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Bono and Damien Hirst Raise $42.5 Million for Africa

Posted Feb 18th 2008 12:03PM by Laura Malesich
Filed under: Auctions


On Valentine's Day last week the much anticipated (RED) Auction, benefiting The Global Fund in the fight against AIDS, took place at Sotheby's in New York. With U2 lead singer Bono and artist Damien Hirst bringing together one hundred contributing artists to create inspirational works of art for the auction, the feeling of love (for our fellow brothers and sisters fighting HIV/AIDS in Africa) was in the air. The auction raised an incredible $42.5 million and also set record sales for seventeen of the artists who contributed. It was an amazing evening that brought a star-studded crowd together for a noble cause -- now that's doing something beautiful with your money.

Gallery: Auction (RED)

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Damien Hirst Inspired Wall Treatment

Posted Jan 17th 2008 11:03AM by Rigel Celeste
Filed under: Decor

Even if you're not able to afford an actual Damien Hirst on your wall, you can have a decorating scheme that includes an entire wall inspired by his art for a much more reasonable investment. Polka dots make for a whimsical and upbeat wall treatment in the form of dot decals. Each Sweet 16 package from blik includes 16 Damien Hirst inspired dots of all different colors (with fun names like lemon, cotton candy pink and kiwi) for putting up in a grid pattern or any other way you like (confetti explosion perhaps?). The Sweet 16 cannot be custom ordered, but if you're inspired to make your own masterpiece you can create a personalized mix of colors with blik's Classic Dots instead.

Gallery: Dots by blik

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Damien Hirst Orders Serious Solar Power

Posted Nov 28th 2007 8:02AM by Rigel Celeste
Filed under: Green

Damien Hirst, the world's most expensive living artist, is going green in a major way: he recently placed an order for Britain's second largest solar panel system. The system will be used to switch his Gloucestershire country home and studios over to total solar power. I can imagine he's got a lot of electricity needs for his entire estate, but I'm wondering if a 310 watt system (enough power to supply electricity to the equivalent of over 150 homes and will account for 2% of the entire country's solar power) isn't a bit overkill?

Damien Hirst Napkin Doodle Sells for $37,000

Posted Nov 15th 2007 9:04AM by Rigel Celeste
Filed under: Auctions, Art


I guess it should be no surprise that the most expensive living artist has very valuable doodles. This was proven recently when Damien Hirst did a little ink sketch on a linen napkin from The Ivy restaurant. It's a depiction of his diamond-encrusted skull, plus a couple of steaming coffee cups in the eye sockets and, of course, the all-important Hirst signature. He donated the sketch to MacMillan Cancer Relief's "coffee art" auction, where it sold to a private collector for £18,000.

So do you think it was really just a doodle? Or a creative way to come up with something for the auction?

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The Most Expensive Birthday Card

Posted Aug 20th 2007 6:35PM by Rigel Celeste
Filed under: Art

70 year old Joan Hardee got quite the birthday greeting in the mail when she received a painting from artist Damien Hirst. Joan had been Hirst's college secretary, so when her son was planning a surprise birthday party he asked Hirst if he wouldn't make a special card for her. Hirst, though, took it a step farther and sent her an entire painting instead with the words "Happy Birthday Joan" written on it. At the time the painting had an estimated value of £30,000.

Joan Hardee had attempted to sell the painting back in 2001 (rumors are she couldn't afford to insure it) but was unsuccessful, so assuming she still has it how much to do suppose it's worth now?

Damien Hirst Is Most Expensive Living Artist

Posted Jun 25th 2007 6:03PM by Rigel Celeste
Filed under: Art

Damien Hirst is now the world's most expensive living artist, which is quite a title considering the price many pieces are going for at auction these days. America's Jasper Johns held the honor previously, on and off since the 1980s, along with Willem de Kooning from 1989-1997. Damien Hirst officially took the title when his Lullaby Spring pill cabinet sold for $19.1 million at Sotheby's, but he didn't take it directly from Jasper Johns. Just 24 hours earlier artist Lucian Frued had the title (yep, for just one day) after his "Bruce Bernard" portrait sold for $16.5 million in London.

Damien Hirst's "For the Love of God"

Posted May 21st 2006 11:01AM by Nicole Weston

British artist Damien Hirst recently revealed his newest project, the most expensive work of art ever created, to the Observer. It is a life-size human skull, cast in platinum and covered in about 8,500 diamonds. The largest diamond on the piece will be a 50-karat diamond in the center of the skull. The total value of the materials involved in making the skull, entitled "For the Love of God," will be £8-10 million, but the retail value of the finished piece could be up to £50 million. His motivation for undertaking such an extravagant project? Hirst said "I just want to celebrate life by saying to hell with death."

The piece will not be unveiled until 2007.

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