Remember in 2007 when Damien Hirst took that skull and encrusted it with a bajillion diamonds, and then put it up for sale for $100,000,000? And then remember how nobody bought it, and then at the last second a “mystery” buyer came out of nowhere and salvaged the value of his entire oeuvre bought it? […]
12
Jan
Another brilliant way to get rich while clowning the art world
28
Sep
Exclusive design limited-edition high tops from Converse
The newest addition to the Chuck Taylor family is an original design by lauded — and some say over-hyped — British artist Damien Hirst. Featuring a vibrant pattern of butterflies flying on a bright orange canvas, the high top sneakers were inspired by his All you need is love painting. Designed for (PRODUCT)RED benefit, only […]
31
Mar
"Boogie Woogie" Trailer
Boogie Woogie, a new film from writer and producer Danny Moynihan — an integral part of the UK’s much-hyped Young British Artists (YBA) movement — could be terrific, as it satirizes and skewers the very art world from which Moynihan came from. Although many great things have sprung from the soil of the global contemporary […]
