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Damien Hirst — Sotheby's Pharmacy Catalogue
The 166 lots included tableware, furniture and wallpaper from the restaurant, as well as original artworks. Alongside spot paintings, butterfly monochromes and ‘Medicine Cabinets’ were unique sculptures such as ‘The Molecular Structure’ (1997-1998), a large minimally coloured, fibreglass model that had been the restaurant’s focal piece.
Every item at the auction was sold, and prices far exceeding original estimates. Three specially created works of art were sold at the auction, the proceeds from them being donated to the charities SCOPE, Strummerville and the Royal Academy of Arts. All works are included in the catalogue with images and a description.
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Damien Hirst was born in Bristol in 1965. He first came to public attention in 1988 when he conceived and curated ‘Freeze’, an exhibition of his own work and that of his contemporaries at Golds...
Damien Hirst was born in Bristol in 1965. He first came to public attention in 1988 when he conceived and curated ‘Freeze’, an exhibition of his own work and that of his contemporaries at Goldsmiths college, staged in a disused London warehouse. Since this time Hirst has become widely recognised as one of the most influential artists of his generation.
Through a varied practise of installation, sculpture, painting and drawing Hirst has sought to explore the complex relationship between art, life and death. Alongside over 80 solo exhibitions he has worked on numerous curatorial projects. In 2008, Hirst took the unprecedented step of bypassing gallery involvement in selling 244 new works at a Sotheby’s, London auction entitled ‘Beautiful Inside My Head Forever’.
Hirst was awarded the Turner Prize in 1995 and his contribution to British art over the last two and a half decades has been acknowledged in a major solo retrospective exhibited at Tate Modern, London. He lives in Devon and has studios in Gloucester and London.
Text © Damien Hirst & Science Ltd., All rights reserved, 2012
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August 22, 2015
Dismaland
More information on our blog.
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July 9, 2015
Sculpture in the City 2015
In its 5th year running ‘Sculpture in the City’ is well underway and ready to open this summer.
More information on our blog.
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July 8, 2015
ETERNAL, Damien Hirst x Lalique
More information on our blog.
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June 20, 2015
ARTIST ROOMS
‘ARTIST ROOMS Damien Hirst’ at The Pier Arts Centre, Scotland, UK
20 June to 12 September 2015More information on our blog.
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June 7, 2015
Anatomy of an Angel at Ekebergparken, Oslo
More information on our blog.
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April 1, 2015
History is now: 7 Artists Take On Britain
‘History is now: 7 Artists Take On Britain’, housed at The Hayward Gallery, is an exhibition offering a radical new way of thinking about how we got to where we are today. Until April 26th.
More information on our blog .
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March 28, 2015
'New Religion' at The Lightbox
Until 5th July 2015.
The Lightbox, Surrey
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March 12, 2015
Rack’em Up: a unique exhibition about the Young British Artists
Until 27th March 2015.
Shapero Modern, London
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February 12, 2015
Magnificent Obsessions: The Artist as Collector
Until 25th May 2015
Barbican Centre, London
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February 12, 2014
An American in Paris
Until 3rd May 2014
Gagosian Gallery, Paris
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April 11, 2013
TALK: Damien Hirst’s Murderme Collection — Elena Geuna & Mario Codognato in conversation
“Collecting is like stuff washed up on a beach somewhere and that somewhere is you. Then when you die, it all gets washed away again,” Damien Hirst.
Elena Geuna & Mario Codognato in conversation on Freedom Not Genius, works from Damien Hirst's Murderme Collection
Tuesday 16th April, 7pm
Ivy Club
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February 25, 2013
Entomology Cabinets and Paintings, Scalpel Blade Paintings and Colour Charts
21st February - 4th May 2013
A major solo exhibition of new works from Hirst's latest series of 'Entomology' pieces, 'Scalpel Blade Paintings' and 'Colour Charts' is shown at White Cube.
See the catalogue for the show here.
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January 14, 2013
Instructions — Tilt To and Fro
11 January 2013 – 9 February 2013
A group exhibition of lenticular prints dating from 1967 to the present, including Damien Hirst’s ‘For the Love of God’, is shown at Paul Stolper, London.
To view Damien Hirst's lenticular prints, click here.
For more information on the exhibition visit Paul Stolper's website.
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November 5, 2012
Two Weeks One Summer
3 November 2012 - 6 January 2013
Damien Hirst's Two Weeks One Summer work is exhibited at Pinchuk Art Centre. For more information, click here.
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October 26, 2012
New Religion, Bulgaria
18 October 2012 – 2 December 2012Damien Hirst's New Religion exhibition is presented by The National Art Gallery of Bulgaria. In association with the British Council, the Modern Art Gallery and Paul Stolper Gallery London.
For more information click here.
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July 24, 2012
WIN: Unique Damien Hirst Signed Guitar
Win a unique Damien Hirst signed guitar with all proceeds going to Strummerville. For full information and to buy raffle tickets, click here.
