Damien Hirst
artist
Post-war and contemporary auction report: Charles Saatchi strikes gold
Saatchi sells two Kippenberger paintings
Pinchuk stages Hirst show in Kiev
His Pinchuk Art Centre will play host to over 100 works
Diamond skull will go to auction if it fails to sell, says Damien Hirst
"A number of interested individuals are looking to purchase the skull at its full price of $100m"
Francis Bacon claims his place at the top of the market
As Tate Britain opens a major travelling retrospective, we examine the factors underpinning the meteoric rise in prices for the artist’s work and reveal the identity of his biggest collectors
Revealed: Royal family of Qatar is buyer of world’s most expensive Hirst
The ruling Al-Thanis bought the artist’s Lullaby Spring at Sotheby’s last year for £9.7m and are also believed to have purchased the Rockefeller Rothko for $72.8m
Meet the Danish collector whose Hirsts have just gone on show in Copenhagen
Jyte Dresing has loaned eight works to Copenhagen's Arken Museum of Modern Art
In a new private museum in Kiev billionaire collector unveils Hirst, Koons and Gursky
The Pinchuk Art Center was opened 16 September 2006
Steve Cohen, billionaire hedge fund manager, is lending works to US and UK museums
This change of stance has attracted controversy
Hirst to fix another formaldehyde installation
All four versions of Mother and Child, Divided, returned to Hirst's studio for conservation
The ceramicist reminisces about his days as a Neo Naturist and other art world gossip
Grayson Perry defrocked
Art on the air: TV interviews with the tycoon, the craftsman, and the agitator
Damien Hirst on world domination, Grayson Perry on turning to tapestry and Anselm Kiefer on why Americans are hysterical
Carlo Bilotti's plan to open a new contemporary art gallery in Rome will proceed following his death
Late collector’s Hirst “chapel” will still open
The Warhol effect : Moving from connoisseurship to brand recognition
How the money men have changed the market
Damien Hirst in talks to replace rotting shark
The 1991 work, bought by Steve Cohen from Charles Saatchi for £6.5m, has deteriorated because of the way it was made
Broad Foundation acquires one of the largest groups of work by Beuys in the world
Some will go on show in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art expansion next year
Damien Hirst conquers Mexico: the biggest collectors in the country are lining up to buy new work by the British artist
Other pieces, including a new version of the shark in a tank, have sold to Korea and the US
News from London: Kruger’s talking chess set, Hirst goes to Hollywood, and Duran Duran show their sweet tooth
Also featuring parenting tips from Emin and Tate's spiritually uplifting cabaret
News from New York: Turf wars in Tribeca
Artists, actresses and property developers compete for the best properties in the area
Will ex-Gagosian staffers poach his artists?
New Chelsea gallery to show Hirst, Salle and Brown
Commercial publishing: Would you pay $250 for this Hirst catalogue?
Published to accompany his show of paintings at Gagosian in New York, it promises much but delivers little
Artists sue Momart for £20 million
Solicitors say premises were “a disaster waiting to happen”
Arts on television: Bacon and Hirst as the bad boys of British art
Damien Hirst has carried on Francis Bacon’s violent legacy of “guts, blood and spunk”, but denies any direct inspiration
Rumoured sale of Damien Hirst's formaldehyde tiger shark to US billionaire Steve Cohen confirmed by Saatchi Collection
Scepticism surrounds the supposed value of $12 million
A blow to Britart as Saatchi's collection is caught in Momart warehouse blaze
Shame on the Schadenfreudians
News from the US: Museum acquisitions and sales, refurbishment highs and lows, and fabulous manuscript donations
Nine Modern paintings from the MoMA collection go on sale at Christie’s this month - is it to fund the purchase of the Hirsts at Tate?
Interview with Mike Kelley on accumulating the uncanny in his new Tate Liverpool show
The Californian post-conceptualist plays the role of artist, curator and collector in his latest piece
Meet the man who wants to open a Hirst chapel in Rome
The Italian collector Carlo Bilotti has commissioned Damien Hirst to create four paintings of the Evangelists which he wants to display in a deconsecrated church
News from London: Gagosian grows and grows, as does Tate Magazine, while Lisson and White Cube get into the festive spirit
Meanwhile, a dead animal stirs things up in Camden
C.I. Kim's monumental Britart collection encourages the consumer to dream
The businessman, collector, and artist whose department store museum includes work by Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin and Anthony Gormley
Damien Hirst: A Martian adventure
Jewellery at D’Offay, censorship at South London Gallery and Jane Simpson at Gagosian