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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