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Florida Woman Drives Rolls-Royce Into $3M Damien Hirst Work
The unnamed woman lost control of the vehicle and plowed it through the backyard of collectors Steven and Lisa Tanenbaum's property in Palm Beach, Florida.
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Museum Removes Damien Hirst's Fly-Zapping Installation After Animal Rights Group Complaint
“Killing animals has nothing to do with art, it just shows the arrogance of people who literally will stop at nothing for their own interests,” a PETA representative said.
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Drake's Next Album Cover Is Comically Bad — and Designed by Damien Hirst
The cover is a deluded, self-referential tribute to Hirst's career.
Art
Damien Hirst, Turning In Circles
Hirst has been an erratic artist from the beginning, just as likely to fail as to succeed.
In Brief
TIME Magazine's "Greatest Places" List Has Some Questionable Culture Picks
The Shed at Hudson Yards and Damien Hirst's $100,000-per-night Empathy Suite at the Palms Casino Resort made the cut.
Opinion
Damien Hirst Abandons a Seaside Town for a $52 Million Studio
The artist has also laid off 50 employees as part of his desire to "focus on his art."
Art
Damien Hirst's Shipwreck Fantasy Sinks in Venice
Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable is supposed to be Hirst’s major comeback, a rebuke to his diminished popularity and slumping market value.
Film
A Documentary Introduction to the Art World, with Star Power and Obvious Ideas
Blurred Lines: Inside the Art World, showing at the Tribeca Film Festival, is a successful crash course in the forces shaping the art market that fails to go deeper.
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Animal Rights Activists Protest Damien Hirst Show in Venice with 88 Pounds of Dung [UPDATED]
Activists heaped animal turds at the door of the Palazzo Grassi, which will open an exhibition of new works by Hirst.
Art
Gavin Turk's Outdated Provocations
An exhibition of Turk's works in the London museum of fellow Young British Artist Damien Hirst fails to make a case for the longevity of his art historical in-jokes.
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Gavel Gavel, Your Art's a Success: David Bowie’s Collection Heads to Auction
We've heard his music and seen his own artworks, but the personal art collection of David Bowie has remained largely hidden from the public eye.
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Artist Suing Damien Hirst Over Charm Bracelets Needs to Take a Chill Pill [UPDATED]
In a suit that shows people will sue over just about anything, a Canadian artist is accusing Damien Hirst of copyright infringement — because a series of his bracelets features similar pill-shaped charms as hers.