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DAY 17 Today is Thursday, June 23,^rd and study in depth Damien Hirst's "Beautiful Inside My Head Forever"

auction at ChristiesSotheby's, London just as the global financial crisis began to surface at the end of September 2008. Look

at the short Time magazine nterview interview with Hirst as he prepares for the auction and read one of the auction reports. Known

Knowing now what you doabout do about auctions, Hirst, and the commissioning process, discuss the pros and cons of the

Hirst auction for the artmarket art market as a whole and for Hirst as an individual artist/entrepreneur. Since this sale (and the

global financial crisis)Hirst , Hirst has been losing market share and many of his works frequently don't find buyers at auction.

Do you think he'sovers over-produced or overexposed himself? You can use other high profile auctions or examples of

artist/entrepreneurs in

your response. 

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in your response. Note: the Art Market Monitor article lists a number of useful articles, graphs and sites.

Readings

Damien Hirst: Bad Boy Makes Good http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1838681-2,00.html

Review: Artlaw, Auctions: Beautiful Inside My Head Forever http://www.artquest.org.uk/artlaw/money/auctions/beautiful-inside-my-head-forever.htm

Art Market Monitor: Beautiful Inside My Head ... Whatever http://www.artmarketmonitor.com/2010/02/06/beautiful-inside-my-head-whatever/

Damien Hirst: Rich Artist Gets Richer http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,1774353335_1839008,00.html

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