English artist Damien Hirst (b. 1965) first rose to fame in the late 1980s and early 1990s as part of the Young British Artists (YBAs), a loose group of artists operating in London, many of whom ...

Besides maybe his blinged out human skulls, the "Natural History" series is how most people were introduced to Damien Hirst's work. The artist recently picked up where the series left off by unveiling ...

Damien Hirst has given his verdict on Comedian, the divisive work of art by Maurizio Cattelan, which consists of a banana duct-taped to a wall. The piece, which has been described as a commentary on ...

As Frieze London runs this week, Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips will hold sales that are estimated to bring in between £182.3 and £269 million ($208 million and $353 million) before buyer’s fees ...

Loved and hated in equal measure, Damien Hirst has always embodied the full-throttle provocation of the Young British Artists—fun, controversial and unapologetically brash. Though his market has seen ...