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Jeff Koons Doesn’t Get It

Avatar photo by Hall W. Rockefeller July 6, 2022July 15, 2022

While Koons may be a man on the moon, he’s looking back at Earth, oblivious to the vastness behind him, if only he would turn around.

Posted inSatire

Only 3.7% of All Things in the World Haven’t Been NFT’d, Study Says

by Sarah Rose Sharp April 1, 2022April 1, 2022

The study is a devastating blow to artists who were hoping to finally make income from their art, but the real victims are obviously the collectors.

Posted inNews

Oh No, Jeff Koons Sculptures Are Going to the Moon

by Sarah Rose Sharp March 29, 2022March 29, 2022

And, yes, you guessed it right: on earth, they will be sold as NFTs.

Posted inNews

“Anuses on Stems”? Parisians React to Jeff Koons’s Gift to the City

by Hakim Bishara November 8, 2019November 12, 2019

Our reporter spoke with Parisians and tourists to hear their opinion of the artist’s controversial gift to the city, a monumental “Bouquet of Tulips.”

Posted inNews

Jeff Koons Faces Fines After Being Found Guilty of Plagiarism (Again)

Avatar photo by Zachary Small November 9, 2018

The artist must pay nearly $170,000 to the creator of a 1985 ad campaign that he copied for the 1988 statue, “Fait d’hiver.” This is just one of five copyright infringement lawsuits from the artist’s Banality series.

Posted inOpinion

Jeff Koons’s “Bouquet of Tulips” Will Be Planted Near the Petit Palais Garden

by Joseph Nechvatal October 18, 2018October 19, 2018

As the controversial piece of art has found a permanent home, Parisians weigh in on the moral vacancy of Koons’ tribute to the Paris terror attacks, accusing it of clichéd American hubris.

Jeff Koons, “Balloon Venus (Red)” (2008–12), in The Great Mother (2015) at Milan’s Palazzo Reale (photo by the author for Hyperallergic)
Posted inNews

Hollywood Producer Sues Gagosian for Failing to Deliver $8M Koons Sculpture

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton May 1, 2018

Hollywood producer Joel Silver says the gallery refused to return the $3.2 million he paid for a Koons sculpture, whose completion date has been pushed back more than three years.

Posted inNews

Collector Who Paid $13M Sues Jeff Koons and Gagosian

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton April 19, 2018April 19, 2018

Steven Tananbaum claims he has paid more than $13 million since 2013 for three sculptures, none of which have been delivered.

Posted inNews

Clumsy Churchgoer Destroys Jeff Koons “Gazing Ball” by Touching It

by Claire Voon April 10, 2018April 10, 2018

The glass work, on display in a temporary exhibition, was reduced to a pile of fragments on the last day the show was open.

Jeff Koons, “Bouquet of Tulips” (2016), polychromed bronze, stainless steel, and aluminum; sculpture dimensions: 34 ft 1 1/2 in, (38 ft 3 in with base); width: 27 ft 3/4 in; depth: 33 ft 4 3/8 in (image © Jeff Koons, courtesy Noirmontartproduction, 3D rendering of the work in situ)
Posted inIn Brief

Oui Oui! French Cultural Figures Praise Colossal Jeff Koons Bouquet in Op-Ed

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton February 22, 2018

In an op-ed published today in Le Monde, 37 artists, collectors, curators, and other arts workers pledged their support for the towering “Bouquet of Tulips.”

Posted inArt

A Mega-Gallery Marks a Quarter Century

Avatar photo by Gregory Volk February 3, 2018February 4, 2018

I remember David Zwirner Gallery back in the 1990s, before Chelsea, when the New York art world was much smaller and more manageable.

Where in Paris will Jeff Koons's "Bouquet of Tulips" (2016) end up? (illustration by the author, historical map of Paris via oldmapsofparis.com)
Posted inNews

French Art Dealers Join Chorus of Opposition Against Jeff Koons’s Big Bouquet

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton February 2, 2018

The 80,000-pound sculpture is still being fabricated, but already an association representing 255 French art dealers wants it moved.

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