Damien Hirst
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Damien Hirst is a British contemporary artist known for his provocative, concept-driven works involving preserved animals, pharmaceuticals, and explorations of death and consumerism.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Damien Hirst canonical | 37 |
| Damien Hirst formaldehyde works | 1 |
| Damien Hirst medicine cabinet works | 1 |
| Damien Hirst’s pharmaceutical works | 1 |
| Hirst | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T276155 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Damien Hirst Context triple: [Andy Warhol, influenced, Damien Hirst]
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A.
Jeff Koons
Jeff Koons is an American contemporary artist known for his large-scale, glossy sculptures of everyday objects and pop culture icons that blur the boundaries between high art and commercialism.
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B.
David Hockney
David Hockney is a renowned British painter, draftsman, printmaker, photographer, and stage designer, celebrated as a leading figure of 20th-century pop art and for his vibrant, innovative explorations of space, perspective, and technology in art.
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C.
Anish Kapoor
Anish Kapoor is a renowned British-Indian sculptor known for his large-scale, reflective, and often abstract public artworks that explore perception, space, and materiality.
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D.
Takashi Murakami
Takashi Murakami is a contemporary Japanese artist known for blending traditional Japanese art with pop culture and commercial aesthetics, often associated with the "Superflat" movement.
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E.
Jaume Plensa
Jaume Plensa is a Spanish contemporary artist and sculptor internationally recognized for his large-scale public installations that explore the human figure, language, and light.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Damien Hirst Target entity description: Damien Hirst is a British contemporary artist known for his provocative, concept-driven works involving preserved animals, pharmaceuticals, and explorations of death and consumerism.
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A.
Jeff Koons
Jeff Koons is an American contemporary artist known for his large-scale, glossy sculptures of everyday objects and pop culture icons that blur the boundaries between high art and commercialism.
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B.
David Hockney
David Hockney is a renowned British painter, draftsman, printmaker, photographer, and stage designer, celebrated as a leading figure of 20th-century pop art and for his vibrant, innovative explorations of space, perspective, and technology in art.
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C.
Anish Kapoor
Anish Kapoor is a renowned British-Indian sculptor known for his large-scale, reflective, and often abstract public artworks that explore perception, space, and materiality.
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D.
Takashi Murakami
Takashi Murakami is a contemporary Japanese artist known for blending traditional Japanese art with pop culture and commercial aesthetics, often associated with the "Superflat" movement.
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E.
Jaume Plensa
Jaume Plensa is a Spanish contemporary artist and sculptor internationally recognized for his large-scale public installations that explore the human figure, language, and light.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conceptual artist
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contemporary artist ⓘ human ⓘ installation artist ⓘ painter ⓘ sculptor ⓘ visual artist ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Charles Saatchi
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Young British Artists ⓘ
surface form:
Young British Artists movement
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| awardReceived | Turner Prize ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1965-06-07 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Goldsmiths, University of London ⓘ |
| education | Goldsmiths, University of London ⓘ |
| familyName |
Damien Hirst
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Hirst
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| fieldOfWork |
conceptual art
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contemporary art ⓘ installation art ⓘ painting ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| genre |
conceptual art
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installation art ⓘ |
| givenName |
Damian
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surface form:
Damien
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| hasOccupation |
art collector
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artist ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
consumer culture
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medicine and pharmaceuticals ⓘ mortality ⓘ religion ⓘ |
| knownFor |
controversial artworks
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explorations of consumerism ⓘ explorations of death ⓘ pharmaceutical imagery ⓘ use of preserved animals in formaldehyde ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Britart
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Young British Artists ⓘ |
| name | Damien Hirst self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableSeries |
Natural History
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Spin Paintings ⓘ Spot Paintings ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Thousand Years
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For the Love of God ⓘ Mother and Child (Divided) ⓘ Natural History series ⓘ Pharmacy ⓘ Spin Paintings ⓘ Spot Paintings ⓘ The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Bristol
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surface form:
Bristol, England
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Devon
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Damien Hirst Description of subject: Damien Hirst is a British contemporary artist known for his provocative, concept-driven works involving preserved animals, pharmaceuticals, and explorations of death and consumerism.
Referenced by (41)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hirst
this entity surface form:
Damien Hirst formaldehyde works
this entity surface form:
Damien Hirst medicine cabinet works
this entity surface form:
Damien Hirst’s pharmaceutical works
subject surface form:
The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living
subject surface form:
Mother and Child (Divided)
subject surface form:
Away from the Flock
subject surface form:
Some Comfort Gained from the Acceptance of the Inherent Lies in Everything