Dom Pérignon Taps Damien Hirst for Its 2026 Limited Edition

One of the world’s most high-flying artists has joined forces with one of its loftiest Champagnes for a dream special edition that is a natural fit for artful holiday tables this Thanksgiving and beyond, and for a rare bottle to display thereafter. Dom Pérignon has tapped British art-world provocateur Damien Hirst for its end-of-year 2026 limited edition, dressing two of the Champagne house’s vintages in kaleidoscopic designs that put a somewhat psychedelic spin on its familiar shield.

The bottle has “collectible” written all over it even though the word itself does not appear on the packaging or on Hirst’s deep blue and glowing pink interpretations of the classic Dom Perignon label. It is a well-placed meeting point for an artist known for placing animals in formaldehyde, covering canvases with regimented dots, and turning butterflies into hypnotic patterns. The designs in question draw on the Kaleidoscope works that Hirst began in the early 2000s. For Dom Pérignon, that language of repetition employs patterns recalling stained glass, mandalas, and the shifting geometry that enchants the eye within the namesake optical toy.

The artist described his creative process in a Q&A, saying, “Dom Pérignon’s iconic shield was the starting point. I saw a lot of parallels with my Kaleidoscope series—not only in the shape of the butterfly wings, which I took from Victorian tea trays, but also in how they’re put together. A Dom Pérignon vintage is always an assemblage, a blend of grapes, just like the Kaleidoscope Paintings are an assemblage of found objects in butterfly wings.”

There are two vintages of the French sparkling wine in the collaboration: Dom Pérignon Vintage 2018 and Dom Pérignon Rosé Vintage 2010. These are two markedly different expressions of Dom Pérignon. Vintage 2018, the first made entirely under chef de cave Vincent Chaperon, is associated with a particularly favorable growing season and an emphasis on fruit, minerality, and salinity. Rosé Vintage 2010 emerged from a more challenging harvest and puts Pinot Noir at the forefront.

Hirst is the latest in an honored list of Dom Pérignon artistic partnerships that includes Karl Lagerfeld, Jeff Koons, David Lynch, Lenny Kravitz, Takashi Murakami, and Lady Gaga. Hirst himself loves seeing his work associated with the iconic brand. “I think the bottle transcends its function even further,” he said. “Its craftsmanship meets imagination, tradition meets reinvention. I love aesthetics but never at the expense of function.” There is reasonable cause to suspect that Hirst would be happy to hear of the bottle being opened and joyfully drunk. In the same Q&A, he reflected, “I love art that you can wear or use; I hate it when I make a surfboard, and people hang it on the wall rather than ride the waves.” Whether it is saved for collecting’s sake or treated with the ephemerality of a Champagne bubble, Hirst’s rendition is a visual delight.