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Damien Hirst

Damien Hirst (7/6/1965- )

Today is the occasion to bear in mind Damien Hirst (7/6/1965- ), since emerging onto the international art scene in the late 1980s, he has created installations, sculptures, paintings, and drawings that examine the complex relationships between art and beauty, religion and science, and life and death. Through documents or …

Damien Hirst, Youth's Garden, 2023, oil on canvas, Installation view “Damien Hirst. Drawings”, Albertina Modern-Vienna, 2025, © Damien Hirst, Private Collection, Photo: © & Courtesy Valia Katsimpa

ART CITIES: Vienna-Damien Hirst

The exhibition “Damien Hirst. Drawings”, presented at Vienna’s Albertina Modern from May 7 to October 8, 2025, offers art lovers the opportunity …

Damien Hirst, Five Friends, 2018 Carrara marble, in 5 parts, Mickey: 30 ⅝ × 17 ½ × 17 ¼ inches (77.8 × 44.3 × 43.9 cm), Minnie: 31 ½ × 16 ⅝ × 17 ¼ inches (79.8 × 42.1 × 43.8 cm), Donald: 29 ¾ × 20 ⅜ × 17 ¾ inches (75.6 × 51.8 × 45.1 cm), Pluto: 30 ½ × 21 ½ × 23 inches (77.4 × 54.5 × 58.2 cm), Goofy: 49 ⅜ × 16 ¼ × 24 ½ inches (125.2 × 41.1 × 62.1 cm), edition of 3 + 2 AP, © Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS 2021. Photo: Lucio Ghilardi/Prudence Cuming Associates

ART CITIES:Rome-Damien Hirst

Damien Hirst’s wide-ranging practice includes installation, sculpture, painting and drawing. Consistently challenging the boundaries between art, science and religion, his visceral, visually …

Damien Hirst, Papillio palinurus in Achillea millefolium, 2009, Oil on canvas, 36 × 54 inches / 91.4 × 137.2 cm, © Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS 2021. Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates. Courtesy of Gagosian

ART CITIES:London-Damien Hirst

Damien Hirst’s wide-ranging practice includes installation, sculpture, painting and drawing. Consistently challenging the boundaries between art, science and religion, his visceral, visually …

Damien Hirst, Demon with bowl (exhibition enlargement), Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates, © Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS 2017, Palazzo Grassi Archive

ART CITIES:Venice-Damien Hirst, Part II

Damien Hirst’s wide-ranging practice includes installation, sculpture, painting and drawing. Consistently challenging the boundaries between art, science and religion, his visceral, visually …

Damien Hirst, The Severed Head of Medusa, Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates, © Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS 2017, Palazzo Grassi Archive

ART CITIES:Venice-Damien Hirst, Part I

Damien Hirst’s wide-ranging practice includes installation, sculpture, painting and drawing. Consistently challenging the boundaries between art, science and religion, his visceral, visually …

Damien Hirst, The rose window, Durham Cathedral, 2008, Painting, butterflies and metallic paint on canvas in artist’s frame, 299.2 x 299.2 x 15 cm, Courtesy Gary Tatintsian Gallery and artist studio

ART CITIES:Moscow-Damien Hirst

Damien Hirst emerged as a leading figure in the Young British Artists movement His work calls into question our awareness and convictions …