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DAMIEN HIRST TO OPEN HUGE EXHIBITION OF MORE THAN 50 EARLY WORKS AT HIS UNTIL MARCH 7, 2021 - BUT YOU CAN'T BUY ANYTHING!

THE PUBLICITY WILL NO DOUBT BENEFIT HIRST !!!

So, who is Damien Hirst? An artist? Definitely an entrepreneur ---- definitely a Brit ---- definitely the darling of the 1990s scene --- who reportedly is the richest living UK artist. His wealth is estimated at $384 million, as reported in the (UK) 2020 Sunday Times Rich List. Take a look at the PRINT below! Measuring +- 29" x 22" in a series of 100. When put up for auction, the bidding started at HOW ABOUT THE $10, 964. It sold for $25,000! ABOVE ENTITLED "" (IS THAT A DOUBLE ENTRENDE OR HALF A THOUGHT?)

It was probably this "sculpture" that really put Hirst in the forefront of the art world as the consummate publicity hound. Produced in 2007, It consists of a platinum cast of an 18th-century human skull (original teeth) Are you saying (to yourself or out loud) "I don't get it!" encrusted with 8,601 flawless diamonds including...... a pear-shaped pink diamond located in the Below are some of those works. Now, if there forehead that is known as the Skull Star weren't a pandemic, wouldn't you just be Diamond (52.4 carats). Hirst believes this dying (pun intended) to see this exhibition? artwork is a memento mori, or a reminder of Save the airfare. the mortality of the viewer. Uh...the Dutch did Here are a few of his notable works. that before him. Must be his own special version of a vanitas scene. In 2007, art historian Rudi Fuchs, described the work as "out of this world, celestial almost." It cost $19, 807,000. to produce and was priced for sale at $68,525,000. So, you're wondering, did it sell...and to whom...for how much? Here's where the real "shell game" comes in. Hirst said that the work was sold on August 30, 2007, for the selling price, to an anonymous consortium. What he didn't reveal is that the consortium included himself! Like Warhol, in the 1960s, he branded himself. But what really irks me is that Meat of the Matter … Hirst’s 1997 butcher’s shop. at least Warhol didn't try to hide his *derivative work or manipulate its worth. Hirst was sneaky about it. *Artist John LeKay, a friend of Hirst's in the early 1990s, said the work is based on a skull covered with crystals which LeKay had made in 1993. LeKay said, "When I heard he was doing it, I felt like I was being punched in the gut. When I saw the image online, I felt that a part of me was in the piece. I was a bit shocked." Hmmmm...I wonder if they are still "friends". Black Sheep with Gold Horns suspended in Nevertheless, the irony is that the hype Formaldehyde continues. You can buy books and Hirst-signed silkscreen prints of it today!

Virgin Mothers - Compared Or, maybe you would like to see pieces of But I digress...back to the present! his version of a shipwreck treasure when it Hirst's exhibition at his shows alongside authentic Caravaggios, will have more than 50 of his early works on Berninis and Titians at the Galleria display. Maybe you'll be jazzed to see medicine Borghese from May 10- to October 10. The cabinets, animals pickled in formaldehyde and Art Newspaper report on the exhibition spot . A nu mber of works which have opening at the time noted: “This is what art not been exhibited before are making an looks like when unbridled ambition meets appearance, apparently limitless financial resources."

Damien Hirst: Narcissistic Con Man or Artistic Genius...or both?