Damien Hirst
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Damien Steven Hirst is an English artist and art collector. He was one of the Young British Artists who dominated the art scene in the UK during the 1990s. He is reportedly the United Kingdom's riches
Hirst in 2021
Hirst in 2007
For the Love of God by Damien Hirst (2007)
Hirst in the 2010 documentary: The Future of Art
For the Love of God
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For the Love of God is a sculpture by artist Damien Hirst produced in 2007. It consists of a platinum cast of an 18th-century human skull encrusted with 8,601 flawless diamonds, including a pear-shape
Damien Hirst
…In June 2007, Beyond Belief, an exhibition of Hirst's new work, opened at the White Cube gallery in London. The centre-piece, a Memento Mori titled For the Love of God, was a human skull recreated in platinum and adorned with 8,601 diamonds weighing a total of 1,106.18 carats. Approximately £15,000,000 worth of diamonds…
Mask (human face, possibly representing Xiuhtecuhtli), cedro wood, covered in turquoise mosaic with scattered turquoise cabochons, British Museum
Spiritus Callidus #2 by John LeKay, 1993, crystal skull