UPCOMING TALKS AND LECTURES

UPCOMING TALKS

OMR Festival, Hamburg, Germany [May 8, 2024]

 

2024

"Jeff Koons + Hubert Neumann, In Conversation with Gwendolyn Dubois Shaw," hosted by the University of Pennsylvania at Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [January 27, 2024]

 

2023

"How Art is Medicine. A Conversation with Jeff Koons and Steven Bertoni," Forbes Healthcare Summit, New York, New York [December 4, 2023]

"At the Intersection of Art and Technology. A Conversation with Jeff Koons," Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN [November 5, 2023]

Guest Speaker at Yale's "Entrepreneurship in the Art Market" Class (Prof. Dr. Magnus Resch), Yale School of Management and Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT / virtual [October 9, 2023]

“In Conversation With Jeff Koons: Jeff Koons and Francine Lacqua," Qatar Economic Forum, Doha, Qatar [May 23, 2023]

"Studio in a School: Jeff Koons, K599 Brooklyn Landmark Elementary School," Brooklyn, New York [March 3, 2023]

"The Animated Sculpture: Jeff Koons Artist Talk," Liebieghaus Skulpturen Sammlung, Frankfurt, Germany [March 8, 2023]

 

2022

"Adobe Max: The Creativity Conference," Los Angeles, California [October 19, 2022]

"Jeff Koons and Anna Deavere Smith," National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. [October 12, 2022]

"Palazzo Strozzi From Jeff Koons to Donatello," Jeff Koons and Dr. Arturo Galansino moderated by Mario Calvo-Platero, Palazzo Strozzi Foundation USA, Raquet and Tennis Club, New York, New York [July 6, 2022]

"Conversation with Jeff Koons: Public Lecture," Art for Tomorrow, Athens, Greece [June 18, 2022]

"Guest Speaker: Jeff Koons," The Saint David's Eric Wu's Alumni Parents Council Lecture Series, Saint David's School, New York, New York [June 1, 2022]

"Jeff Koons and Massimiliano Gioni in Conversation," Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach, Florida [January 15, 2022]

 

2021

"Jeff Koons in Conversation with H.E. Sheikha Al Mayassa," Art for Tomorrow Talks. Introduced by Matt Anderson, In association with The New York Times, Doha, Qatar [November 21, 2021]

"Shine. A Conversation with Jeff Koons about Art, Philosophy and Spirituality," Conversation with Fabrizia Baldissera, Arianna D’Ottone, Donatien Grau, Alberto Legnaioli, Monsignor Timothy Verdon. Moderated by co-curators Arturo Galansino and Joachim Pissarro, Odeon Cinema, Florence, Italy [October 1, 2021]

"Jeff Koons in France," Virtual Talk with Joachim Pissarro, French Institute Alliance Française, Online [May 18, 2021]

 

2020

"Youth Board of Artists Interviews Jeff Koons for the 2020 Interactive Virtual Gala," Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois [December 1, 2021]

"Virtual MOCA Studio Visit: Klaus Biesenbach in Conversation with Jeff Koons," The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California [November 14, 2020]

 

2019

"Jeff Koons," Museum of Cycladic Art Benefit, Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York [November 7, 2019]

"A Conversation with Jeff Koons and Christophe Cherix," International Fine Print Dealers Association Fine Art Print Fair, New York, New York[October 25, 2019]

"Closing Event: Conversation between Massimiliano Gioni & Jeff Koons, as part of the closing events for the exhibition Appearance Stripped Bare: Desire and the Object in the work of Marcel Duchamp and Jeff Koons, Even," Museo Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico [September 21, 2019]

"Jeff Koons & Eric Kandel: Two Parrallel Expressions to Human Creative Capabilities," Jewish Culture in Sweden, Stockholm [May 30, 2019]

"Massimiliano Gioni and Jeff Koons in Conversation, as part of the opening events for the exhibition Appearance Stripped Bare: Desire and the Object in the work of Marcel Duchamp and Jeff Koons, Even," Museo Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico [May 18, 2019]

"Jeff Koons in Conversation with Martin Kemp," Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, England [May 8, 2019]

"Jeff Koons at the Academy of Fine Arts of Carrara," Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara, Carrara, Italy [April 16, 2019]

