Jun 14 2007
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Great interview (direct link to popup RealPlayer stream) with Damien Hirst about his latest speculative business/art venture. He seems to have turned into quite the Warhol, artist-as-entrepeneur (100 person team, etc. etc.)
I never really got Warhol’s work, until I saw a series of electric chair photos silkscreened onto purples canvasses, likewise with Hirst.
I like that this kind of art is basically a team based entrepreneurial activity, realising the the original ‘vision’ - enabled with a (self funded) venture capital investment (£40ml on high end diamonds and platinum casting) for a 25% return (£50ml asking price).
How long before we see venture funding on individual art projects? We’ve already got art portfolio funds
