In 2024, nearly $7.7 billion less was spent on art than the year before, that’s a 12% drop in global sales, according to the ...

Hirst's collectors aren't so sure NFTs are the future of art, it seems—even if Hirst himself is. Damien Hirst with The Currency artworks ... confidence in the NFT world.” ...

The Currency' pitted Hirst's foray into the new world of digital art against his old-school practice, asking the art market to decide which was more valuable," wrote Artnet News' Caroline Goldstein.