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»
Damien Hirst's upcoming show of figurative paintings, compiled over the past three years, signifies a new turn for the provocative British artist.READ»
Hate him or loathe him, Damien Hirst is an artistic and business provocateur. Who else could render a photo of Bill Gates standing in front of his own famous work (The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living) ...READ»
It's a true sign of the times: Damien Hirst, an artist infamous for creating works of art which were notable mainly for their in-your-face monetary excess, is now fashioning pieces for $5.
Hirst has always had a genius for gauging ...READ»
When a company makes a brand promise in a tagline, it's committing to a relationship. Here are ten taglines in search of new American mates willing to help take back the 21st century.READ»
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»
The Gagosian Gallery, the big Kahuna of the Art Basel Miami, has a new policy on labels identifying the work on view in its booth. There are none. "We don't like to label our artists," said one gallery staffer when asked about the ...READ»
Staring at the big, sparkly Tom Friedman painting, "Glitterbattle," in the Gagosian booth, the woman in the red flowered house dress, yellow socks, and black sneakers, was inspired. So was her companion, dressed in khaki shorts, an ...READ»
Ah, June in Basel. When the sun sparkles off the Rathaus, the Rhine flows sweetly under the Wettsteinbrucke, and 56,000 rabid art hounds descend on this little Swiss city to snatch up the latest works by the art world's most ...READ»
Lance Armstrong is powering his way back onto the international stage, but this time it’s not simply for sport. While Armstrong pursues yet another Tour de France title somewhere in Burgundy, the Lance Armstrong Foundation's ...READ»
Bet you can't spot the very NSFW material in this seemingly SFW restaurant scene! Inside, an up-close look at the U.K. eatery where the porny pattered wallpaper appears to have been designed by a horny teenage boy.READ»
These days, we're all public figures. We're sharing our friends on Facebook, our photos on Flickr, our music on Last.fm, and our goofy links insightful observations on Twitter. So when Fast Company set out to capture ...READ»
Nokia already owns the global cell-phone market. Now Tero Ojanperä is launching the world's biggest delivery system for services, apps, and entertainment.READ»
