UPDATED: Damien Hirst's Sotheby's auction, London, 15 and 16th Sep

Exhibition Description:

This highly controversial and ground-breaking auction of works by Damien Hirst will be taking place at Sotheby's, New Bond Street in mid-September. The theme Beautiful Inside My Head Forever includes a whole new body of work that covers the complete range of Hirst’s output and more.

Beautiful Inside My Head Forever will include 223 lots and is expected to realise a sum in excess of £65 million. The estimates will range from around £15,000-20,000 (for a range of new drawings) up to the £8,000,000-12,000,000 estimate attached to The Golden Calf – the monumental and arresting centre-piece of the sale.

'Most insiders say that only at the topmost end of the market, where sales at auction are guaranteed by the artist's fame, could the middleman become an anachronism -- and that just a handful of artists, such as Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons, have the kind of fame it takes. Dealers still have a crucial role to play....' The Wall Street Journal.

Description:

Image: © Damien Hirst. Photo Credit: Prudence Cumming

Full Contact Details:

Sotheby's
34-35 New Bond Street
London W1A 2AA

Tel: 44 20 7293 5000
Fax: 44 20 7293 5989

Damien Hirst's meteoric rise is covered in the article A Rise of an Artist's Popularity in our Emerging Artist section.

For more detail on this The Wall Street Journal article, read Media & Marketing Edition

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• 2008.09.16: UK - London: Damien Hirst has set a record of £111 million 
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