"Jeff Koons in Doha. The Art of Engagement Panel Discussion, as part of the opening events for the National Museum of Qatar," Doha, Qatar [March 25, 2019]

 

2018

"The Women's Board of the Art Institute of Chicago Lecture Luncheon: Jeff Koons," The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois [October 4, 2018]

"Jeff Koons: Artist Talk," Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo, Norway [September 27, 2018]

“David Rockefeller Lecture Series: Jeff Koons," American for the Arts, NYIT Auditorium, New York, New York [June 5, 2018]

“The Plato Conversations: Dialogues in L.A.," Getty Villa, Los Angeles, California [April 21, 2018]

“Jeff Koons in Conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist," Hosted by Artsy and David Zwirner, Sky Lounge, Hong Kong [March 28, 2018]

“Conversation with Jeff Koons and Dr. Yeewan Koon,” University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong [March 28, 2018]

“Creativity in Art & Science: Jeff Koons, Co-hosted by Dr. Eric Kandel and Dr. Charles Zuker,” Columbia | Zuckerman Institute, Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, New York, New York [March 14, 2018]

 

2017

"Who's Afraid of the New Now?: 40 Artists in Dialogue, George Condo & Jeff Koons," New Museum, New York, New York [December 2, 2017]

"Jeff Koons and Heidi Zuckerman in Conversation About Leonardo Da Vinci," The Aspen Institute, Aspen, Colorado [August 25, 2017]

"Jeff Koons: American Imagination," Aspen Ideas Festival, The Aspen Institute, Aspen, Colorado [July 5, 2017]

"Behind the Glass Lecture," Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York [May 26, 2017]

"Julian Schnabel and Jeff Koons," TimesTalks, The New York Times Building, New York, New York [March 6, 2017]

National Art Education Association Convention, New York, New York [March 2, 2017]

"Jeff Koons Lecture at Oxford University," Addressing the Edgar Wind Society, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, England [February 23, 2017]

"Rouse Visiting Artist Lecture: Jeff Koons," Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts [February 7, 2017]

"Jeff Koons, Ann Temkin, Eric Kandel: An artist's creative process in action, Beyond the Brain: An Interdiscipliary Conversation from the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute of Columbia University," The New York Historical Society, New York, New York [January 26, 2017]

 

2016

"The Gibbes Distinguished Lecture Series presents: Jeff Koons," The Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, South Carolina [November 16, 2016]

"Jeff Koons with Norman Rosenthal and Tim Marlow,” The Royal Academy of Arts, London, England [October 3, 2016]

"Jeff Koons and Hunter Drohojowska Philp in Conversation," Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California [September 27, 2016]

“92Y Talks: Edythe and Eli Broad and Jeff Koons in Conversation,” 92nd Street Y, New York, New York [May 12, 2016]

"In Conversation: Jeff Koons and Glenn Fuhrman," The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY [April 20, 2016]

"Jeff Koons Talk and Q&A with Agustin Pérez Rubio, Artistic Director," Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina [April 14, 2016]

"Jeff Koons - Collaboration, Creativity and Community," International New York Times Art for Tomorrow, Doha, Qatar [March 14, 2016] 

 

2015

"Jeff Koons: 150th Anniversary Distinguished Alumni Lecture," School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois [September 21, 2015]

"The New Creative Process,” The Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia [June 12, 2015]

"Meet the Artist: Jeff Koons," Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain [June 9, 2015]

"Inspirations 2: Jeff Koons," International New York Times Art for Tomorrow, Doha, Qatar [March 15, 2015]

“Awardees Talk,” National YoungArts Foundation, Miami, Florida [January 10, 2015]

 

2014

“Eric Kandel and Jeff Koons in conversation: Immortality in Art and Science,” Nobel Week Dialogue, Stockholm [December 9, 2014]

“Jeff Koons and Sir Norman Rosenthal in Conversation,” Barnes & Noble, New York, New York [December 1, 2014]

"Jeff Koons Chats With Norman Rosenthal on Inflatables, Antiquities, and Much More," The Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC, New York, New York [December 1, 2014]

"Conversation with the Artist with Jeff Koons and Bernard Blistène," Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, Centre Pompidou, Paris [November 26, 2014]

“Jimmy Page in Conversation with Jeff Koons,” 92nd Street Y, New York, New York [November 3, 2014]

