Damien Hirst
artist
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"I remember my mum painting cherry blossoms in the garden, when I was five or six—I think I ate some paint."
We take a sneak peek inside the British artist's studio to see him creating his Blossom paintings
Hirst has spent the past 18 months in his London studio painting cherry blossom and now, in an exclusive interview, he explains why this new body of work is a matter of life and death
The former YBA has laid off 50 staff and bought a £40m studio in Soho, opening next year
In September 2008, Damien Hirst sold £111m of art as Lehman Brothers collapsed, triggering a financial crisis. A decade on, what has changed?
Sotheby’s auction includes personal works by Hirst gifted to Dunphy, or sketched on the back of restaurant menus
Artist mentored Boo Saville, Helen Beard and Sadie Laska, allowing them to create their largest pieces to date in his studios for Newport Street Gallery show
Heni Talks: Model elephants, collage, and an argument with Joseph Beuys… Two giants of the art world meet
How The Art Newspaper has covered the artist's bullish decadence
Pointillist works are due to go on show at Gagosian gallery in Los Angeles next month
Colour Space will show some brand-new works by Damien Hirst
Howard and John Copeland to take over Newport Street gallery in February
Finished just in time for the Venice Biennale, this project has been 10 years in the making
Cookie jars and seven-legged lambs invite us to consider how distinctive styles emerged from the building blocks of various visual languages
The paintings were shown in the artist's recent White Cube exhibition
London’s leading museums lose more than a million visitors during the Games, but Hirst helps Tate Modern buck the trend
Robert Norton and Harry Blain brings the art world online
Just how many spots has Hirst painted in the past 25 years?
Out of a total of £193m, Tate's gifts by the likes of Hockney, Hirst, Bonnard and Bacon total £147m
Many of Hirst's most iconic works will be in attendance
The debate regarding the relevancy of the Young British Artists as they enter middle age
The works will be placed in different rooms within the permanent collection after artists were unhappy with ideas for an exhibition displaying them together
Dr Penelope Curtis is a renowned scholar but also has a track record—as an exhibited artist
Houses keep their heads above water with wider international selection
Both have adopted marketing strategies more typical of luxury goods firms than artists. In 2009 we looked at their market history
