Art

The Economist take down of the Damien Hirst industry

Darren Atwater | Friday 10 September, 2010 22:07

●

Scathing. How the bad boy of Brit-Art grew rich at the expense of his investors looks at how art investors who purchased $270m worth of Hirst art in 2008 are now finding it worth $19m. Or less.

Filed in:

Snipe Highlights

Some popular articles from past years

  1. Nice map of London's fruit trees shows you where to pick free food
  2. Nice Interactive timeline lets you follow Londoners' historic fight against racism
  3. 9 poems about London: one for each of your moods
  4. Number of people using Thames cable car plunges
  5. The best church names in London, and where they come from
  6. Peter Bayley has worked for 50 years as a cinema projectionist in East Finchley
  7. Silencing the Brick Lane curry touts could be fatal for the city's self-esteem
  8. London has chosen its mayor, but why can’t it choose its own media?
  9. Punk brewery just as sexist and homophobic as the industry they rail against
  10. Random Interview: Eileen Conn, co-ordinator of Peckham Vision