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Museum Removes Damien Hirst’s Fly-Zapping Installation After Animal Rights Group Complaint

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie July 12, 2022July 12, 2022

“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

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia August 30, 2021August 30, 2021

The cover is a deluded, self-referential tribute to Hirst’s career.

Posted inArt

Damien Hirst, Turning In Circles

by Michael Glover October 12, 2019October 12, 2019

Hirst has been an erratic artist from the beginning, just as likely to fail as to succeed.

Posted inIn Brief

TIME Magazine’s “Greatest Places” List Has Some Questionable Culture Picks

Avatar photo by Zachary Small August 23, 2019August 23, 2019

The Shed at Hudson Yards and Damien Hirst’s $100,000-per-night Empathy Suite at the Palms Casino Resort made the cut.

Posted inOpinion

Damien Hirst Abandons a Seaside Town for a $52 Million Studio

by Sarah Rose Sharp October 2, 2018

The artist has also laid off 50 employees as part of his desire to “focus on his art.”

Posted inArt

Damien Hirst’s Shipwreck Fantasy Sinks in Venice

Avatar photo by Tiernan Morgan August 10, 2017October 20, 2022

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.

Marina Abramovic appears in Blurred Lines: Inside the Art World (photo by Ken Ng)
Posted inFilm

A Documentary Introduction to the Art World, with Star Power and Obvious Ideas

by Alina Cohen April 25, 2017April 25, 2017

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]

by Claire Voon March 14, 2017March 15, 2017

Activists heaped animal turds at the door of the Palazzo Grassi, which will open an exhibition of new works by Hirst.

Posted inArt

Gavin Turk’s Outdated Provocations

by Tausif Noor February 14, 2017February 13, 2017

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

by Claire Voon July 14, 2016July 15, 2016

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.

Posted inIn Brief

Artist Suing Damien Hirst Over Charm Bracelets Needs to Take a Chill Pill [UPDATED]

by Claire Voon June 15, 2016June 18, 2016

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.

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Soylent, a Donkey, and Even Some Good Art: A Frieze New York Diary

by Jillian Steinhauer May 5, 2016May 7, 2016

1pm: The press preview for Frieze New York 2016 on Randall’s Island begins! Or so they say. I am power walking out the door of my office in Williamsburg.

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