THE ART NEWSPAPER: Union Jack stadium floor forms "mosh pit" while Heatherwick's cauldron deconstructs. By Javier Pes. The 2012 London Olympic Games ended on Sunday night (12 August) with a spectacular closing ceremony that featured fireworks, pop stars, military bands, supermodels and a floor designed by the artist Damien Hirst that covered the athletics field. The floor formed a giant Union Jack in patriotic, spin-painting-style colours, with the flag's bars and diagonals (in fact, ramps for the performers and props) decorated as newsprint.Read Source here