Damien Hirst: upcoming drops, prices and release details

American Dream: October 19 deadline

Damien Hirst and Eminem’s HENI release closes October 19, 2026 at 5 p.m. BST. Every subject has two formats: a 94.5 cm-square signed edition, US $5,000 by application (60 plus 15 APs), and a 31.5 cm-square unsigned numbered edition, US $450 for immediate purchase, with size limited by demand.

The twelve subjects, each offered signed and unsigned, are:

• The Slim Shady LP — signed limited edition and unsigned smaller edition.
• The Marshall Mathers LP — signed limited edition and unsigned smaller edition.
• The Eminem Show — signed limited edition and unsigned smaller edition.
• 8 Mile — signed limited edition and unsigned smaller edition.
• Encore — signed limited edition and unsigned smaller edition.
• Relapse — signed limited edition and unsigned smaller edition.
• Recovery — signed limited edition and unsigned smaller edition.
• The Marshall Mathers LP 2 — signed limited edition and unsigned smaller edition.
• Revival — signed limited edition and unsigned smaller edition.
• Kamikaze — signed limited edition and unsigned smaller edition.
• Music to Be Murdered By — signed limited edition and unsigned smaller edition.
• Music to Be Murdered By – Side B — signed limited edition and unsigned smaller edition.

The Slim Shady LP H21-1A details covers the signed format; H21-1B is its smaller unsigned counterpart. This is the print family; the concurrently offered paintings and cabinets are separate works.

Other covered editions

• InvadHirst — closed application or purchase window; see edition and signing details.
• Troubled Waters — closed application or purchase window; see edition and signing details.

Collector context

The repetition matters when reading Hirst’s editions. The Spot Paintings turn colour into a controlled grid; the butterfly and Kaleidoscope works use fragile organic material inside ordered patterns; the Spin paintings replace that order with centrifugal movement. Hirst repeatedly converts those established languages into print and multiple formats, so a new edition is often best understood by identifying which older system it reworks and what the production method changes.

His current primary-release infrastructure is unusually centralized. HENI’s Hirst hub brings together Editions and Primary releases, while the two platforms serve different jobs: HENI Editions handles numbered, timed and application-based multiples; HENI Primary handles original paintings, cabinets, works on paper and collaborative originals. Recent programs include The Dreams, Hidden Gardens, InvadHirst, the Hope Paintings, The Emotions, Troubled Waters, Depictions and the 2026 Hirst/Eminem project American Dream. Release mechanics vary enough that a collector cannot safely infer the next drop from the last one.

The signed The Slim Shady LP H21-1A from American Dream, Troubled Waters TT6 and InvadHirst TT2 illustrate three useful distinctions in Hirst’s recent editions: fixed signed editions versus timed editions, digital/Giclée production on aluminium versus a multi-colour paper silkscreen, and established visual languages being recombined through collaboration.

Separate edition model from artistic subject

American Dream’s A/B structure makes the distinction visible: the same album subject appears as a large signed fixed edition and a smaller unsigned demand-limited edition. TT2 and TT6 introduce another contrast between a timed paper silkscreen and a fixed Diasec-mounted work allocated by application. These are different collecting mechanisms as well as different physical objects.

The title identifies the composition, while the code, support, dimensions, signature location and edition structure identify the object. A collector following collaborations should keep both levels. HENI’s parallel offering of original paintings or cabinets belongs to the same project context but does not share the print edition’s identity or purchase terms.