If you were Damien Hirst’s girlfriend, what would you expect for a birthday present?
A pickled shark in a tank, perhaps, or a chopped-up cow?
Well, Britain’s richest artist excelled himself for the 30th of Sophie Cannell, who is heavily pregnant with their first child together.
Damien Hirst’s cake that he made for his young girlfriend Sophie Cannell
A pregnant Sophie Cannell who spent her birthday in Vegas
Hirst, 58, presented the former ballet dancer with an extraordinary cake in the shape of her body, displaying their unborn baby.
It appears to have been inspired by his series of giant bronze sculptures showing the development of the foetus in the womb, called The Miraculous Journey.
The artist, who lives with Cannell at his £36 million, 14-bedroom home in London’s Regent’s Park, is celebrating in Las Vegas.
Damien Hirst and Sophie Cannell attend a private view of ‘Damien Hirst: Mandalas’ at White Cube Gallery
‘Wouldn’t want my birthday anywhere else,’ she says.
Hirst has three adult sons with his American ex-girlfriend, Maia Norman.
It’s not known what presents Hirst bought Cannell, with whom he’s been in a relationship for six years.
For her 29th, he gave her more than 20 gifts wrapped in pink paper.
