Hirst's Diamond Skull Goes On Display

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Aug 29th 2008 at 11:02AM

Last year, artist Damien Hirst exhibited his diamond skull piece "For the Love of God" while he was shopping for a buyer. Hirst eventually bought the piece along with a group of investors for its $100 million asking price. Now the piece is on the road again. The Netherlands' national museum will exhibit the diamond and platinum skull for six weeks starting November 1. The piece is decorated with 8,601 diamonds and allegedly takes its name from Hirst's mother's exclamation when she heard what her son was up to.

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margalutt Aug 30th 2008 1:40PM

They could and should have given this guy better teeth.

Judy Johnson Aug 30th 2008 2:10PM

Can you just imagine how many of the world's starving people could not only be fed, but who could live like kings, on $100 million? This picture makes me sick, not because of the diamonds' setting but for the sickening waste this display represents. Lord, Jesus, come quickly!

mona Aug 30th 2008 2:13PM

A diamond skull? There are people in THIS country going hungry, and you spend 100 mil on a diamond skull? Gee...wonder what's wrong with America?

Brooker Aug 30th 2008 6:45PM

whos skull is it?
email me to tell me please!!!
brookermonoxide@hotmail.com

Deidre Woollard Aug 30th 2008 6:48PM

Hi Brooker:

The exact identity is unknown, it is the skull of a 35-year-old 18th century European man which Hirst bought in a London shop.

Felix gabriel Sep 5th 2008 6:44PM

Art is supposed provoke emotion. Sadly this piece leaves me slightly numb, i suppose it's more the cost of the materials and as someone said before "the amount of people that could be fed".The concept i find interesting, being of African desent, i am conscious of how many of my peoples lives was taken in order to mine those very materials. Would cubic zirconiums been sufficient to convey the conceptual message that hirst was trying to get across ?would cubic zircs provoke emotion ?