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Damien Hirst at 60: a genius who never stops stretching our understanding of art and life – or a tired trickster ruined by his riches?

“I’m an artist, I have no idea about money.”

The Conversation · Jun 4, 2025

This art could kill you: the shocking genius of a 'forgotten' YBA

A new exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery is about to put Hamad Butt back into the art history books as a daring, challenging artist who was just as important as Damien Hirst and co

Evening Standard · Jun 3, 2025

Damien Hirst says he used to buy property ‘a bit like Monopoly’

British artist opened up about his life and work in a rare interview

The Independent UK · May 24, 2025

Damien Hirst says banana taped to wall is ‘serious art’

‘It is everything art gets a bad name for and everything I love about art,’ said the British artist

The Independent UK · Jan 12, 2025

‘It is everything art gets a bad name for and everything I love’: Damien Hirst and Cornelia Parker on choosing artworks for schools

Antony Gormley and Bridget Riley also pick works to be shown on high-res displays, thanks to a drive to put art at the core of the secondary school cultural syllabus

The Guardian - UK · Jan 11, 2025

Hamad Butt review – the truncated brilliance of the most dangerous YBA

Butt emerged as one of the subtlest of the famous Goldsmiths generation, but he died too soon for his sly, oblique work to fully develop

The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2024

Earning half the minimum wage: new report reveals pressures on artists to sustain creative life

Artists are generally thought of as either starving in a garret (La Bohème and all that) or jammy millionaires producing works valued at eye-watering sums (hello Damien Hirst). But the reality of life in the visual arts is more prosaic and a great deal more worrying, as the publication of…

The Conversation · Dec 13, 2024

Scottish Artist Jasleen Kaur Wins 2024 Turner Prize

Scottish artist Jasleen Kaur won the prestigious Turner Prize on Tuesday, as the UK contemporary art award celebrated its 40th anniversary.

International Business Times · Dec 4, 2024

Artist Jasleen Kaur wins Turner Prize for work exploring her Scottish Sikh identity

An artist whose work exploring her Scottish Sikh identity includes a vintage Ford car draped in a crocheted doily has won the U.K.’s prestigious Turner Prize

The Independent UK · Dec 3, 2024

Sex, drugs and scandal: The Groucho Club's most hedonistic moments

As the celebrity haunt faces a licence review, Claudia Cockerell looks at the Groucho’s history as a haven for drug-fuelled evenings of debauchery

Evening Standard · Nov 27, 2024