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July 6, 2012
FILM: Free screenings of the Damien Hirst documentary ‘Thoughts, Work, Life’
Watch free screenings of the Damien Hirst documentary ‘Thoughts, Work, Life’ in our Photography Room at:
Other Criteria
14 Hinde Street
London W1U 3BGThe film will be shown throughout the day from 10am – 6pm, Monday – Saturday.
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May 25, 2012
Dine beside new Damien Hirst work at Mark Hix’s Tramshed
To celebrate the opening of Tramshed, Damien Hirst has created a new sculpture specifically for the restaurant. ‘Cock and Bull’ (2012). A Hereford cow and cockerel preserved in a steel and glass tank of formaldehyde – is installed 4 metres above diners. The work forms part of the ‘Natural History’ series, Hirst’s seminal collection of preserved animals.
For mroe information, click here.
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May 24, 2012
Damien Hirst — Two Weeks One Summer
Damien Hirst – Two Weeks One Summer
Until 8 July 2012
For his first exhibition at White Cube Bermondsey, Damien Hirst will present a series of dynamic new paintings that he started working on in the summer of 2010. This exhibition coincides with the first UK retrospective of Hirst’s work at Tate Modern.
Painting has always been an important part of Hirst’s oeuvre, but unlike the spot paintings and photorealist series which were made using a collaborative studio process, this body of work is altogether more personal: painted from life, by Hirst in his Devon studio.
For more information, please click here.
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January 12, 2012
Gagosian Gallery launches worldwide exhibition of 25 years of spot paintings by Damien Hirst
The Complete Spot Paintings 1986–2011 – Damien Hirst
The exhibition will take place at once across all of Gagosian Gallery’s eleven locations in New York, London, Paris, Los Angeles, Rome, Athens, Geneva, and Hong Kong, opening worldwide on January 12, 2012. Most of the paintings are being lent by private individuals and public institutions, more than 150 different lenders from twenty countries. Conceived as a single exhibition in multiple locations, “The Complete Spot Paintings 1986–2011” makes use of this demographic fact to determine the content of each exhibition according to locality.
For more information, please click here.
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July 21, 2011
Damien Hirst: The Dead and The Souls
Damien Hirst: The Dead and The Souls
Gow Langsford Gallery
20 July - 27 August 2011For more information, go to our blog.
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June 21, 2011
SAVE THE DATE: Damien Hirst Supreme Skateboard Launch
Please join Other Criteria celebrate the launch of Damien Hirst Skateboard launch:
Tuesday 12th July
6-8pmOther Criteria
14 Hinde Street
London
W1U 3BGFor more information visit our blog.
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March 25, 2011
Modern British Sculpture at the RA
Don’t miss the Royal Academy of Arts exhibition Modern British Sculpture which ends Thursday 7th April 2011. The exhibition including artists Julian Opie, Henry Moore and Damien Hirst.
To read more about the exhibition, read our blog entry or visit the Royal Academy website.
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January 24, 2011
VISIT: Palazzo Vecchio to see Hirst’s diamond skull
Palazzo Vecchio are currently displaying Damien Hirst‘s diamond skull artwork For The Love of God and have a contemporary art book store located on the ground floor with a variety of Other Criteria merchandise. The bookstore by Arthemisia Group has books, clothing and a selection of art objects instore.
For The Love of God will be exhibited there until 1st May 2011 so try your best to visit the museum. The artwork is a life-size cast of a human skull in platinum, covered entirely by 8,601 VVS to flawless pavé-set diamonds, so quite unmissable. However if you are unable to visit, you can console yourself by browsing our For The Love of God collection on our website.
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October 27, 2010
Damien Hirst: Medicine Cabinets
I can’t understand why most people believe in medicine and don’t believe in art, without questioning either.
Damien Hirst, 1997Damien Hirst: Medicine Cabinets
October 28 – December 11, 2010L&M Arts is pleased to present an exhibition of early medicine cabinets by Damien Hirst. Assembled together for the first time are the seminal Sex Pistols cabinets from 1989. Each cabinet takes its name from one of the twelve title tracks of the legendary 1977 debut punk album “Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols.”
For more information, see our blog.
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July 9, 2010
Kupferstichkabinett: Between Thought and Action
White Cube Hoxton Square is pleased to present Kupferstichkabinett: Between Thought and Action. Looking at the pivotal role of drawing in current practice, the exhibition features over 200 works on paper by some of the most significant artists working today.
The exhibition features work by 55 artists, including Gabriel Orozco, Gary Hume, Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst and Rachel Howard. A fully illustrated catalogue, with a text by the exhibition’s curator Susan May, Creative Director, White Cube, will accompany the exhibition.
For more info and images, visit our blog.
