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Damien Hirst Formaldehyde Works Under Scrutiny, Hong Kong Artists Brace for New Security Law, Banksy Mural Vandalized, and More: Morning Links for March 20, 2024 - ARTnews
Art Industry News: ‘The Guardian’ Says Damien Hirst’s NFTs Might Make Him the New Duchamp + Other Stories
Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on this Monday, October 17. NEED-TO-READ Climate Protesters Deny Damaging Van Gogh Frame – Just Stop Oil protesters who threw a can of tomato soup at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London denied charges ...
Damien Hirst burns his own art after selling NFTs - BBC
Creation, destruction, sensation: Damien Hirst’s burning desire to destroy art worth £10m | Damien Hirst
Take two cultural phenomena, both designed to confound us, which are now each worth lots of money: the art of Damien Hirst and the equally infamous non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. Between them they have already perplexed many art fans. This month brings them both together in a dramatic event to be staged during Frieze London, a moment when the international art world turns its ...
Damien Hirst - The Currency: Is setting fire to millions of pounds worth of art a good idea? | Ents & Arts News
When he's not preserving dead animals in formaldehyde or encrusting skulls with diamonds, Damien Hirst is known for his spots.On the surface, they appear to be a more innocent affair, clusters of rainbow blobs that simply make the beholder feel happy, rather than provoking the outrage that a pickled shark or sliced-down-the middle cow and her calf might, say, or a photograph of the ...
Art Industry News: Damien Hirst Throws His ‘100 Percent Support’ Behind NFTs With Plans to Burn Even More of His Art + Other Stories
Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on this Friday, August 5. NEED TO READ Catherine Opie and Jack Pierson to Curate a Show of John Waters’s Collection – Artists Catherine Opie and Jack Pierson selected 90 works from the collection that filmmaker John ...
Damien Hirst’s ‘The Currency’ Was a Referendum on NFTs Vs. Traditional Art. The Result? A Resounding Preference for Traditional Art
The results are in. One year ago, Damien Hirst announced a brazen plan to “challenge the concept of value through money and art,” forcing buyers of his NFT project “The Currency” to decide between owning the physical artwork or the digital token connected to it. Now, Hirst has announced the final tally on his Twitter account. So, are NFTs the future? Not according to ...
Crypto crash or burn? Damien Hirst to set his paintings on fire for NFT project
It was a project always destined to go up in a puff of smoke, at least part of it. And now Damien Hirst has announced he will burn thousands of his paintings at Newport Street Gallery in London as part of his year-long NFT project, baldly titled The Currency. Opening on 9 September, visitors to Hirst’s private museum will get the chance to view ...
Damien Hirst to burn thousands of his paintings to show art as ‘currency’ | Damien Hirst
Damien Hirst, the artist famous for pickling dead animals in the 1990s, is to burn thousands of his paintings next month in a project focusing on art as currency.Hirst, who was the UK’s richest artist in 2020 with a net worth of more than £315m, will destroy the artworks at his London gallery. He created 10,000 unique dot paintings in 2016, each with its ...