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The Art World's Shark Man, Still in the Swim 

Damien Hirst's exhibition in Kiev -- his first major retrospective -- includes the signature animal-based works of the artist, who is shown above, as well as recent efforts in a relatively mundane medium: painting. . . .

Hirst also brought a number of works built around cigarette butts, including a six-foot-wide ashtray piled with thousands of stubbed-out smokes. The distinctive stink of stale tobacco fills the space.

"He's saying that by the end of your life, your ashtray is full," suggests Invanka Yakovyne, a 17-year-old sporting lime green fingernails and red sneakers.

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