Damien Hirst Net Worth, spouse, young children, awards, movies

$700,000,000

Damien Hirst is an English artist who has a remarkable net worth of $700 million. He rose to fame in the 90s as a member of the Young British Artists, known for his series of sculptures featuring dead animals preserved in formaldehyde, with his most renowned piece being ‘The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living.’ In 2008, Hirst made headlines by bypassing traditional galleries and selling a complete show at auction, generating nearly $200 million.

Key facts:

Damien Hirst rose to fame in the 90s as a member of the Young British Artists.

He is particularly well known for his series of sculptures featuring dead animals that have been preserved in formaldehyde.

His most renowned piece is 'The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living,' which features a tiger shark preserved in formaldehyde.

In 2008, Hirst made history by selling a complete show, 'Beautiful Inside My Head Forever,' at auction for £111 million.

Hirst's installation 'For the Love of God,' which features a platinum human skull bedazzled with diamonds, set a record for the most expensive work of art by a living artist when it sold for $19.2 million.

Basic Information About Damien Hirst

Category	Celebrities
Professions	Contemporary artist, Entrepreneur, Film director
Net worth	$700,000,000
Date of birth	1965-06-07 (59 years old)
Place of birth	Bristol
Nationality	United Kingdom
Gender	Male
Social Media	↗︎ Wikipedia

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Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Damien_Hirst_Room_at_ARKEN_gallery,_Ish%C3%B8j,_Denmark.png
Original Source: Own work
Author: Jonathan Deamer
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
Date taken: 24 December 2020

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Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stuckist_International_Gallery_2003_(shark_1).jpg
Original Source: From stuckism.com Photo by Charles Thomson.
Author:
Damien Hirst
Date taken: april 2003

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