Damien Hirst

English artist of the Young British Artists generation, known for animals in formaldehyde, spot paintings and pill cabinets, and for the NFT project The Currency.

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HENI opens applications for a week, and more than 32,000 people apply.

The NFTs are delivered on Palm: 9,000 to the buyers a raffle picked, and 1,000 to Hirst.

A paper work sells at Sotheby's for $30,642, then the highest auction price for one.

The choice closes on July 27, with the paper kept for 5,149 works and the NFT for 4,851.

Newport Street Gallery shows all 10,000, and the paper of every kept NFT is burned there, starting with Hirst's own 1,000.

The Guardian reports that at least 1,000 works dated 2016 were painted in 2018 and 2019.

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The Currency

Damien Hirst's 10,000 spot paintings on paper, sold as NFTs in 2021, whose owners had a year to keep either the token or the paper.

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The Currency is a unique NFT project by renowned British artist Damien Hirst, launched in July 2021. The project consists of 10,000 unique hand-painted spots on A4 paper created in 2016, with each physical artwork corresponding to a digital NFT. 

Each piece features distinctive elements including a hologram containing Hirst's signature, a microdot, and a randomized title generated from the artist's favorite song lyrics.

Damien Hirst - The Currency

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