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June 23, 2010
The Term ‘Reality’: Collages 1970–2010
The Term “Reality”: Collages 1970 – 2010 at Paul Stolper Gallery
June 25th – August 3rd
Private View: June 24th, 6:30 – 8:30pmCollages by:
Helen Beard, Peter Blake, Joseph Cornell, John Dove and Molly White, Zavier Ellis, Magne F, Paul Fryer, Damien Hirst, Linder, Colin Lowe, Alex Gene Morrison, Simon Periton, Claire Pestaille, Genesis P-Orridge, Richard Prince, Jamie Reid, Peter Saville, Harry Thubron.See images of the collages on our blog entry on the show
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February 3, 2010
End of an Era
January 30th - March 6th 2010
Experience new works by Damien Hirst at Gagosian's recently opened exhibition in New York. End of an Era sees one of Hirst's iconic formaldehyde pieces centred among his photorealist paintings and diamond cabinets.
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January 14, 2010
Dark Trees
Ten works from Damien Hirst's new painting show 'Dark Trees', due to be fully exhibited in Mexico in April, can be previewed at Galeria Hilario Galguera, Leipzig, Germany from 16th January - 6th February 2010.
For more information visit the Galeria Hilario Galguera wesbite.
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January 8, 2010
Hirst at Barock
Damien Hirst is exhibiting in the group show BAROCK – Art, Science, Faith and Technology in the Contemporary Age until 5th April 2010 at Museum MADRE. 28 artists are taking part in the group show including Jeff Koons and Cindy Sherman.
For more information, and for images of the exhibition, click here.
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November 17, 2009
Nothing Matters
Damien's Hirst exhibition 'Nothing Matters' will be shown at both White Cube spaces from 25th November 2009 - 30th January 2010. For more information, visit our blog.
Other Criteria have released a publication to mark the occasion, with an interview by the late Gordon Burn and an essay by Rudi Fuchs.
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October 5, 2009
The Wallace Collection
Damien Hirst will be exhibiting No Love Lost, Blue Paintings at the Wallace Collection from Wednesday 14th October - Sunday 24th January 2010.
For more information, and for previews of the works, visit our blog.
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Damien Hirst official website
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Charlie Rose Interview
Interview conducted 23 April 2008
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Times Online Interview
With Rachel Campbell-Johnston
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Art Review, October 2009
To read the October issue of Art Review in which Damien Hirst discusses his return to painting and forthcoming exhibition at The Wallace Collection with Ossian Ward, download it here.
Copyright and Courtesy Art Review, 2009
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Royal Academy Magazine, Autumn 2009
To read the conversation between Damien Hirst and John Hoyland in the Autumn issue of the RA Magazine, download it here.
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The Strand, BBC World Service
Louisa Buck joins Mark Coles to discuss Damien Hirst's recent exhibitions at The Wallace Collection, London and White Cube Mason's Yard and Hoxton Square, London. To listen to the programme, aired on Tuesday 24th November 2009, click here.
- Tate Shots: Damien Hirst on Francis Bacon
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Arte Journal: Damien Hirst and Michael Joo, May 2010
Damien Hirst and Michael Joo talk about their joint exhibition, 'Have You Ever Really Looked at the Sun?' on show at Haunch of Venison Berlin from May-August 2010. Watch it here at Arte Journal.
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ArtForum: Damien Hirst & Michael Joo, June 2010
Damien Hirst and Michael Joo talk to Dominikus Müller about their joint exhibition at Haunch of Venison Berlin, Have You Ever Really Looked at the Sun? Read it here. © ArtForum 2010
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Art Observed: Damien Hirst and Michael Joo, June 2010
To read Art Observed's review of Damien Hirst and Michael Joo's exhibition, Have You Ever Really Looked at the Sun? at Haunch of Venison Berlin, click here.
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Video: Damien Hirst & Michael Joo
In an exclusive interview, artists Damien Hirst and Michael Joo talk about their current show at Haunch of Venison Berlin, Have You Ever Really Looked at the Sun? Watch it here, at Daily Motion.
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And the Lord God Made Them All, 2005-2006, glass, stainless steel and animal skeletons, 204 x 365 x 365 cm
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Armageddon, 2002, flies and resin on canvas, mounted on aluminium, 274 x 366 cm
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Armageddon (detail), 2002, flies and resin on canvas, mounted on aluminium, 274 x 366 cm
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Beautiful Electrifying Hypercolour Hot to Trot Fantastical Painting, 2007, household gloss on canvas, 122 x 122 cm
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Diethylene Glycol, 2006, household gloss on canvas, 152 x 193 cm
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End Game, 2004, glass, stainless steel, human skeletons and medical equipment, 196 x 376 x 51 cm
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No Feelings, 1989, glass, steel, MDF, aluminium and drug packaging, 137 x 102 x 23 cm
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The Acquired Inability to Escape, 1991, glass, stainless steel, silicone, MDF table, chair, ashtray, lighter and cigarettes, 213 x 305 x 213 cm
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The History of Pain, 1999, MDF base, stainless steel knives, air blower and beach ball, 96 x 251 x 251 cm
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The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, 1991, glass, steel, silicon, formaldehyde solution and shark, 217 x 542 x 180 cm
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Where There's a Will, There's a Way, 2007, stainless steel and glass with painted resin, plaster and metal pills, 183 x 274 x 10 cm