Damien hirst family

it all begins with ‘once upon a time…’ — curator elena geuna’s opening statement on damien hirst’s wildly elaborate exhibition in venice. with such a fantastical and intriguing preface as this, it’s no wonder ‘treasures of the wreck of the unbelievable’ is being called hirst’s most ambitious and complex project to date.
see our previous article that we’ve published back in march.

 

more than 10 years in the making, the exhibition revolves around 190 works of art that occupy over 5,000 square meters of museum space across palazzo grassi and punta della dogana.

this is the first time that art collector françois pinault has designated both of his sites to only one artist. the showcase unfolds around the story of a fictional ship wreck from ancient times, and unearths the discovery of its curious cargo — an underwater fantasy fille