British artist Damien Hirst has turned down an offer to become a Royal Academician at the Royal Academy in London, an institution that was founded in 1768 by King George III.

The refusal was revealed by Secretary and Chief Executive Dr Charles Saumarez Smith CBE, who told the Evening Standard that he does not know the reasons of this {...}

Damien Hirst Forms Without Life 1991 Courtesy Tate Images © The Artist

Ah that’s so much nicer all those annoying people have gone to Glastonbury and are going to be caught in floods and torrential rain - so now is the perfect time for art in London here’s a few things that caught our eye ;

Obviously if you haven’t been FUTURISM at The Tate Modern {...}

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As part of the Tate Modern’s forthcoming exhibition Pop Life: Art in a Material World, the London museum is recreating a 1992 performance/installation. Identical twins will sit for the entire exhibition, October 1, 2009 to January 17, 2010, below a pair of identical Hirst “spot” paintings. That’s a long time, so the Tate Modern is seeking twins to sign up.
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Byron Kim, Synecdoche 1991 © Courtesy of Max Protetch Gallery.

At a time of unprecedented interest in the role of colour in graphic design, fashion and interior design, Tate Liverpool will be presenting Colour Chart: Reinventing Colour, 1950 to Today. The exhibition looks at the shifting moment in twentieth-century art, when a group of artists began to perceive colour as ‘readymade’ {...}

Tranquility from Damien Hirst’s US$1.71 million becoming the most expensive work by Damien Hirst ever sold at auction in Asia.
Seoul Auction, Korea’s leading auction house, held its Modern and Contemporary Art sale today in Hong Kong today (15 May, 2009) and achieved a total of HK$42.8 million (US$5.47 million). Tranquility from the renowned British artist Damien Hirst’s celebrated Butterfly {...}

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Death Explained, Glass, steel, shark, acrylic and formeldahyde solution Each tank: 78 1/8 x 202 7/16 x 48 3/8 in. (198.4 x 514.2 x 122.8 cm) Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd
pinchukartcentre.org 25th April - 20th September 2009
Damien Hirst Requiem at the PinchukArtCentre in Ukraine

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The Observer are running a competition to win an original Damien Hirst Painting more info HERE