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How (RED) CEO Susan Smith Ellis Tapped Damien Hirst to Raise Millions for Africa

Asked at Fast Company's Most Creative People event last week about how she asks others to take risks, (RED) CEO Susan Smith Ellis offered a one-word answer. "Nerve," said Ellis, who was featured as #25 on our Most Creative ...READ»

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Damien Hirst Gets Re-Schooled in Painting

Damien Hirst's upcoming show of figurative paintings, compiled over the past three years, signifies a new turn for the provocative British artist.READ»

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Trend Watch: Humongous Art

Go big or go home, at least when it comes to the latest wave of public art and gallery installations. READ»

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Tour de France 2009's Winners and the Bikes They Rode to Victory

While many of the bikes used in the Tour become available to consumers, you won't be able to buy the custom paint jobs: Lance Armstrong rode a flashy Livestrong yellow and black bike designed by Marc Newson, and a butterfly emblazoned one by Damien Hirst that literally has wings!READ»

The Getty's Made for Manufacture Exhibition

Long before Andy Warhol and his soup cans or Damien Hirst and his one-man auction show, art and commerce were intimate bedfellows. This Getty show reminds us just how long, with 23 drawings done by Renaissance and Baroque artists ...READ»