Hirst

Written by Oscar Holland, Leah Dolan CNNLondon, United KingdomSmoke rose from artist Damien Hirst's London gallery on Tuesday, as 1,000 of his signature "spot" paintings went up in flames. Thousands more will be reduced to ashes before the…

<!-- -->Damien Hirst takes part in a burn event which is part of his latest NFT exhibitionBritain's Damien Hirst started burning hundreds of his artworks on Tuesday after collectors chose to keep their non-fungible tokens (NFTs),…

<!-- -->Damien Hirst burnt his 1,000 NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens).A painting is a valuable possession. To create one masterpiece, artists devote their entire concentration. Imagine burning all that effort and hard work. Damien Hirst, a…

Damien Hirst has started burning millions of pounds worth of his art as part of a project testing the value of physical paintings versus digital works - and told Sky News: "Who's to judge what's right and wrong and what's real…

When he's not preserving dead animals in formaldehyde or encrusting skulls with diamonds, Damien Hirst is known for his spots.On the surface, they appear to be a more innocent affair, clusters of rainbow blobs that simply make…

This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style.It was a project always destined to go up in a puff of smoke, at least part of it. And now British artist Damien Hirst has announced he will burn…