Damien Hirst: 'Anyone can be Rembrandt'

Since his coronation as King of Britart in the early 1990s, British artist Damien Hirst has never been short of self-belief, acclaim -- or cash.

Damien Hirst art sells for record prices

A sale of pickled sharks, butterfly paintings and other pieces by provocative British artist Damien Hirst has raised £111-million in London.

Damien Hirst seeks art-market revolution

British artist Damien Hirst, who broke the mould by putting sharks in formaldehyde, has turned his attention to revolutionising the art market.

Auction nets over $40-million for Aids in Africa

Art collectors opened their wallets on Thursday and shelled out $42,6-million at a Valentine's Day charity auction spearheaded by rocker Bono and British artist Damien Hirst to benefit the fight against HIV/Aids in Africa. Spirited bidding and prices far in excess of pre-sale estimates marked "The (Red) Auction" at Sotheby's, where all but one of the 83 contemporary works found buyers.

Bono and Hirst head art sale to fight Aids

An extraordinary array of contemporary art will go under the hammer next week for Red, the brand created by U2 star and activist Bono, to raise money to combat the Aids epidemic in Africa. The auction, on February 14, is the first of its kind and features mainly new works donated by more than 60 artists.

Damien Hirst donates pickled cow to Tate gallery

Multi-millionaire English artist Damien Hirst said on Thursday he was donating four major works to Britain's Tate Gallery, including a sliced and pickled cow and calf. It is the first time Hirst, who recently sold a diamond-encrusted skull for $100-million, has made a major donation to a museum.

Hirst's dove stretches wings in formaldehyde

Damien Hirst's latest art-installation-cum-marketing-stunt is a 3,6m-high tank that contains 10 000 litres of formaldehyde. Inside the fluid a diminutive white dove is suspended, its wings outstretched in a metal cage.

Turner Prize: Is it art? Fans get chance to decide

Pickled cows, elephant dung paintings and a transvestite potter -- the Turner Prize deserves its reputation as one of art's most controversial awards. Now art lovers can decide for themselves if the prize rewards pretentious twaddle or cutting edge British art.

Damien Hirst platinum skull sells for R718m

A diamond-encrusted skull art work by British contemporary artist Damien Hirst has been sold for £50-million (about R718-million) to an investment group, a spokesperson for the White Cube art gallery in London said on Thursday. The platinum skull, cast from an 18th-century European man, is coated in 8 601 diamonds.

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