The final frontier protecting contemporary art galleries from the relentless encroachment of the auction houses has been emphatically breached with the announcement that Damien Hirst is creating an exhibition of new works for display and sale at the London headquarters of Sotheby's.
The preview of "Beautiful Inside My Head Forever", as the exhibition is titled, will launch the new art m
Con el título Beautiful inside my head forever Sotheby's sacará a subasta obras recientes del artista, entre las que destacan sus animales disecados y conservados en grandes tanques de formol, sus composiciones con mariposas disecadas, sus imágenes ampliadas de células cancerígenas o sus vitrinas de farmacia.1 Vote(s)
Chris Evans, the BBC Radio Two disc jockey, has accidentally thrown out a piece of artwork by Damien Hirst.
He said the error occurred while packing up his collection of paintings into boxes while moving house.
Some were intended for his new home, while the rest were supposed to go to his local charity shop.1 Vote(s)
LACMA said its armed guards were not new. "Armed guards, stationed in galleries and throughout the campus, have always been a part of LACMA's security plan," spokeswoman Allison Agsten said this week.
Agsten said the guards were supplied by Inter-Con Security Systems Inc., a Pasadena-based global contractor whose website lists such present and former clients as NASA, the State Departmen
If you dig Post-Millennial Catchwords, Provocative Art, and Jeans, then you're gonna love this one—a wearable art pop up shop featuring Damien Hirst denim for Levi's, inspired by Andy Warhol, and modeled by Vincent Gallo.The "Warhol Factory X Levi's X Damien Hirst" pop-up shop will pop up today at Fred Segal Man in Santa Monica. Two hitherto unseen Hirst works (more butterfly corpses, perhaps?) will be unveiled at the event, and we'll celebrate the release of an accompanying 224-page coffee table book, featuring essays and interviews by Steffie Nelson, with Vincent Gallo modeling the goods.Damien Hirst collaborated with Levi's after coming across the original Warhol-inspired collaboration while shopping at Barney's...which totally backs up my theory that shopping is, indeed, one of the h
Art News Flash - Damien Hirst Arrested !!!
‘News Flash: Damien Hirst Arrested for Crimes Against the Art Market’ is a headline that I would love to see appear in every news source world wide. Although I am all for artists making money from their art and promoting art as a profitable investment I think that the actions of Damien Hirst have been detrimental to the short term perception and long term stability of the art market. What crimes has Damien Hirst committed against the art market I hear you ask, well, here are five:
1.Exploitation of art market for monetary gain - If Damien Hirst is as committed to art as one is led to believe then why did he sell “For The Love of God” for 50 million pounds when it only cost 14 million pounds to create. The sale of the skull for 50 million pounds makes it the most expensive “artwork” purchased by a living artist but I cannot see how Hirst can justify selling the artwork for this price when the concept is weak
Where To Find Emerging Artists: Cashing In On The Next Hirst
The most savvy art investors look for the next big thing amongst the plethora of emerging artists. The best way to make a killing investing in art is to pick the next big thing before everyone else does. The problem with this method is that you need an extremely good knowledge of the art market in order to be able to predict who will be popular in the future without the figures and history of an established artist.
Damien Hirst started out as a member of the Young British Artists group.
One way to give yourself a better chance at picking a winner is to focus on some of the well established collectives, galleries and initiatives which nurture and promote the best emerging artists. To give you a head start I have included links below to some of the best online galleries that sell art by emerging artists that won’t break the bank.
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Damien Hirst, whose London show closed this month without a sale of his diamond skull, has found buyers for £130 million ($265 million) of art at the White Cube galleries, said exhibitions director Tim Marlow. A split shark fetched £10 million, “three crucified sheep sold for 6 million pounds, and talks to sell the [...]
Uma caveira cravejada de diamantes, tanques com tubarões preservados em formol e uma incubadora com um esqueleto infantil dentro, são algumas das obras do polêmico artista plástico britânico Damien Hirst, em exposição em Londres.
A mostra Beyond Belief (”Além da Crença”, em tradução livre) é a maior já dedicada apenas à obra de Hirst e acontece nas galerias White Cube, na capital britânica.
Como de costume, os temas abordados pelo artista são existenciais – vida, morte, amor, verdade, imortalidade e a própria arte. Provocante, Hirst convida o público a refletir sobre estes temas diante de uma carcaça de touro crivada de flechas, telas a óleo recriando cirurgias de parto e tubarões preservados em formol.
Em duas novas sérias de pinturas, sobre partos e biópsias, o artista tenta confrontar “a intensa e profunda ansiedade que todos podemos sentir em hospitais, quando estamos cercados tanto pela criação quanto pela decadência.”
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