"If you say to Someone That galleries take 50 percent, they'd b shocked by that. In Any Other bussiness, it's an extortionate Amount of Money. I've never tought it made much sense. "
True, sometimes the irony is where we least expect. If you say that the sentence quoted above is by Damien Hirst, do you? The statement came in connection with Beautiful Inside My Head Forever "auction results from the direct sale of their works to Sotheby's leliloeira. Free of any fees, the work will be offered for sale through that auction house, avoiding the first intermediate common in this type of transaction, the galleries, in order to combat an "unfair to the artists," says Hirst ... Forgiveness, the richest artist in Britain.
"Beautiful Inside My Head Forever" will be held in London on 15th and 16th September, and according to Sotheby's is expected a revenue of around 114.5 million dollars. Remember that Damien Hirst is also the author of "For The Love God", a skull completely covered with diamonds, the player can take home for the modest sum of 50 million pounds.
Update:
Very timely - and the title match - Damien Hirst's cover of the European edition of Time magazine this week (September 15 ). "Artist of the Rock Star" is the perfect title for an extensive article about the British artist who seeks to know if the auction next week is the end of art or the beginning of something new. " And, perhaps, be fair to speak of Andy Warhol century? ... Anyway, it's worth spending € 4.20.
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