Conceived by Damien Hirst and curated by Ordovas, 'The Big Blue' explores some of the ways in which the sea influences art, by looking at works that span many centuries from Roman times until today. Our intention is to offer an original and penetrating glimpse into a...
Regular readers will know of the special reserve of bile I harbour for one Damien Hirst: the businessman peddling 'art' in a beyond-cynical way that would make Warhol choke on or at the very least regurgitate a little his oft quoted adage "good business is the best...
In light of the recent and stunning images of Pluto taken by New Horizons’ Long Range Reconnaissance Imager from a distance of 280,000 miles, we are reminded that the galaxy is a visually stunning place, but also a place where - in fact - art already exists, not...
This summer Jerwood Gallery presents British artist, Rachel Howard, for her largest solo public gallery exhibition in the UK. The artist was Damien Hirst’s first spot painter, in the 1990s, she was Hirst’s first assistant, today the artist juggles a life...
OK, so admittedly Damien Hirst is still very much with us... But what can you say about an artist’s life’s work when they have died penniless and relatively unknown? The best way to answer is to reverse the question: why does it matter a damn...
Damien Hirst’s Charity (2002-2003), a seven metres tall sculpture will be installed next to St. Helen’s Church and opposite the Gherkin in London’s Square Mile, as part of the 2015 edition of Sculpture in the...
Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery will open its inaugural exhibition with paintings by John Hoyland, who was - ironically - the British artist who objected to the Royal Academy’s 1997 Sensation exhibition of works by Young British Artists. The new show...
Morbid question one: if Damien Hirst fell into a vat of formaldehyde tomorrow, how would this affect the monetary value of his works? The ultimate art-businessman has, like most on Artlyst’s reel of richest male artists, become so having found a brand-formula which...
Sculpture in the City, the dynamic yearly public art exhibition in the City of London, returns this summer with a selection of contemporary art pieces placed in and around the Square Mile. Launching on the 9 July, the exhibition will include works from internationally...