On day of Wall Street’s worst loss since 2001, super-rich embrace Damien Hirst
On the day the global financial markets are rocking in the turmoil of a Wall Street meltdown, Damien Hirst rewrote the rules of art world economics with his auction of Beautiful Inside My Head Forever , a ‘greatest hits sale’ at Sotheby’s. According to the Guardian, the first night sale brought in a staggering £70.5 million.
Read more at the Guardian, New York Times and Artforum, and at a previous post here.
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