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Hirst ‘spot paintings’ stolen from British gallery
Two signed works by British artist Damien Hirst have been stolen from a London gallery, say police.
From Hirst to last in chic circles
Damien Hirst is the world’s richest artist, but the scales are falling from investors’ eyes.
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 ,6-million at a Valentine’s Day charity auction spearheaded by rocker Bono and British artist Damien Hirst to…
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…
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…
Hirst’s dove stretches wings in formaldehyde
Damien Hirst’s latest art-installation-cum-marketing-stunt is a 3,6m-high tank that contains 10Â 000 litres of formaldehyde. Inside the fluid a diminutive white dove is…
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…
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…