Topic: Damien Hirst
Damien Hirst, once the enfant terrible of the British art world, has been slammed as simply terrible for his latest work, which he -- shock, horror -- painted himself. The scathing reviews were compounded by a new survey showing he has plummeted nearly 50 places down a ranking of the contemporary art world's most powerful movers and shakers. One of London ...
Swiss curator Hans Ulrich Obrist was named the most powerful figure in the contemporary art world on Thursday, but Britain's Damien Hirst tumbled almost 50 places in ArtReview magazine's "power 100" list. Obrist, co-director of exhibitions and programmes and director of international projects at London's Serpentine Gallery, was described as "one of the most active and well-networked ...
One of London's most traditional art galleries is staging an exhibition of works by the enfant terrible of British art, Damien Hirst, from Wednesday. The Wallace Collection, best known for housing works by the likes of Velazquez and Titian, will show "No Love Lost", a collection of 25 paintings, many of which feature dark depictions of human skulls and ...
