In Brief
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."
Jeff Koons
Art
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.
News
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.
Opinion
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.
In Brief
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.
News
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.
Opinion
The Augmented Banality of Jeff Koons Sculptures in Snapchat
The new "Jeff Koons Lens" allows Snapchat users to find augmented reality versions of Koons's shiny sculptures in parks around the world.
Opinion
New VR Arts Platform Launches with Abramović, Eliasson, Koons, and a Whole Lot of Hype
Acute Art aspires "to explore and enable the transition from art in the physical world into the new, disruptive realm of VR," something artists have been doing for years.
Art
The Hollow Symbolism of Jeff Koons's Blow-Up Ballerina
The artist's 45-foot-tall inflatable sculpture at Rockefeller Center aggrandizes an outmoded model of femininity.
Film
A Documentary Introduction to the Art World, with Star Power and Obvious Ideas
Blurred Lines: Inside the Art World, showing at the Tribeca Film Festival, is a successful crash course in the forces shaping the art market that fails to go deeper.
In Brief
Jeff Koons Convicted of Plagiarizing a Photo of Naked Children
A French court ruled that a Koons sculpture infringes on the copyright of a black-and-white photograph by the late artist Jean-François Bauret.
In Brief
Jeff Koons Gifts a Big Bouquet of Ugly to the French
"Bouquet of Tulips" is intended as a gesture of Franco-American solidarity following last year's terrorist attacks in the French capital.