Damien Hirst's Diamond Skull

Damien Hirst's latest artwork is this life-size platinum skull encrusted with 8,601 fine diamonds.
The sculpture, titled "For The Love of God," will likely sell for as much as $100 million, making it
the priciest contemporary artwork ever made. White Cube gallery is selling several limited edition
silkscreen prints of the work, priced from £900 to £10,000, for one sprinkled with diamond dust.
The title of the piece comes from Hirst's mother who asked her son, “For the love of God, what
are you going to do next?”

Artist Damien Hirst covered the entire human skull with 8,601 pieces of diamond.
The skull is thought to belongs to a 35-year-old European who lived between 1720 and 1810
which Hirst brought from a shop in Islington, north London. The centrepiece of the 18th century
skull is a pear-shaped pink diamond, set in the skull's forehead and the £12m-worth of diamonds
are said to be ethically sourced. You would not believe that the new teeth made for the artwork
cost £14m covered with platinum.