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.
April 1, 2015History 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.
April 11, 2013TALK: 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 rsvp@othercriteria.com
February 25, 2013Entomology 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.
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.
Damien Hirst's Two Weeks One Summer work is exhibited at Pinchuk Art Centre. For more information, click here.
October 26, 2012New Religion, Bulgaria
18 October 2012 – 2 December 2012
Damien 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.
July 24, 2012WIN: 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.
July 6, 2012FILM: 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 3BG
The film will be shown throughout the day from 10am – 6pm, Monday – Saturday.
May 25, 2012Dine 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 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.
January 12, 2012Gagosian 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.
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.
January 24, 2011VISIT: 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.
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, 1997
L&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.”
July 9, 2010Kupferstichkabinett: 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.
June 25th – August 3rd Private View: June 24th, 6:30 – 8:30pm
Collages 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
February 3, 2010End 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.
January 14, 2010Dark 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.
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.
November 17, 2009Nothing 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.
October 5, 2009The 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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
And the Lord God Made Them All, 2005-2006, glass, stainless steel and animal skeletons, 204 x 365 x 365 cm
Armageddon, 2002, flies and resin on canvas, mounted on aluminium, 274 x 366 cm
Armageddon (detail), 2002, flies and resin on canvas, mounted on aluminium, 274 x 366 cm
Beautiful Electrifying Hypercolour Hot to Trot Fantastical Painting, 2007, household gloss on canvas, 122 x 122 cm
Diethylene Glycol, 2006, household gloss on canvas, 152 x 193 cm
End Game, 2004, glass, stainless steel, human skeletons and medical equipment, 196 x 376 x 51 cm
No Feelings, 1989, glass, steel, MDF, aluminium and drug packaging, 137 x 102 x 23 cm
The Acquired Inability to Escape, 1991, glass, stainless steel, silicone, MDF table, chair, ashtray, lighter and cigarettes, 213 x 305 x 213 cm
The History of Pain, 1999, MDF base, stainless steel knives, air blower and beach ball, 96 x 251 x 251 cm
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
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
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