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From fragility, power takes flight — red wings rising in a dance of life, death, and transcendence 🦋

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Title: THEODORA Artist: Damien Hirst Medium: Giclée print on aluminium composite panel screen printed with glitter, signed and numbered on verso HENI Editions Catalogue Number: H10-3 Edition: #1252/3315 Year: 2022 Size: 100.0cm x 100.0cm Good To Know: Unframed, stored in humidity controlled art storage facility, condition report available upon request. Price: On Application See It On Your Wall "THEODORA" by Damien Hirst, 2022 Series: The Empresses Arty-Fact: In The Empresses, Damien Hirst transforms the fragile wings of butterflies into emblems of eternal power — a kaleidoscope of life, death, and transcendence. In Theodora, red burns brightest, honouring the empress who rose from nothing to command an empire, her strength reflected in every delicate fragment that dares to take flight.
November 14, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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"THEODORA" by Damien Hirst, 2022 bit.ly/3XBUjwl

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Title: THEODORA Artist: Damien Hirst Medium: Giclée print on aluminium composite panel screen printed with glitter, signed and numbered on verso HENI Editions Catalogue Number: H10-3 Edition: #1252/3315 Year: 2022 Size: 100.0cm x 100.0cm Good To Know: Unframed, stored in humidity controlled art storage facility, condition report available upon request. Price: On Application See It On Your Wall "THEODORA" by Damien Hirst, 2022 Series: The Empresses Arty-Fact: The Empresses marks a new iteration in Damien Hirst's exploration of the butterfly as a symbol for freedom, religion, life and death. Each print (x5) depicts images of red and black butterfly wings, arranged into a unique kaleidoscope-like pattern. The carefully positioned wings represent the butterflies in varied moments of flight. As well as a playful reference to Empress butterflies, the prints are named for five influential female rulers from history: Wu Zetian, Theodora, Nūr Jahān, Suiko and Taytu Betul. Their characters and stories are enhanced by the dominant red tone of the series, evoking life, war, power, anger, love, joy and luck. Theodora is named for the great Byzantine empress who used her intelligence and savvy to create lasting change in the empire. Born into the lowest class of Byzantine society, Theodora (497-548 CE) rose to power in 527 CE following her marriage to Emperor Justinian. She left a significant impact on the region, namely through implementing new religious and social policies. Indeed, Theodora’s power over the empire left many to wonder if it was her and not Justinian that ruled. Source: HENI Editions
December 29, 2024 at 9:58 AM