Most new parents have their hands full pushing just one pram.
But Damien Hirst has clearly mastered the art of multitasking, pushing one pram for his newborn baby boy and another… for his dog.
The 59-year-old artist and his actress fiancee Sophie Cannell, 30, were seen for the first time this week since their baby was born last month.
The baby was seen being pushed in a diamond encrusted pram designed by Hirst – known for his pickled shark artwork – and estimated to be worth £50,000.
The couple were eating at their favourite restaurant, Scott’s in Mayfair. The new mother kept it casual in a baggy grey T-shirt, grey jogging bottoms and trainers as she cradled her son.
Meanwhile, Hirst dressed simply in a black T-shirt and jacket as he enjoyed the family outing. The couple were also joined by friends at the restaurant.
Damien Hirst and his actress fiancee Sophie Cannell, 30, were seen for the first time this week since their baby was born last month
Hirst completed his look with some sunglasses and was seen with a napkin over his head to protect himself from the sun
The couple were eating at their favourite restaurant, Scott’s in Mayfair
He completed the look with some sunglasses and was seen with a napkin over his head to protect himself from the sun. The couple’s white-haired chihuahua was in a separate pram. Hirst has previously been seen pushing his beloved dog around London and regularly shares snaps of the animal on his Instagram account.
The new baby – whose name is yet to be announced – is Hirst’s fourth son. He already has three boys, Connor Ojala, 28, Cassius Atticus, 23, and Cyrus Joe, 18, with his former partner Maia Norman.
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EXCLUSIVE Damien Hirst, 58, is seen for the first time since welcoming his newborn son with Sophie Cannell
Hirst and Ms Cannell have been together since 2018. They were rumoured to be engaged in 2021 when Ms Cannell pictured a huge diamond on her ring finger but neither have confirmed this.
It was previously reported that Hirst met the former ballerina at the swanky Chiltern Firehouse restaurant, where she used to work as a waitress.
Hirst announced the birth of his son last month on Instagram as he shared a picture of himself holding the baby while a snooker match played on a phone beside him.
He also posted a snap of Ms Cannell asleep and cuddling the baby with the caption: ‘Trying not to let the arrival of this beautiful boy interfere with the snooker.’
Ms Cannell revealed her pregnancy in November in an Instagram post where she bared her bump to the world as she lounged by an indoor pool.
She confirmed the gender of the baby with a caption: ‘He’s a water boy.’ The artist paid tribute to Ms Cannell in 2022 by creating a Medusa sculpture modelled on her body for the London restaurant Bacchanalia.
Hirst is reportedly Britain’s richest living artist, with his wealth estimated at as much as £300million. During the 1990s his career was closely linked with the collector Charles Saatchi.
He became famous for a series of artworks in which dead animals –including a shark, a sheep, and a cow – are preserved and displayed, sometimes having been dissected, in formaldehyde.