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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.

(illustration by the author for Hyperallergic)
Posted inOpinion

Paris Deserves Better than Jeff Koons

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton January 29, 2018February 1, 2018

In defending Koons’s giant “Bouquet of Tulips” sculpture for Paris, two art dealers working on the project expose its many flaws.

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

Non, Merci! French Artists and Cultural Workers Reject Giant Jeff Koons Sculpture

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton January 22, 2018

In an open letter, 24 artists, curators, politicians, and more called for the costly and logistically complex project to be scrapped.

Posted inNews

Artist Vandalizes Virtual Koons Sculpture, Questioning Silicon Valley’s Fake Public Space

by Claire Voon October 5, 2017

Is it truly public space if there’s no opportunity to really disrupt things? Artist Sebastian Errazuriz doesn’t seem to think so.

Posted inOpinion

The Augmented Banality of Jeff Koons Sculptures in Snapchat

by Claire Voon October 3, 2017

The new “Jeff Koons Lens” allows Snapchat users to find augmented reality versions of Koons’s shiny sculptures in parks around the world.

Posted inOpinion

New VR Arts Platform Launches with Abramović, Eliasson, Koons, and a Whole Lot of Hype

by Claire Voon June 16, 2017

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.

Jeff Koons, "Seated Ballerina" (2017)
Posted inArt

The Hollow Symbolism of Jeff Koons’s Blow-Up Ballerina

by Letícia Wouk Almino May 30, 2017May 31, 2017

The artist’s 45-foot-tall inflatable sculpture at Rockefeller Center aggrandizes an outmoded model of femininity.

Marina Abramovic appears in Blurred Lines: Inside the Art World (photo by Ken Ng)
Posted inFilm

A Documentary Introduction to the Art World, with Star Power and Obvious Ideas

by Alina Cohen April 25, 2017April 25, 2017

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.

Posted inIn Brief

Jeff Koons Convicted of Plagiarizing a Photo of Naked Children

by Claire Voon March 9, 2017

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.

Posted inIn Brief

Jeff Koons Gifts a Big Bouquet of Ugly to the French

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton November 22, 2016November 23, 2016

“Bouquet of Tulips” is intended as a gesture of Franco-American solidarity following last year’s terrorist attacks in the French capital.

Posted inArt

From Kass and Kruger to Koons, Artists Overwhelmingly Endorse Clinton for President

Avatar photo by Carey Dunne November 4, 2016

Hillary Clinton appears to be artists’ favorite in the 2016 US presidential election, while her opponent Donald Trump has not been endorsed by a single well-known artist.

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