent JuJu Chang at Sotheby's, Feb. 13, 2008 ... British artist Damien Hirst and rock star/activist Bono teamed up to stage an unprecedented art auction to raise money for HIV/AIDS relief in Africa. (ABC News)
Auction for AidsBono, Banksy and Hirst join forces for charity art sale Feb 15, 2008
Damien Hirst asked Bansky to donate some of his pieces. U2 star Bono and British modern artist Damien Hirst have joined forces with Sotheby's and the Product RED to auction off contemporary art to raise money for Aids relief in Africa ... Bono, Damien Hirst, and I (I like the sound of that. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Bono's Red Auction Rakes In Green Feb 15, 2008
An auction at Sotheby's organized by rocker-activist Bono and artist Damien Hirst raised $42 million Thursday night to fight AIDS in Africa. In kicking off the Valentine's Day sale, to which over 60 top contemporary artists donated museum-quality work, Bono led the crowd in a sing-along of the Beatles' "All You Need Is Love." Auctioneer Oliver Barker also milked the spirit of the holiday to egg the celebrity-packed crowd to raise their paddles, asking after bids, "What is the price of love?". (Forbes)
NYC Auction Raises $42M for AIDS Relief Feb 15, 2008
Organized by Sotheby's, U2 lead singer Bono, artist Damien Hirst and Manhattan's Gagosian Gallery, the sale on Thursday blasted past the maximum of $29 million it was expected to bring in, Sotheby's said. The event also set sale records for 17 artists, including Howard Hodgkin, Marc Quinn and Keith Tyson, the auction house said. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Bono-sponsored art auction raises 42.5 million dollars for AIDS Feb 15, 2008
NEW YORK (AFP) - An art auction conceived by U2 frontman and campaigner Bono together with British artist Damien Hirst raised 42. 5 million dollars in New York late Thursday for UN-backed health programs in Africa. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Malibu Seen (1) Feb 10, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008 Edition. "Museum curator Stephanie Barron has watched the collection grow over the years. "This is a collection that has been built carefully and painstakingly over several decades," Barron says. "Having these works available at LACMA will forever change how future generations of visitors will understand modern art in Los Angeles. (Malibu Times, CA)
Art market holds steady as stocks and property wobble Feb 9, 2008
A Warhol self portrait, a Damien Hirst and a Rothko were all sent back to the warehouse. "There's certainly a softening in some areas. Less significant works have not done as well," Pylkkanen admits. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Bono, Hirst auction combines art, charity in NY Feb 5, 2008
NEW YORK, Feb 4 (Reuters) - The contemporary art world's brightest stars, including Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst, have aligned to provide AIDS relief in Africa with a special auction in New York conceived by Hirst and rock star Bono. "The (Red) Auction" is estimated to take in up to $29 million and is being billed by Sotheby's as the biggest contemporary art charity auction ever. (AlertNet)
* [ART JOURNAL] Unlucky 13 Jan 31, 2008
He explained: "I wanted to retrieve Guernica from art history and give it life. I wanted to trespass beyond that invisible barrier that no one is allowed to cross; to dwell within the act of the painting's creation, put my hand within it."" The following year Guernica was moved to Spain, where it was exhibited in a bullet - proof container with armed guards on either side. Picasso, noted Shafrazi, once painted over a Modigliani. 11. DAMIEN HIRST IS RUBBISHED AND INKED Art not recognized as art... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Boucheron's 150th: A modern take on Art Nouveau Jan 22, 2008
And even if Damien Hirst recently embedded diamonds in a skull, you would hardly expect to see his work alongside a swooping diamond necklace with a flirtatious tassel. Yet Boucheron is celebrating 150 years by mixing gemstones with paintings and sculptures. (International Herald Tribune)
Mattress Factory hardly a snoozer for newcomer Jan 21, 2008
When he tells me of the controversial Damien Hirst installation back in 1993 involving maggots and sugar-coated walls and yeast and wheat germ and "zillions of flies" buzzing about and dying in an enclosed room, I realize yesterday was my last supper. There are 16 permanent installations on continuous display, and I figure these are the works that fit the museum's promise of "art you can get into." Walking through what the Factory considers its "quintessential" installation -- two mirrored rooms... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
