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Image: Damien Hirst Designs A Vagina Tattoo For A Model [NSFW]
Well she'll probably regret this. Or as HowAboutWe's Chiara Atik said “isn't the whole point of having a Damien Hirst to have it appreciate in value over time? Vaginas…don't.” (via howaboutwe.com)
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Flies And Maggots Installation Art
Culture Buzz Damien Hirst has a new art installation featuring an encasement in which thousands of flies are released onto a barbecue. Check it out! (Via)
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Image: Diamond Baby Skull By Damien Hirst
British artist Damien Hirst has used an infant's skull to create his latest work “For Heaven's Sake.” The skull is cast in platinum and covered with more than 8,100 diamonds. Controversy!
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Image: Plush Museum
Plush toys in formaldehyde, from a 2008 art exhibition in Paris. [Editor's Note: This is like Damien Hirst meets Disney. It's creepy and adorable at the same time. I just hope they died of natural causes.]
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The Art Power 100
Culture Buzz Art Review’s list of the 100 most powerful people in the art world. It’s like a Forbes listing of the world’s richest people, except they’re all arty. Science, the company behind Damien Hirst, is at the top of the list (which Hirst has dominated before).
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Damien Hirst, Gazillionaire
Culture Buzz The larger-than-life British artist made headlines (yet again) this week with a record-breaking auction. By cutting out the middleman (aka his art dealer) and taking his work—cows and sharks in formaldehyde, mostly—directly to Sotheby’s, the guy made $200.7 million in two days, breaking Picasso’s sale record from 1993. Putting animals in goo pays!
