Pickled art

British artist Damien Hirst admits some of his creations are a bit silly but he has a right to be pleased with his pickled shark:

He stands by his most famous work, a shark preserved in formaldehyde and titled The Physical Impossibility of Death In The Mind Of Someone Living.

The 1991 work was recently sold by British collector Charles Saatchi to an American buyer for $US13 million.

Hey, if Michael Schiavo could find a big enough jar ...