An artist's film, and for once it's not dross Jan 18, 2008
In recent years any number of established artists have either turned their attention to film or made it the heart of their practice: Tracey Emin with Top Spot; Sam Taylor-Wood, who even made a promo for Elton John; Mark Wallinger; Damien Hirst, with works ranging from an adaptation of Samuel Beckett's shortest (less than a minute) play Breath, to a Benny Hill-style video for Blur's Country House. Ah, interrupts the cynic: these things may be art, but are they cinema. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Duo scoop inaugural art prize Jan 18, 2008
The prize aims to reinvigorate the north's long tradition of leading artists, from Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth to David Hockney and Damien Hirst. More optimistically, it seeks to tempt them to stay in the region. (Guardian Unlimited)
Emin condemns the British Council Jan 13, 2008
Artists Damien Hirst, David Hockney and Tracey Emin have joined more than 100 British artists who have signed a letter condemning the British Council. They are angry over claims made in the Guardian newspaper that the council is planning a radical shake-up. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Get 'em while they're cheap Jan 13, 2008
(There's also a sense that when Mr. Cohen paid $8-million (U.S.) for a dead 13-foot tiger shark suspended in formaldehyde from British artist Damien Hirst, it was a triumph of money over taste. . (Globe and Mail)
Skulls rise in fashion status Jan 12, 2008
British artist Damien Hirst recently sold a human skull cast in 8,601 diamonds for $100 million. Also available: a Theo Fennell skull ring sold for about $18,800, and a sterling silver King Baby Studio skull bracelet sold for $725 at Neiman Marcus. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Changes at British Council 'appalling' Jan 12, 2008
The signatories also include artists Sir Peter Blake, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Gilbert and George, Antony Gormley, Damien Hirst, Howard Hodgkin, Anish Kapoor, Sam Taylor-Wood, Gavin Turk and Mark Wallinger. The leaders of some of Britain's most important galleries have also signed, including the Tate's Sir Nicholas Serota, Stephen Deuchar of Tate Britain, and Sir Norman Rosenthal and Charles Saumarez Smith of the Royal Academy. (Guardian Unlimited)
Letter: Dismay at British Council art cuts Jan 12, 2008
Anthony Abrahams, Shazeela Alim, Sam Bakkabulindi, Dr Wendy Baron OBE, Emmanuel Basaza, Lewis Biggs Director, Liverpool Biennial, Sir Peter Blake, Quentin Blake, Iwona Blazwick Director, Whitechapel Art Gallery, OBE, Lord Melvyn Bragg of Wigton, Ralph Brown, Jon Buck, Louisa Buck The Art Newspaper, Anthony Bukenya, David Bwambale, Richard Calvocoressi Director, Henry Moore Foundation, Jeffrey Camp RA, Sir Anthony Caro OM CBE, Eva Chadwick, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Sarah Jane Checkland, Emma... (Guardian Unlimited)
Big Museums Draw a Blank Jan 10, 2008
At the Met, Mr. Montebello's successor will need to be able to wax rhapsodic with curators about hieroglyphics and Damien Hirst as well as manage a staff of 2,600, a $201 million operating budget and a $1 billion capital campaign. The new director may have to navigate battles with foreign countries over disputed artworks, as Mr. Montebello had to do with Italy. (Wall Street Journal)
Patrician director of Met museum will retire Jan 9, 2008
And a dead shark prepared by the artist Damien Hirst is now floating in a tank of formaldehyde at the southern end of the museum under a three-year loan. Asked if the board, knowing de Montebello's retirement was imminent, had drafted a list of possible successors, Houghton would only say, "We've got all sorts of lists." He declined to describe the qualities that Met trustees would seek in a new director. (International Herald Tribune)
Bill Gross, J.K. Rowling, Stanley Ho Were 2007 Sale Winners; Van Gogh Lost Dec 31, 2007
Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) -- This was the year Bill Gross said his stamps had outperformed his bond fund, Stanley Ho beat Damien Hirst in bidding for a truffle, and Amazon. com Inc. paid 39 times estimates for a book of J.K. Rowling stories. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
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