2011
British artist Damien Hirst is widely considered the enfant terrible of contemporary art. He is the most prominent of the so-called Young British Artists, or YBAs, a group, largely composed of Hirst’s classmates at Goldsmiths, in London, that began exhibiting together in warehouses and factories after 1988 and is known for the use of unconventional materials and “shock tactics” in his paintings, prints, sculptures and other works.
In the 1990s, Hirst said, “I can’t wait to get into a position to make really bad art and get away with it.” And indeed, he is notorious for piquing critics and baffling the public with such pieces as his signature glass vitrines containing dead sheep or sharks in formaldehyde, and his diamond-encrusted skull, For the Love of God.
Working primarily in sculpture, Hirst takes after French modernist master Marcel Duchamp in his use of ready-made objects and materials, which he combines to ironic effect. He often creates in series, as with "The Cure (Violet)" and "The Cure (Turquoise)," both from 2014, which are among several pill paintings referencing Andy Warhol’s embrace of mass production.
Belonging to Hirst's ongoing series of “spot” paintings, begun in the 1980s, the 2005 piece Xylene Cyanol Dye Solution is striking for its machinelike, industrial uniformity and almost childlike simplicity, a seeming rebuke to the idea of the artist-as-genius.
In addition to making art, Hirst has launched stores that sell editioned works (Other Criteria), a restaurant (Pharmacy2) and even his own London museum (Newport Street Gallery).
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Histidyl Screenprint, Contemporary Abstract Art, Signed and Framed
By Damien Hirst
Located in Bristol, GB
Screenprint in colours with metallic silver on wove paper Edition 62 of 150 (85 x 104.14 x 5.3 cm / 33.5 x 41 x 2 in) Signed and numbered on the front Condition on request Framed wit...
Screen
Untitled B (Spot Drawing) Damien Hirst
By Damien Hirst
Located in Bristol, GB
12 colour pigment print Edition 56 of 60 60 x 54 cm (23.6 x 21.3 in) Signed and numbered on the front Mint. Minor imperfections may appear due to the production process Albertina Edi...
Pigment
Methionine, from 12 Woodcut Spots Damien Hirst Spot Print, YBA Abstract print
By Damien Hirst
Located in Bristol, GB
Woodcut in colours on Somerset White paper Edition of 48 Signed on the front Artwork in mint condition. Artwork not inspected outside of frame. Minor scratches throughout frame Float...
Woodcut
H5-5 Raffles, Contemporary Digital Print, Signed, 90x90 cm
By Damien Hirst
Located in Bristol, GB
Diasec-mounted Giclee print on aluminium panel Edition 71 of 100 90 x 90 cm (35.4 x 35.4 in) Signed and numbered on the back Artwork in excellent condition. Minor imperfections may a...
Digital
H4-6 Kew Damien Hirst abstract spot print signed limited edition
By Damien Hirst
Located in Bristol, GB
Diasec-mounted Giclée print on aluminium composite panel Edition of 34/75 Signed and numbered on a label affixed to the back Mint. Sold in the original HENI packaging HENI Editions ...
Panel, Giclée
Utopia Digital Print, Contemporary Style, Signed, 21st Century, Framed
By Damien Hirst
Located in Bristol, GB
Inkjet, glaze and foil block on Hahnemuhle photo rag satin paper Edition 15 of 55 69 x 83 cm (27.2 x 32.7 in) (87.6 x 102.3 cm / 34.5 x 40.3 in) Signed and numbered on the front Cond...
Digital
Untitled - spot print by Damien Hirst
By Damien Hirst
Located in Dubai, Dubai
Untitled - spot print B By Damien Hirst 2025 Signed, dated and numbered Screenprint on paper 57 x 51 cm Edition of 500
Paper, Screen
Damien Hirst Minimalist Spots Etching, 'Ethidium Bromide Aqueous Solution', 2005
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
Damien Hirst 'Ethidium Bromide Aqueous Solution' Spots Etching, 2005. Signed by the Artist on front. Artist proof aside from the edition of 65. Published by the Paragon Press, 2005. ...
Archival Ink, Etching, Aquatint
Damien Hirst Minimalist Woodcut Print, 'Vertical Spots' IV, 2016
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
The vertical Spots 'Gly-Gly-Ala' by Damien Hirst is a multi-color woodcut in his signature palette formed with series unique colors. This exquisite piece is created in a limited edit...
Woodcut
Lepidine
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
"Lepidine" captures Damien Hirst’s fascination with creating beauty through structure. Part of his iconic "Spots" series, this shimmering grid of vibrant colors set against a silver ...
Screen
Psilocybin
By Damien Hirst
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Damien Hirst (b. 1965) is one of the most divisive, high-profile, and arguably misunderstood artists of the contemporary era. (In)famous internationally for encapsulating a tiger sh...
Digital, Lenticular
Damien Hirst "Ciclopirox Olamine" Spots Print
By Damien Hirst
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Hirst, Damien Title: Ciclopirox Olamine Date: 2004 Medium: Etching on 350 gsm Hahnemuhle paper. Unframed Dimensions: 45" x 44.25" Framed Dimensions: 47.25" x 48.5" Signa...
Etching
Once built for curbs and handrails, these boards now hang beside blue-chip works in major museums and collectors’ homes.
Fierceness and fragility coalesce as the British artist revisits a cherished motif — the butterfly.
