ARTNET INSIDER
by Rosetta Stone



Hello, class, today's theme is "where's Damien?" Damien Hirstwas certainly not at the Christie's London contemporary auction, where some Stuckists were roughed up while protesting his "artistic plagiarism." And he was not at the Frieze Art Fair, where Gagosian Gallery was displaying his big cabinet of Viagra -- it's tough being a man! -- and White Cube had a giant display of pickled fish. The former was priced at about $6 million, and the latter sold to an Asian collector for $5 million or so.

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