No one said that the increased popularity of digital artworks in the form of NFTs should entail the destruction of their physical counterparts, but that’s not stopping many from doing just that.

Loved and hated in equal measure, Damien Hirst has always embodied the full-throttle provocation of the Young British Artists—fun, controversial and unapologetically brash. Though his market has seen ...

Smoke rose from artist Damien Hirst’s London gallery on Tuesday, as 1,000 of his signature “spot” paintings went up in flames. Thousands more will be reduced to ashes before the month is out. This was ...

He might be Britain’s richest artist, but with each attempt to monetize his talent, Hirst’s originality as a conceptual sculptor becomes an ever more distant memory. By Scott Reyburn LONDON — “He’s a ...

Damien Hirst is famous for submerging a dead shark and a bisected sheep in tanks of formaldehyde, but he says his new NFT project is his “most exciting by far.” “The Currency,” as it is called, will ...

British artist Damien Hirst is among the many art-world giants who have set fire to their work, having burned 1,000 of his artworks Tuesday. He streamed the event on Instagram and is set to burn ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Damien Hirst (The Currency/PA) Damien Hirst has said he is not burning his art but “transforming it”, as he began setting fire to ...

Damien Hirst equated money to “love and death” insisting that it is “something you need to respect,” and that “you can’t make art without somehow taking it on board.” Speaking to the BBC in a joint ...

Frieze Seoul has revealed highlights for its fifth edition, bringing more than 130 galleries from 30 countries and regions to COEX this September. The Art Car Boot Fair returns to London this ...

A new financial statement filed with Companies House, an executive agency of the British Government that maintains the register of companies, earlier this year unveiled that Damien Hirst, the United ...

Damien Hirst’s Mortuary (2003-4), at the Gagosian Gallery. Photograph courtesy of the Gagosian Gallery. Damien hirst is famous for suspending dead animals, among them cows and sheep, in ...