Beneath the formaldehyde and diamond dust, Damien Hirst’s most revealing work has always existed on paper. The ...

McDonald's may be an official Olympic sponsor but Damien ... the year. Hirst-lovers worried about ketchup splashes, grease and sticky fingers need not worry, the exploding gherkin art work is ...

But then the opportunity came to make an actual piece of art myself for the magazine: with none other than Damien Hirst, who invited me along to Covent Garden to make one of his iconic spin paintings.

Installation view: Raging Planet at Newport Street Gallery, London (Photographed by Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd . Artworks © The artist/artist's estate, All ...