College de France Symposium: The Making of Painting: Jeff Koons,” Paris, France [October 30, 2014]

Whitney Museum of American Art’s “Walter Annenberg Annual Lecture: Jeff Koons,” SVA Theatre, New York, NY [September 30, 2014]

“51st International Achievement Summit,” Academy of Achievement, San Francisco, California [September 13, 2014]

"Public Art Fund Talks," The New School, New York, New York [September 10, 2014]

"Keynote Lecture Series: Artist Jeff Koons," Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas [July 11, 2014]

“Imagining the Future of the Museums: Panel Discussion with Katharina Fritsch, Jeff Koons, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Taryn Simon,” International Council Museum Berggruen Berlin, Berlin, Germany [June 21, 2014]

“Jeff Koons on Sculpture,” The Frick Collection, New York, New York [April 24, 2014]

“The Un-Private Collection: Jeff Koons and John Waters,” The Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, California [February 24, 2014]

“New York Minutes,” Columbia University, New York, New York [February 7, 2014]

 

2013

“Encounter with Jeff Koons at Palazzo Delle Esposizioni,” Palazzo Delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy [July 2, 2013]

"Conversations with the Director: Artist Jeff Koons Talks with MFAH Director Gary Tinterow in the context of the exhibition Picasso Black and White," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Texas [April 23, 2013]

"James T. Demetrion Lecture: Jeff Koons," Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. [April 18, 2013]

 

2012

"Art in Embassies; Celebrating 20 Years of the Soft Power of Art," Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington D.C. [November 29, 2012]

"Artist to Artist: Koons and Picasso," Soloman R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York [October 26, 2012]

"Google Zeitgeist," Conversation with Maureen Orth, Paradise Valley, Scottsdale, Arizona [October 16, 2012]

Artist Talk at Metzler Saal - Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany [June 20, 2012]

Artist Talk at Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland [June 14, 2012]

"Zabar Visiting Artist Series: Jeff Koons with Katy Siegel & Joachim Pissarro," Hunter, New York [May 15, 2012]

Fondation Beyeler Artist Talk, Basel, Switzerland [May 13, 2012]

Artist Talk at The Hewitt School, New York, New York [April 17, 2012]

Artist Talk at Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland [February 24, 2012]

Artist Talk at Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria [January 10, 2012]

 

2011

The Lotos Club, New York, New York

"Abu Dhabi Art Conversations: Larry Gagosian and Jeff Koons, moderated by Sarah Thornton," Abu Dhabi [November 16, 2011]

Artist Talk at São Paulo Biennale, São Paulo, Brazil [September 27, 2011]

"Uncommon Threads Panel Discussion," Montclair State University - Montclair Museum of Art Talks series, Montclair, New Jersey [February 23, 2011]

"modernARTization: Art and Philanthropy Changing Societies," 4th Davos Philanthropic Roundtable, Morosani Schweizerhof Hotel, Davos, Switzerland [January 27, 2011]

 

2010

"Conversations with Contemporary Artists: Jeff Koons High Museum of Art," Atlanta, Georgia [October 5, 2010]

"Artists in Dialogue - Abu Dhabi Art Fair," Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates [November 5, 2010]

"The Marathon Marathon project," Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece [October 31, 2010]

People Who Shape Our World Lecture Series,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois [May 31, 2010]

"Art 21 Salon Series," Core Club, New York, New York [April 12, 2010]

"Envelope Conversations Series (Faciality)," Princeton University School of Architecture, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey [April 28, 2010]

"Jeff Koons and Brian Grazer in Conversation," LA Art House, Los Angeles, California [May 19, 2010]

 

2009

"Jeff Koons Talk," Serpentine Gallery, London, England

"Jeff Koons and Glenn O’Brien," The Strand, New York, New York [April 13, 2009]

"Artist Talk: Jeff Koons," The Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, Russia [March 20, 2009]

"Artist Talk: Jeff Koons," The Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Series, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

"The Nasher Salon Lecture Series," Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas [15 January, 2009]

Artist Talk for Northwestern University Alumni, New York, New York [January 13, 2009]

 

2008

"Jeff Koons on the Roof," Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

"Art Conversation with Alison M. Gingeras," University of Visual Arts, Venice, Italy

