In Pictures: 'Damien Hirst Exhibit'

By James Wray Oct 13, 2009, 14:38 GMT

A gallery staff looks over Damien Hirst's 'Floating Skull', 2006, part of Hirst's new exhibit, 'No Love Lost, Blue Paintings' at the Wallace Collection in London, Britain, 13 October 2009. 'Blue Paintings' marks Hirst's return to painting. The Wallace Collection is exhibiting 25 new paintings by Hirst including two triptychs, being shown in Britain for the first time. EPA/ANDY RAIN

A gallery staff looks over Damien Hirst's 'Skull with Ashtray, Cigarettes, Lighter and Shell', 2006/2007, part of Hirst's new exhibit, 'No Love Lost, Blue Paintings' at the Wallace Collection in London, Britain, 13 October 2009. 'Blue Paintings' marks Hirst's return to painting. The Wallace Collection is exhibiting 25 new paintings by Hirst including two triptychs, being shown in Britain for the first time. EPA/ANDY RAIN

British artist Damien Hirst poses for photographs with part of his new exhibit, 'No Love Lost, Blue Paintings' at the Wallace Collection in London, Britain, 13 October 2009. 'Blue Paintings' marks Hirst's return to painting. The Wallace Collection is exhibiting 25 new paintings by Hirst including two triptychs, being shown in Britain for the first time. EPA/ANDY RAIN

British artist Damien Hirst poses for photographs with 'The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth', 2008, part of his new exhibit, 'No Love Lost, Blue Paintings' at the Wallace Collection in London, Britain, 13 October 2009. 'Blue Paintings' marks HIrst's return to painting. The Wallace Collection is exhibiting 25 new paintings by Hirst including two triptychs, being shown in Britain for the first time. EPA/ANDY RAIN

British artist Damien Hirst poses for photographs with 'Men Shall Know Nothing', 2008, part of his new exhibit, 'No Love Lost, Blue Paintings' at the Wallace Collection in London, Britain, 13 October 2009. 'Blue Paintings' marks Hirst's return to painting. The Wallace Collection is exhibiting 25 new paintings by Hirst including two triptychs, being shown in Britain for the first time. EPA/ANDY RAIN

British artist Damien Hirst poses for photographs with 'Skull with Ashtray, Cigarettes, Lighter and Shell', 2006/2007, part of his new exhibit, 'No Love Lost, Blue Paintings' at the Wallace Collection in London, Britain, 13 October 2009. 'Blue Paintings' marks Hirst's return to painting. The Wallace Collection is exhibiting 25 new paintings by Hirst including two triptychs, being shown in Britain for the first time. EPA/ANDY RAIN

British artist Damien Hirst poses for photographs with part of his new exhibit, 'No Love Lost, Blue Paintings' at the Wallace Collection in London, Britain, 13 October 2009. 'Blue Paintings' marks HIrst's return to painting. The Wallace Collection is exhibiting 25 new paintings by Hirst including two triptychs, being shown in Britain for the first time. EPA/ANDY RAIN