Damien Hirst's ghoulish shark may have taken up residence at the Met in New York, but what of the man himself? Will he still be feted in the distant future? Not according to a collection of curators brought together by ARTnews magazine to come up with a list of contemporary artists who will still be famous in 2112. Despite his multimillion dollar price tags Hirst, along with fellow glitter addict Jeff Koons, remains unnoticed by the curators of future taste. In fact, there seems to be not a single YBA among the bunch.
The omissions were not the only surprise produced in the survey to mark the 105th anniversary of the magazine. While it was predictable that names such as Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns and Francis Bacon made the grade for the next century, what to make of the inclusion of Fluxus chick and occasional Beatle wife Yoko Ono? And how come just about everybody mentions Cindy Sherman and Ellsworth Kelly?
