PANTS ON FIREDamien Hirst Backdated a Shark That Sold for $8M: ReportExperts said Hirst shirked contemporary art norms that take dates of origin seriously.Amanda Yen
WHAT?GOP Donor Plowed Rolls-Royce Into $3M Sculpture: ReportsElizabeth Raese allegedly then drove the car through a seawall and onto a beach.Dan Ladden-Hall
SMHDamien Hirst to Burn His Own Work for NFT ArtThe controversial artist is known for outlandish stunts. Helen Holmes
FOR ART’S SAKEMillion-Dollar Art Heist From a Bohemian Drinking DenThe Colony Room, beloved by artists from Francis Bacon to Damien Hirst, was a byword for debauchery. But when it closed, a million dollars worth of art vanished off its walls. Tom Sykes
OriginsIs Damien Hirst a Culture Thief?Nigerian artist Victor Ehikhamenor says Damien Hirst’s “Golden Heads (Female)” has cavalierly appropriated a famous Nigerian artwork, bordering “on the line of broad daylight robbery.”Lizzie Crocker
OwnershipHow Damien Hirst Might Lose His CharmA jewelry designer has asked for a court order to stop the artist from selling his pill charm bracelets, claiming their distinctive design was her idea.Lizzie Crocker
BAD TASTEDamien Hirst’s Food: Worse Than His ArtThe bombastic artist who once personified British cool has let us down with a timid restaurant rehash.Nico Hines
PlaytimeWhen Lady Gaga Met The BolshoiBrad and Angelina were there when, in 2009, the LA Museum of Contemporary Art, threw a party that saw Lady Gaga sing on a Damien Hirst-customized, pink grand piano.Anthony Haden-Guest
Big SpenderWhat Qatar’s Expensive Love of Art HidesThe Qatar Museums Authority is thought to have spent $300 million on a Gauguin. Is the oil-rich country using art to obscure darker injustices?Emily Shire
Tidying UpGet Into Bed with Tracey Emin for $2MTracey Emin’s ‘My Bed,’ with its detritus of cigarette butts, empty vodka bottles, and soiled underwear, was one of the best-known pieces of art in the 1990s. Now it's up for sale.Tim Teeman
WhoopsA Holy Mistake: Selling an Art ForgeryAfter discovering his Damien Hirst paintings were fakes, Florida pastor Kevin Sutherland continued to try to sell them…to an undercover cop. He’s now been sentenced to six months in jail.Justin Jones
