Skip to main content

Go back to the home page

The Visual Commentary on Scripture

Main navigation

  • Old Testament & Apocrypha
  • New Testament
  • Artists
  • Authors
  • Videos
  • Partnerships
  • About The VCS
  • Home

Breadcrumb

  1. Explore Exhibitions by Artist - H
  2. Damien Hirst

Artist Damien Hirst, b.1965

Works featured in these exhibitions


Mother and Child (Divided) by Damien Hirst
Fragile Goddess by Louise Bourgeois
Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel (Genesis 4), from the Ashburnham Pentateuch (Tours Pentateuch; Codex Turonensis) by Unknown artist

Genesis 3:16, 20; 4:1–2 Eve’s Punishment

The Expulsion from the Garden of Eden by Masaccio
Hereford Mappa Mundi by Richard of Haldingham and Lafford [Richard de Bello]
Adam and Eve (Banished from the Garden) by Damien Hirst

Genesis 3:22–24 Expulsion and Exile

Fishman in Excelsis Table, by Paul Thek
Kinlochbervie, by John Bellany
Isolated Elements Swimming in the Same Direction for the Purpose of Understanding (Left), by Damien Hirst

Matthew 4:12–22; Mark 1:14–20 Fishers of People

The Farnese Atlas, by an unknown Roman artist
Monument to the Living and the Dead, by Damien Hirst
Scorned as Timber, Beloved of the Sky, by Emily Carr

John 3:16–21 The Power of Love

Maid in London (Sweeping It Under the Carpet) by Banksy
For the Love of God by Damien Hirst
Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve ('The Ambassadors') by Hans Holbein

James 4:13–5:6 Rotten Riches


Show all exhibitions containing artworks by Roger Hiorns
Show all exhibitions containing artworks by Derek Hirst

Explore Exhibitions by Artist

Navigate artists by the first letter of their surname

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
  6. F
  7. G
  8. H
  9. I
  10. J
  11. K
  12. L
  13. M
  14. N
  15. O
  16. P
  17. Q
  18. R
  19. S
  20. T
  21. U
  22. V
  23. W
  24. X
  25. Y
  26. Z

More Exhibitions

Jacob and the Angel by Jacob Epstein
Vision of the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling with the Angel) by Paul Gauguin
Jakob Ringt mit den Engel (Jacob Wrestles with the Angel) by Max Beckmann

Genesis 32:22–32 Jacob Wrestling the Angel

Two Travellers by Jack B. Yeats
Tobias and the Angel by Andrea del Verrocchio and workshop
Glass fragment with Tobias and the Fish by Unknown Roman artist

Tobit 6–7 Tobias and the Angel

Ecce Ancilla Domini! (The Annunciation) by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
The Annunciation by Simone Martini and Lippo Memmi
The Annunciation, by Filippo Lippi

Luke 1:26–38 The Annunciation

Sign up for our free newsletter

The Visual Commentary on Scripture
Theology and Religious Studies
Virginia Woolf Building
King’s College London
22 Kingsway, London WC2B 6LE, UK

Twitter/X: @TheVCS

Instagram: @the_vcs

Facebook: @www.theVCS.org

YouTube: @VisualCommentaryonScripture

Bluesky: @thevcs.bsky.social

Email: vcs@kcl.ac.uk

Terms & Conditions

Visit the King's College London website