British artist Damien Hirst’s latest piece entitled Gone but Not Forgotten, which features the gilded skeleton of a woolly mammoth in a steel and glass vitrine, is displayed. Famed British artist Damien Hirst has created a gilded woolly mammoth skeleton encased in a gold tank to be auctioned off at the annual amfAR Cinema Against Aids gala in Cap d’Antibes, southern France, on May 22, 2014. Prudence Cuming Associates via Damien Hirst / AP photo
A gallery staff member poses behind Recumbent Figure by Henry Moore before the press view of the Kenneth Clark: Looking for Civilisation exhibition at Tate Britain in London on May 19, 2014. The exhibition looks at Clark’s role as patron, collector, art historian, public servant and broadcaster, and how he helped shape the course of British art. Suzanne Plunkett / Reuters
The Ziggy Stardust jumpsuit designed by Freddie Burretti (1972) is reflected in mirrors of an installation at the David Bowie exhibition at the Martin-Gropius-Bau museum in Berlin, seen during a preview on May 19, 2014. The retrospective that was on display at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum before will be running in the German capital from May 20 to August 10, 2014. Johannes Eisele / AFP photo
A light show featuring a ballet dancer and swans from Swan Lake is projected onto spraying water by the Vivid Aquatique Water Theatre during a preview of the Vivid Sydney light and music festival May 21, 2014. For 18 days beginning on May 23 the Vivid Sydney festival, one of the world’s largest creative industry forums, will combine outdoor lighting sculptures and installations. Jason Reed / Reuters
Taking a look back at the week that was in the Arts & Life world from May 18 to May 24.