Articles in the art Category
Damien Hirst, 43, just made history - and a boatload of treasure - with his two-day sale at Sotheby’s auction house in London. He’s the first living
artist to sell work directly through an auction house rather than a gallery*. Final figures (get ready to puke): 218 of 223 works sold for a total of $200,000,000 USD. 10% goes to his manager, so subtract $19m USD. Sotheby’s took $26m USD in buyer’s premiums (when you successfully bid at auction you’re charged a fee on top of the hammer price). Production costs to …
So I am at Jaspers studio, with a nice piece of metal, and a hot palette that Jasper loaded for me, and, no Idea of what to paint,





