A Portrait of the Artist Damien Hirst
Channel: Anton Knight Fine Art Gallery
Date: 2021-04-20

Damien Hirst first came to public attention in London in 1988 when he conceived and curated "Freeze," an exhibition in a disused warehouse that showed his work and that of his friends and fellow students at Goldsmiths College. In the nearly quarter of a century since that pivotal show (which would come to define the Young British Artists), Hirst has become one of the most influential artists of his generation. His groundbreaking works include The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living (1991), a shark in formaldehyde; Mother and Child Divided (1993) a four-part sculpture of a bisected cow and calf; and For the Love of God (2007), a human skull studded with 8,601 diamonds. In addition to his installations and sculptures, Hirst’s Spot paintings and Butterfly paintings have become universally recognized.

Blue chip representation
Represented by internationally reputable galleries.

High auction record
£10m, Sotheby's, 2007

Solo show at a major institution
Solo show at a major institution
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Tate Modern, Serpentine Galleries, Tate Britain, Palazzo Grassi - Punta della Dogana, MCA Chicago.

Group show at a major institution
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Centre Pompidou, Tate Modern, Leeum - Samsung Museum of Art, MoMA PS1, ICA London, Serpentine Galleries, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, UCCA, Castello di Rivoli, Rockbund Art Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), Tate Britain, Kunstmuseum Basel, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Mori Art Museum, National Gallery of Victoria, The Broad, Dallas Museum of Art, Whitechapel Gallery, Museo Reina Sofia, Fondation Beyeler, Fondazione Prada, Brooklyn Museum, Palazzo Grassi - Punta della Dogana, Museo Jumex, The Bass Museum of Art, MCA Chicago.

Collected by a major institution
Tate, and MoMA

Reviewed by a major art publication
Artforum, frieze, The Guardian, Texte zur Kunst, Art in America, LEAP, Sculpture Magazine.

Included in a major biennial
Venice Biennale International Exhibition, Istanbul Biennial, Glasgow International.