Damien Hirst
- Introduction
- Damien Steven Hirst (; born 7 June 1965) is an English artist, entrepreneur, and art collector. He is one of the Young British Artists (YBAs), who dominated the art scene in the UK during the 1990s. He is reportedly the United Kingdom's richest living artist, with his wealth estimated at $384 million in the 2020 Sunday Times Rich List. During the 1990s his career was closely linked with the collector Charles Saatchi, but increasing frictions came to a head in 2003 and the relationship ended.Death is a central theme in Hirst's works. He became famous for a series of artworks in which dead animals (including a shark, a sheep and a cow) are preserved, sometimes having been dissected, in formaldehyde. The best-known of these was The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, a 14-foot (4.3 m) tiger shark immersed in formaldehyde in a clear display case. He has also made "spin paintings", created on a spinning circular surface, and "spot paintings", which are rows of randomly coloured circles created by his assistants. In September 2008, Hirst made an unprecedented move for a living artist by selling a complete show, Beautiful Inside My Head Forever, at Sotheby's by auction and bypassing his long-standing galleries. The auction raised £111 million ($198 million), breaking the record for a one-artist auction as well as Hirst's own record with £10.3 million for The Golden Calf, an animal with 18-carat gold horns and hooves, preserved in formaldehyde.In several instances since 1999, Hirst's works have been challenged and contested as plagiarised. In one instance, after his sculpture Hymn was found to be closely based on a child's toy, legal proceedings led to an out-of-court settlement.
- Wikidata
- Q294326
- Introduction
- Hirst's work falls into three general categories: vitrine works often featuring animals in formaldehyde, "spot" paintings, and cabinet works, sculptures resembling medicine chests with pills and various other objects.
- Nationalities
- British, English
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Collector, Installation Artist, Multimedia Artist, Painter, Sculptor
- Names
- Damien Hirst, Damien Steven Hirst
- Ulan
- 500057379
Exhibitions
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Stranger than Fiction: Art of Our Time
Feb 1–May 5, 2014
MoMA
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Print/Out
Feb 19–May 14, 2012
MoMA
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Wunderkammer: A Century of Curiosities
Jul 30–Nov 10, 2008
MoMA
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Color Chart: Reinventing Color, 1950 to Today
Mar 2–May 12, 2008
MoMA
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Eye on Europe: Prints, Books & Multiples/1960 to Now
Oct 15, 2006–Jan 1, 2007
MoMA
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Damien Hirst has
11 exhibitionsonline.
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Damien Hirst The Committed Lovers 1991
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Damien Hirst The Compromising Lovers 1991
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Damien Hirst The Confused Lovers 1991
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Damien Hirst The Spontaneous Lovers 1991
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Damien Hirst Untitled from London (1992)
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Imi Knoebel, Sherrie Levine, Damien Hirst, Sam Samore, Various Artists Parkett no. 32 1992
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Damien Hirst What Goes Up Must Come Down (for Parkett no. 40/41) 1994
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Dave Stewart, Damien Hirst Greetings from the Gutter 1994
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Damien Hirst Home Sweet Home 1996
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Damien Hirst Downstairs/Upstairs (1997)
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Damien Hirst The Molecular Structure Drawing (1997)
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Damien Hirst Prescriptions and the Four Elements/St. Sebastian (1997)
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Damien Hirst I Want to Spend the Rest of My Life Everywhere, with Everyone, One to One, Always, Forever, Now 1998 (first edition 1997)
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Fat Les, Keith Allen, Damien Hirst, Alex James Vindaloo 1998
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Damien Hirst The Last Supper 1999
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Damien Hirst Beans & Chips from The Last Supper 1999
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Damien Hirst Mushroom from The Last Supper 1999
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Damien Hirst Steak and Kidney from The Last Supper 1999
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Damien Hirst Sausages from The Last Supper 1999
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Damien Hirst Omelette from The Last Supper 1999
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Damien Hirst Liver Bacon Onions from The Last Supper 1999
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Damien Hirst Dumpling from The Last Supper 1999
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Damien Hirst Salad from The Last Supper 1999
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Damien Hirst Chicken from The Last Supper 1999
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Damien Hirst Sandwich from The Last Supper 1999
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Damien Hirst Meatballs from The Last Supper 1999
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Damien Hirst Cornish Pasty from The Last Supper 1999
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Damien Hirst Corned Beef from The Last Supper 1999
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Damien Hirst In a Spin, the Action of the World on Things, Volume I 2002
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Damien Hirst Circles in the Sand from In a Spin, the Action of the World on Things, Volume I 2002
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Damien Hirst Burning Wheel from In a Spin, the Action of the World on Things, Volume I 2002
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Damien Hirst I get around from In a Spin, the Action of the World on Things, Volume 1 2002
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Damien Hirst Liberty from In a Spin, the Action of the World on Things, Volume 1 2002
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Damien Hirst My way from In a Spin, the Action of the World on Things, Volume 1 2002
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Damien Hirst I saw the half of the moon from In a Spin, the Action of the World on Things, Volume 1 2002
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Damien Hirst There's more to life than making jam and having kids from In a Spin, the Action of the World on Things, Volume 1 2002
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Damien Hirst Global-a-go-go for Joe from In a Spin, the Action of the World on Things, Volume 1 2002
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Damien Hirst Spin me right round from In a Spin, the Action of the World on Things, Volume 1 2002
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Damien Hirst Lavender baby from In a Spin, the Action of the World on Things, Volume 1 2002
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Damien Hirst Oh my God...and for those really stubborn stains from In a Spin, the Action of the World on Things, Volume 1 2002
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Damien Hirst Tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree from In a Spin, the Action of the World on Things, Volume 1 2002
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Damien Hirst All around the world from In a Spin, the Action of the World on Things, Volume 1 2002
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Damien Hirst Wheel meet again from In a Spin, the Action of the World on Things, Volume 1 2002
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Damien Hirst Orbital from In a Spin, the Action of the World on Things, Volume 1 2002
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Damien Hirst Billy Mill roundabout from In a Spin, the Action of the World on Things, Volume 1 2002
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Damien Hirst Spinning Wheel from In a Spin, the Action of the World on Things, Volume 1 2002
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Damien Hirst Wheel within a wheel from In a Spin, the Action of the World on Things, Volume 1 2002
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Damien Hirst Like a snowball down a mountain from In a Spin, the Action of the World on Things, Volume 1 2002
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