Eminem and Damien Hirst Just Dropped “American Dream”: Medicine Cabinets, Spin Paintings and $450 Prints of All 12 Albums
Eminem and Damien Hirst released “American Dream” through HENI: three signed medicine cabinets called Re-up, Riot and Addict, original spin paintings of his album covers, and 12 prints from $450. Here's every detail, how to buy before October 19, and the 2022 project that started it.
By @bradleymines ·
Damien Hirst turned Eminem's entire discography into spin paintings and stocked a medicine cabinet called "Addict." Here is everything in the drop, what it costs, and how it ties back to Em's own story.
On Thursday, October 1, art publisher HENI announced "American Dream," which it called "a landmark collaboration between @damienhirst and @eminem." Eminem shared it on his own Instagram as a joint collab post with HENI and Hirst. The collection "merges Eminem's era-defining discography with Hirst's iconic 'Spin Paintings' and 'Medicine Cabinet' series," and it comes in three tiers: three limited-edition cabinets, a set of original paintings, and 12 prints. Everything is on sale only until 5 p.m. BST (noon ET) on October 19.
The HENI, Damien Hirst and Eminem collab post announcing American Dream. View it on Instagram.
The cabinets: Re-up, Riot and Addict
The headline pieces are three cabinets, which HENI calls "the latest evolution of Hirst's Medicine Cabinet series." Each one holds all 12 Eminem albums, from The Slim Shady LP to Music to Be Murdered By – Side B, with covers based on the versions Hirst reimagined in 2022 (more on that below). All three are hand-signed by both Hirst and Eminem on the front and numbered on the label.
- Re-up: 136 × 102.8 × 10.5 cm, mixed media, edition of 100 (+20 artist's proofs)
- Riot: 136 × 102.8 × 14 cm, mixed media, edition of 50 (+10 APs)
- Addict: 136 × 98.3 × 23.4 cm, mixed media, edition of 50 (+10 APs)
"Re-up" (2026), Damien Hirst and Eminem. All 12 album covers in Hirst's spin style, signed by both artists at the bottom right. Image: HENI.
The names are not subtle, and neither is the deepest cabinet. Addict puts the same 12 covers behind glass shelves stocked with real pharmacy packaging. You can read Diazepam (Valium), Zolpidem (Ambien), morphine oral solution, OxyNorm, codeine and more on the boxes, sitting in front of Encore, Relapse and Recovery.
"Addict" (2026), Damien Hirst and Eminem. The deepest of the three cabinets, stocked with prescription drug packaging. Image: HENI.
For Eminem, that is not an abstract theme. Between the early 2000s and 2008, he has said he was taking huge amounts of Vicodin, Valium and Ambien. In late 2007 he survived a methadone overdose, and on April 20, 2008 he got sober for good. He marked 18 years of sobriety this April. Two of the albums on those shelves are named Relapse and Recovery. A medicine cabinet called "Addict," signed by Eminem himself, is about as direct as he has ever been about that chapter in a piece of visual art.
HENI has not published prices for the cabinets. They, and the original paintings, are sold "by application" on HENI Primary, and HENI's team contacts successful applicants to finalize allocation.
The original paintings
According to HENI, Hirst and Eminem "developed their vision for the album covers further" in a set of original paintings made with Hirst's Spin Painting method, in which paint is poured onto a spinning canvas. The result is a one-of-a-kind variation on each of the 12 album designs. They are made in household gloss on canvas in two sizes, 121.9 × 121.9 cm and 213.4 × 213.4 cm, and every one is hand-signed by both artists. The titles HENI has shown so far include "Eminem Show," "M.M.2." and "Beautiful Encore Painting."
"Eminem Show" (2026), Damien Hirst and Eminem, household gloss on canvas, 213.4 × 213.4 cm. Image: HENI.
The prints: 12 albums, two sizes, from $450
This is the part most fans can actually buy. HENI Editions is selling 12 prints, one for each album, based on the original paintings:
- 1. The Slim Shady LP
- 2. The Marshall Mathers LP
- 3. The Eminem Show
- 4. 8 Mile
- 5. Encore
- 6. Relapse
- 7. Recovery
- 8. The Marshall Mathers LP 2
- 9. Revival
- 10. Kamikaze
- 11. Music to Be Murdered By
- 12. Music to Be Murdered By – Side B
Each print comes in two formats:
- Large signed edition: 94.5 × 94.5 cm, $5,000 plus tax, edition of 60 (+15 APs) per print, numbered and hand-signed by both Hirst and Eminem on the label. Available by application.
- Small unsigned edition: 31.5 × 31.5 cm, $450 plus tax, numbered on the label, edition size "limited by demand." Available to buy immediately, with 15% off if you buy the complete set of 12.
Both are UV giclée prints directly on aluminium composite panel. Edition numbers are randomly allocated, and HENI notes the prints do not come with a separate certificate of authenticity. Everything closes at 17:00 BST on October 19.
Detail of Hirst's spin version of the Revival cover. Image: HENI.
See it in person in London
A selection of the works is on display at HENI Gallery, 6–10 Lexington St, London W1F 0LB, from October 2 to October 19. The gallery is open Monday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is free, and no appointment is needed. HENI has not announced a U.S. showing.
How this started: Interscope Reimagined, 2022
"American Dream" is not the first time Hirst has worked on Eminem's catalog. It is the sequel. For Interscope Records' 30th anniversary in 2022, the label paired albums from its catalog with major visual artists for a project called Interscope Reimagined. Ed Ruscha took 2Pac's All Eyez on Me, and Takashi Murakami took Juice WRLD. Damien Hirst got Eminem's entire catalog and reworked all 12 album covers, from The Slim Shady LP to Music to Be Murdered By.
The Hirst versions launched January 27, 2022 as vinyl limited to 100 copies per album, each with a numbered giclée-printed cover in a custom Gucci box, sold on the NTWRK app for $2,500 apiece. Both Hirst and Eminem waived their fees, with the net proceeds going to the Iovine and Young Foundation, which supports schools in South Los Angeles. HENI says the new cabinets use covers "based on an Eminem album cover Hirst reimagined in 2022." Four years later, those covers have grown into full paintings, prints and sculpture.
Why Hirst matters here
Hirst became famous in the late '80s and '90s as the leading figure of the Young British Artists, and his medicine cabinets and spin paintings are two of his signature series. Both are about the same things he keeps returning to, in HENI's words "art, beauty, religion, science, life and death." He has crossed into rap before: he designed the cover of Drake's Certified Lover Boy in 2021. Pairing his pharmacy cabinets with the rapper behind Relapse and Recovery is a much more personal fit than an album cover.
What we don't know yet
Neither Hirst nor Eminem has given a statement or interview about the collaboration so far. HENI's press materials don't include quotes from either artist, and Eminem's post carries HENI's caption, not his own words. HENI also hasn't explained the "American Dream" title or published prices for the cabinets and paintings. We'll update this story if either artist talks about it.
What is clear: this is the most ambitious fine-art project Eminem has ever put his name and signature on, and it is open to the public for only 17 more days. If you want a signed print, the application window closes at noon Eastern on October 19. If you just want to look, the gallery on Lexington Street is free.