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Damien Hirst (UK)

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For the Love of God, sculpture bDamien Hirst, platinum cast of a human skull covered with 8,601 diamonds.

William Kentridge (South Africa)

El Anatsui (Ghana)

Stress World: 14 1/2 × 19 1/2 feet (overall dimensions), Found aluminum and copper wire, 2011

Bharti Ker (India)

Website: Bharti Ker (Artnet)

"An Indian Queue of Sorts" (2019). Sculpture, Clay, cement, wax, copper/brass.

Nick Cave (US)

Kimsooja (South Korea)

Article: Interview_It Was Just a Dream (Art 21)

Kimsooja. A Mirror Woman, 2002. Korean bedcovers, parallel mirror structure walls, four fans, cable, and Tibetan Monk chant; 62 × 21 1/5 × 13 feet. Collection of MUDAM, Luxembourg. Photo by Bill Orcutt. © Kimsooja. Courtesy of the artist and Peter Blum Gallery, New York.

Vik Muniz (Brazil/US)

Article: Portraits with Purpose: Vik Muniz in Waste Land (TIME)

The portrait of Irma is created on the floor of the studio by Muniz and the workers of Jardim Gramacho. Once complete, the final portrait will be photographed from above by Muniz. Courtesy of Vik Muniz Studio

Kim Hyun Jung (South Korea)

Website: Artist's Own

Pride: You Move Me (Colour and Collage on Korean Paper)

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Do Ho Suh (South Korea)

Article: "I Explore the Personal Space" (Medium)

Floor (2002). The installation is made up by 180,000 miniature plastic figures with raised hands supporting sheets of glass.