"Jeff Koons: Big Art, Big Ideas," Interview by Carol Vogel, New York Times Arts & Leisure Week Series, Times Building, New York, New York [January 7, 2008]

"Jeff Koons – Culture Bites," Bloomberg Arts Club, New York, New York 

"Jeff Koons," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

"Jeff Koons in conversation with Katy Siegel," 92nd Street with Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, New York, New York

Artist Talk at Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland [April 14, 2008]

Artist Talk at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts [April 3, 2008] 

 

2007

“Artist as Collector: Jeff Koons in Conversation with Jeffrey Deitch," CORE Club in connection with Americans for the Arts,
New York, New York [December 13, 2007]

"Inside the Artist's Studio: Jeff Koons Talks with Calvin Tomkins and Dodie Kazanjian," The New Yorker Festival, Studio Tour, New York, New York [October 7, 2007]

“Conversations with Contemporary Artists,” The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York [March 9, 2007]

Graduate School of Painting, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut [March 7, 2007]

“Director’s Series Conversations with Michael Govan: Jeff Koons,” LACMA, Los Angeles, California [February 7, 2007]

 

2006

“Doug Aitken’s Broken Screen Happening," New York, New York

“Good, Better, Best," Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York [October 4, 2006]

“Jeff Koons Talks,” University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [April 7, 2006]

“Jeff Koons Talks," University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa [March 30, 2006]

 

2005

“Artist Talk/ Jeff Koons and Scott Rothkopf,” Kub Arena at the Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, New York [November 18, 2005]

"International Association of Art Critics Symposium on Art," Democracy and Public Space,  Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York

Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa

Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland

"Jeff Koons Lecture: In Honour of the Fingerman Memorial Lecture Series," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa [December 6, 2005]

 

2004

"Art Basel Conversations," Art Basel Miami, Miami, Florida

Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine

 

2002

Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland

Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts

Talk with Peter Jennings at Cooper Union Great Hall, New York, New York

The Corcoran, Washington, D.C.

Pasadena Art Center, Pasadena, California

 

2001

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Director’s Circle, San Francisco, California

Friends of the Israel Museum, New York, New York

Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

"Pillow Talk with the Rubells," Miami, Florida

 

2000

Royal Academy of Arts, London, England

Public Art Fund, Cooper Union, New York, New York

Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain

School of Visual Arts, New York, New York, New York

 

1999

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York

 

1998

The Museum of Modern Art, Junior Council, New York

Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain

Sculpture Department, Graduate School, Columbia University, New York, New York

 

1997

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

 

1996

Guggenheim Museum, International Council, New York, New York

Deste Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece

 

1995

Cocoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Columbia University, School of the Arts, New York, New York

Parsons School of Design, New York, New York

New School For Social Research, New York, New York

 

1994

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

The American Academy in Rome, Metropolitan Club, New York, New York

 

1993

Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, New York

Louisiana Museum, Bizart, Copenhagen, Denmark

Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, Maryland

Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California

School of Visual Arts, New York, New York

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Graduate School of Sculpture, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

Young President’s Organization, International Chapter, Athens, Greece

 

1992

Bard College, New York

The Aesthetic Field Symposium in collaboration with Ulf Wuggenig and the University for Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria / Das Ästhetische Feld, Hochschule Fur Angewandte Kunst in Wien, Participants: Peter Fend, Andrea Fraser, Renée Green, Jeff Koons, Colin de Land, Christian Philipp Müller, Raymond Pettibon, Gerwald Rockenschaud, Jessica Stockholder, and Peter Weibel [June 2 - 4, 1992] 

Musee D’Art Contemporain, Lausanne, Switzerland

 

1991

Alberta College, Calgary, Canada

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (High and Low)

The Munich Academy, Munich, Germany

Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland

New York University, Institute of Fine Arts, New York, New York

The Royal Academy of Arts, London, England

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

 

1990

DIA Center for the Arts, New York, New York

Hirshhorn Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Pharmakon, Tokyo, Japan

Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California

Sotheby's, Geneva, Switzerland

 

1989

Baruch College/CUNY, New York, New York

CAA Conference, San Francisco, California

Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England

Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York

 

1988

Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago, Illinois

Society for Contemporary Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois

 

1987

Empire State College, New York, New York

The Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland

Temple University, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania

 

1986

Fundacio Caixa De Pensions, Barcelona, Spain

 

1985

The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New York

 

1983

Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania