Skull Victory Over Ignorance
by Magnus Gjoen
London, United Kingdom
Original: $930
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DELFT SKULL ANGELS OF DARK & LIGHT
By Magnus Gjoen
London, United Kingdom
Original: $775
Golden age / L’âge d’or
by Bellino Alain
Nice, France
Prints starting at: $21
Artist of the Week: Benjamin Girard
ELIXIRS
Paris, France
Original: $5,500
Artist of the Week: Benjamin Girard
The endless summer
Paris, France
Artist of the Week: Benjamin Girard
Sans titre
Paris, France
Artist of the Week: Benjamin Girard
Le scrutateur
Paris, France
Original: $5,500
Artist of the Week: Benjamin Girard
Climat (Climate)
Paris, France
Original: $4,500
Artist of the Week: Benjamin Girard
Le perchoir
Paris, France
Original: $6,000
Artist of the Week: Benjamin Girard
Baptême
Paris, France
Original: $6,500
Artist of the Week: Benjamin Girard
Tout ça pour ça
Paris, France
Original: $5,000
“For the Love of God” by Damien Hurst
From “Limitless”, Saatchi Online’s Collection of the Week.
In 2007, when Damien Hirst’s “For the Love of God” first went on view at the White Cube Gallery in London, crowds with timed tickets lined up to see the piece, a human skull cast in platinum and covered with 8,601 diamonds. The work has been shown only once since, at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam two years ago. Now the sculpture, which was reportedly bought by a consortium of investors that includes the artist himself, is making another public appearance, this time at the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, once the residence and ducal court of Cosimo I de’ Medici in the 16th century. The skull went on view Thursday and will be on display through May 1. “The city is pretty illiterate when it comes to contemporary art,” said Francesco Bonami, the Italian curator who has masterminded the exhibition on behalf of the Arthemisia Group, show organizers in Milan better known for putting together old master and Modern art exhibitions in Italy. “The mayor of Florence asked me to do something with contemporary art in the city.” To Mr. Bonami, one of the curators of this year’s edition of the Whitney Biennial, seeing Mr. Hirst’s celebrated skull in the palazzo setting makes sense. “The work has some of the aura of great Renaissance objects by the Medici, like the gold salt dispenser by Benvenuto Cellini and other masterpieces of jewelry and sculpture,” he said. “We think it’s the perfect spot.”
From “Limitless”, Saatchi Online’s Collection of the Week.
..es sentir de verdad by anibal garfunkel, 2008
From the Creativity Is A Calling, Saatchi Online’s Collection of the Week.
Albertosaurus Dinosaur Head by Justine Cooper
Medium: C Print on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper
Year Created: 2005
From the The Realms of Childhood Visions and Dreams, Saatchi Online’s Collection of the Week.
