Read more Damien Hirst stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2501/damien-hirst.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:04:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71682/damien-hirst-paintings-shockingly-bad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag“Bad boy of British art" Damien Hirst decided to put his headline-grabbing, conceptual art projects aside and return to painting. Critics, however, are not impressed with the exhibition of 25 new paintings, which opened today: “There are many painters in evening classes much worse than Hirst,” writes Tom Lubbock in...http://www.newser.com/story/71682/damien-hirst-paintings-shockingly-bad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Oct 2009 13:09:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57775/strapped-art-market-preps-for-auctions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter a 7-year boom, art auction houses are struggling as collectors hit hard by the recession close their wallets. Sotheby’s predicts it will pull in $179 million to $256 million at spring sales, compared to $742 million a year ago. As the spring events approach, auctioneers are employing an array...http://www.newser.com/story/57775/strapped-art-market-preps-for-auctions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 01 May 2009 10:21:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/45971/hirst-is-art-worlds-lehman.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the collapse of Lehman Brothers having opened an “anxious new era” in financial circles and among consumers at large, the auction that brought artist Damien Hirst $166 million on Sept. 15—the very day Lehman went bust—clearly marks the division, Martin Gayford writes for Bloomberg. By year’s end,...http://www.newser.com/story/45971/hirst-is-art-worlds-lehman.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 22 Dec 2008 12:21:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42861/hirst-art-is-overpriced.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the economic slowdown finally slamming into the art market, one of the world’s priciest living artists says art has become too costly anyway, the Independent reports. British multimillionaire Damien Hirst failed to sell a painting valued at some $3 million last week; in retrospect, he said, it “was overpriced,...http://www.newser.com/story/42861/hirst-art-is-overpriced.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 17 Nov 2008 10:39:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/37698/hirst-auction-yields-199m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDamien Hirst sold 223 pieces of artwork for $199 million by the end of a two-day auction yesterday, shattering the record for most revenue in an auction of a single artist’s work, Forbes reports. The previous mark was held by Pablo Picasso, with 88 sold for $20 million in 1993....http://www.newser.com/story/37698/hirst-auction-yields-199m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Sep 2008 16:50:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37529/as-stocks-slide-hirst-auction-breaks-records.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDamien Hirst won the biggest gamble of his career at Sotheby's last night—as lot after lot of the artist's work beat high estimates, totaling $127.2 million in sales. While the markets tumbled in New York, bidders in the London saleroom bought up dozens of brand-new Hirsts, from taxidermied...http://www.newser.com/story/37529/as-stocks-slide-hirst-auction-breaks-records.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 16 Sep 2008 8:18:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36718/hirst-heads-to-120m-payday.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDamien Hirst is preparing for the biggest sale of his life—and for one of the richest artists alive, that’s saying something. Sotheby’s is about to auction 223 pieces straight out of his studio, for an anticipated take of $120 million. It marks an unprecedented end run around galleries and...http://www.newser.com/story/36718/hirst-heads-to-120m-payday.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 05 Sep 2008 13:58:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31569/whats-with-all-the-skulls.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHeavy metal and Halloween, make room for haute couture. “What used to be a symbol for borderline-sociopathic tough guys with weird design fetishes—Hells Angels, pirates, Nazis—has become a trope de luxe,” writes Stephen Marche in Esquire . The skull, a symbol of death with deep religious significance, “has suddenly...http://www.newser.com/story/31569/whats-with-all-the-skulls.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 05 Jul 2008 10:53:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30434/hirst-goes-straight-to-auction.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn recent years, art collectors and auction houses have been reaping the profits of soaring contemporary art prices, while living artists watched with chagrin. Now Damien Hirst has stepped into the fray, bypassing the gallery system and bringing his latest works straight to auction. "It’s a very democratic way to...http://www.newser.com/story/30434/hirst-goes-straight-to-auction.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Jun 2008 10:36:00 CDT