Art News
Art Fair Visitor Inadvertently Broke $42,000 Jeff Koons Sculpture!
Feb 20, 2023
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At a VIP event in Miami, a woman taps a shiny blue sculpture, which then breaks into pieces and falls to the floor.
Art History
The color silver in art: from Verrocchio to Jeff Koons
Nov 9, 2022
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Taking a purely chromatic point of view, silver represents a shiny gray-metallic color, found in nature through the observation of silver fish, silver birch trees, and the metal from which it inherited its very name...
Pop Culture
Jeff Koons honors Apollo on the Greek island of Hydra
Aug 9, 2022
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On the Greek island of Hydra, Jeff Koons left luxurious works of art for Apollo, the god of the sun. Organizers say that the show is a "metaphysical dialogue between the modern and the old."
Art News
"Shine": the Jeff Koons exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi, Florence (Italy).
Nov 16, 2021
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Jeff Koons is the protagonist of the exhibition Shine, a "blockbuster" event conceived to bring together the masterpieces of the American artist, which will be open until the end of January 2022, at Palazzo Strozzi, Florence (Italy). The exhibition, born from the collaboration of the Florentine institution with the American artist, revolves around the concept of brightness, or "shine", which characterizes most of the works on display...
Art News
Jeff Koons is planning to launch sculptures to the moon
Apr 12, 2022
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Jeff Koons will send some of his sculptures to the moon. Afterward, they will be sold on Earth as non-fungible tokens (NFTs). NFTs are digital assets that are shaking the contemporary art market. The specifics of the project have yet to be released. Private US company Intuitive Machines will launch the spacecraft.
Art News
Jeff Koons loses his legal battle with an Italian collector
Mar 15, 2022
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A court in Italy has overruled the American artist's assertion that the sculpture of two snakes was a fake, and the collector can now seek compensation.
Art News
Jeff Koons's Lunar Art Takes Flight with SpaceX
Feb 16, 2024
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Jeff Koons's 125 lunar sculptures were launched to the moon aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, marking a historic art mission. This venture, blending physical sculptures with NFTs, represents a pioneering fusion of art, space exploration, and digital innovation.
Art News
A Jeff Koons sculpture worth up to $12.5 million will be auctioned off to benefit Ukraine
Jun 10, 2022
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A Jeff Koons sculpture worth up to £10 million ($12.5 million) will be auctioned off this month to raise funds for humanitarian aid in Ukraine.