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.”
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Jeff Koons Faces Fines After Being Found Guilty of Plagiarism (Again)
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.
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Jeff Koons’s “Bouquet of Tulips” Will Be Planted Near the Petit Palais Garden
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.
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Hollywood Producer Sues Gagosian for Failing to Deliver $8M Koons Sculpture
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.
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Collector Who Paid $13M Sues Jeff Koons and Gagosian
Steven Tananbaum claims he has paid more than $13 million since 2013 for three sculptures, none of which have been delivered.
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Clumsy Churchgoer Destroys Jeff Koons “Gazing Ball” by Touching It
The glass work, on display in a temporary exhibition, was reduced to a pile of fragments on the last day the show was open.
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Oui Oui! French Cultural Figures Praise Colossal Jeff Koons Bouquet in Op-Ed
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.”
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A Mega-Gallery Marks a Quarter Century
I remember David Zwirner Gallery back in the 1990s, before Chelsea, when the New York art world was much smaller and more manageable.
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French Art Dealers Join Chorus of Opposition Against Jeff Koons’s Big Bouquet
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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Paris Deserves Better than Jeff Koons
In defending Koons’s giant “Bouquet of Tulips” sculpture for Paris, two art dealers working on the project expose its many flaws.
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Non, Merci! French Artists and Cultural Workers Reject Giant Jeff Koons Sculpture
In an open letter, 24 artists, curators, politicians, and more called for the costly and logistically complex project to be scrapped.
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Artist Vandalizes Virtual Koons Sculpture, Questioning Silicon Valley’s Fake Public Space
Is it truly public space if there’s no opportunity to really disrupt things? Artist Sebastian Errazuriz doesn’t seem to think so.