Damien Hirst&#39;s Pharmacy Sells For 11.1 Million
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LONDON, ENGLAND.- Damien Hirst reaffirmed his position as one of the leading contemporary artists of the 21st century this evening (October 18th, 2004), when all 168 lots of original items from the celebrated Pharmacy restaurant sold at Sotheby&#39;s London
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An art auction conceived by U2 frontman and campaigner Bono together with British artist Damien Hirst raised 42.5 million dollars in New York late Thursday for UN-backed health programs in Africa.
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British artist Damien Hirst's latest solo show "Beyond Belief" at London's White Cube gallery, which closes this weekend, has taken $250 million in sales in just five weeks, the gallery said on Friday.
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A rare 11th century rock crystal ewer, misidentified as a 19th Century French claret jug, has sold for 220,000 pounds at auction, more than one thousand times its pre-sale estimate, the Art Newspaper said on Monday.
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A shark pickled in formaldehyde by British artist Damien Hirst, one of the country's best-known and most iconic modern artworks, is to leave the country after being sold to a US collector, a report said.
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LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Britart superstar Damien Hirst, famed for his pickled sharks and sheep, is taking his "New Religion" to church. With the skull of a child cast in silver and a heart pierced with syringes and razor blades, one of Britain's most controversial artists is staging his provocative show next month at an Anglican church in London.
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An auction organised by U2's Bono and artist Damien Hirst raises $42.5m (Â£21.6m) towards the fight against Aids.
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A Valentineâs Day charity auction at Sothebyâs in New York raised more than $42.5 million to benefit H.I.V./AIDS relief programs in Africa, far above the presale estimate of about $29 million, The Associated Press reported. Organized by Sothebyâs, Bono, Damien Hirst (whose âWhere Thereâs a Will Thereâs a Way,â above, was among the works sold) and the Gagosian Gallery, the event set sale records for 17 artists, including Howard Hodgkin, Marc Quinn and Keith Tyson, and included pieces by Jasper Johns, Jeff Koons and Ed Ruscha. Proceeds will go the United Nations Foundation and will support programs run by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
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VNU, the Dutch market research and information group, yesterday sold its directories business for â¬2.1bn (Â£1.4bn) to venture capital groups Apax Partners and Cinven.
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The nationâs largest brewer posted a 11 percent rise in profit as it sold more beer at higher prices.
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Contemporary art collectors opened  their wallets on Thursday and shelled out $42.6 million at a  Valentine's Day charity auction spearheaded by rocker Bono and  British artist Damien Hirst to benefit the fight against AIDS  in Africa.
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A rare watercolour painting by sculpture Modigliani sells for Â£423,000 at an auction in London.
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Rocker Bono and artist Damien Hirst sent the mother of all Valentines to Africa Thursday night - raising more than $40 million for AIDS relief.   Queen Noor, Michael Stipe, Dennis Hopper, Martha Stewart, Christy Turlington, Ed Burns, Q-Tip, Helena Ch...
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A rare 11th century rock crystal ewer, misidentified as a 19th Century French claret jug, has sold for 220,000 pounds ($428,800) at auction, more than one thousand times its pre-sale estimate, the Art Newspaper said on Monday.
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Britain's Damien Hirst has been crowned the world's most expensive living artist at auction, lifting a title held for 18 years by America's Jasper Johns.
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Damien Hirst donates four of his major works to the Tate galleries, including a pickled cow.
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A collection of works by artists including Henri Matisse sell for a total cost of $395m in New York.