"Damien Hirst skull to display in Turbine A £50m Damien Hirst diamond-encrusted  skull will be shown in Turbine Hall to accompany a Tate Modern retrospective of  his work from 4 April. For the Love of God will be displayed until 24 June. The exhibition, featuring his ""pickled shark"", runs from 4 April to  September. Tate said the skull, appearing for the first time in a UK public gallery, may  be viewed ""alternatively as a glorious, devotional, defiant or provocative  gesture in the face of death itself"". The work, which will be housed in a viewing room in the east end of the  Turbine Hall, was sold to an investment group in 2007 with Hirst retaining  part-ownership. He has described For the Love of God, the platinum cast of a 35-year-old 18th  century European man covered in 8,601 jewels, as an ""uplifting"" piece that  ""takes your breath away"".  Words cannot describe how excited I am to see this! WOOT!"
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