Damien Hirst Gallery
Artist Damien Hirst stands with two of his paintings at Sotheby's auction "Beautiful Inside My Head Forever" on September 8, 2008 in London.
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Artist Damien Hirst's platinum cast of a human skull is shown covered with 8,601 ethically sourced diamonds and is estimated to be worth over £50 million. Titled "For the Love of God," the original skull was examined by forensic experts, who concluded that it was male, probably of European origin and about 35 years old at the time of death. Radiocarbon analysis suggests that he lived some time between 1720 and 1810.
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Preview of Damien Hirst's "The Dream" from "Beautiful Inside My Head Forever," a major auction of new works at Sotheby's.
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"L-Tyrosine-15n, 2001," by Damien Hirst.
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Giant sculpture by British artist Damien Hirst, called "Hymn," is seen on the roof of the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco, March 29, 2010.
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"The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living" (1991) by Damien Hirst
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Ukrainian businessman Viktor Pinchuk (R) watches British artist Damien Hirst produce a piece of work in the Pinchuk Art Center in Kiev April 23, 2009. Long lines snaked onto the pavement opposite Kiev's main vegetable market in the center of this city of three million, as young and old Ukrainians waited to see the latest exhibit on display at a free modern art museum funded and set up by steel, media and banking magnate Viktor Pinchuk. (Picture taken April 23, 2009.)
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A Damien Hirst art piece is auctioned off during the "Happy Hearts Fund's Land of Dreams Thailand' at the Metropolitan Pavilion on November 20, 2010 in New York City.
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Artwork by Damien Hirst is displayed at the Van De Wegne gallery during the Media and Professional preview at Art Basel Miami Beach on December 3, 2008.
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A staff member of Seoul Auction poses in front of a Damien Hirst art piece, "Tranquility," created with butterflies, during a press preview in Hong Kong May 13, 2009. The work is estimated at $1.25 million.
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British artist Damien Hirst poses in front of his work "The Incredible Journey" in Berlin, Germany. The zebra preserved in formaldehyde solution is part of his exhibition "Have You Ever Really Looked at the Sun?" together with U.S. artist Michael Joo at the gallery Haunch of Venison in Berlin.
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The work of art "In This Terrible Moment We Are Victims Clinging Helplessly To An Environment That Refuses To Acknowledge The Soul" by British artist Damien Hirst is displayed at the Brandhorst Museum on May 18, 2009 in Munich, Germany.
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A woman works on the art installation "In This Terrible Moment We Are Victims Clinging Helplessly To An Environment That Refuses To Acknowledge The Soul" by British artist Damien Hirst on show at the Museum Brandhorst in Munich, Germany on May 6, 2009.
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British artist Damien Hirst poses next to 'Promise of Money' part of the Requiem exhibition in Kiev on April 23, 2009.
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"Cornucopia' by Damien Hirst, which forms part of a site-specific work as part of <i>Statuephilia: Contemporary Sculptors</i> at the British Museum.
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A woman walks past Damien Hirst's "Spot Mini" in Charles Saatchi's gallery in London, England.
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