The Washington Post reports that Victor Pinchuk, Ukraine’s wealthiest man and an avid art collector, has organized a large retrospective of Damien Hirst‘s work in Kiev. The opening party brought the likes of Andreas Gursky and Jeff Koons, and over 10,000 people have already attended the exhibition in just its first three days. The article, linked here, briefly discusses Ukraine’s current “hunger” for contemporary art.
I hear Kiev is the new Prague…
Above is Hirst’s The Kingdom that sold for over $17 million at his single-artist sale at Sotheby’s in the fall of 2008. You have to wonder if any art handlers in the world are qualified to transport this bad boy.
