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Balloon Venus Lespugue (Orange)
2013-2019
mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating
105 1/16 × 48 13/16 × 41 3/16 inches
266.9 × 124.1 × 104.7 cm
one of five unique versions
On view now at The Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens, Greece
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Florence, Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Jeff Koons. Shine, October 2, 2021 - January 31, 2022 (Red)
PM23 Fondazione Valentino Garavani e Giancarlo Giammetti, Orizzonti Rossi (Horizons Red), May 25 - October 12, 2025 (Red)
Athens, Museum of Cycladic Art, Jeff Koons and Ice Age 'Venuses', March 19 - August 31, 2026 (Orange)
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Michael Pierce, "Jeff Koons, the Goat-Footed Balloon Man and the Goddess," Mutual Art (UK), August 14, 2020 (color ill., David Zwirner installation) https://www.mutualart.com/Article/Jeff-Koons--the-Goat-Footed-Balloon-Man-/CE59C59446F2D10D (Red)
Nate Freeman, "Wet Paint: Hauser & Wirth Sells the Priciest Artwork Online Ever, Gallerist Survives a Hamptons Crash, & More Art World Gossip," Artnet News, August 21, 2020 https://news.artnet.com/art-world/wet-paint-hauser-sale-record-1903346(Magenta)
Julie Belcove, "How a Smart Digital Strategy Is Keeping David Zwirner at the Top of His Art World Game Amid the Pandemic," Robb Report, September 27, 2020 https://robbreport.com/shelter/art-collectibles/how-gallerist-david-zwirner-effectively-pivoted-online-during-covid-1234570373/ (Red)
"Will artists soon be able to do without galleries and auction houses? Pop Inquirer (Philippine), September 28, 2020 https://pop.inquirer.net/100232/will-artists-soon-be-able-to-do-without-galleries-and-auction-houses (Red)
"Is the Future of the Art Industry Online? Artists Take to Social Media in Response to the Pandemic," Prestige, September 30, 2020 (color ill.) https://www.prestigeonline.com/th/pursuits/art-culture/artists-social-media/ (Red)
Erica Roccella, "2020, il mercato dell’arte in tre parole," Exibart (Italy), December 29, 2020 (color ill., David Zwirner installation) https://www.exibart.com/mercato/2020-il-mercato-dellarte-in-tre-parole/ (Red)
Keith Estiler, "Jeff Koons Spotlight David Zwirner Online Studio," Hypebeast, June 16, 2020 (color ill., David Zwirner installation) https://hypebeast.com/2020/6/jeff-koons-balloon-venus-sculpture-david-zwirner-2020-online-studio (Red)
Mark Westall, "Now Open—Studio: Jeff Koons," FAD Magazine, June 16, 2020 (color ill., David Zwirner installation) https://fadmagazine.com/2020/06/16/now-open-studio-jeff-koons/ (Red)
Justin Kamp, "David Zwirner sold a Jeff Koons sculpture for $8 million through the gallery’s online showroom.," Artsy, June 18, 2020 (color ill., David Zwirner installation) https://www.artsy.net/news/artsy-editorial-david-zwirner-sold-jeff-koons-sculpture-8-million-gallerys-online-showroom (Red)
Tim Schneider & Eileen Kinsella, "High-Octane Sales During the Preview of Art Basel's Second Online Fair Solidify the 'New Normal' of the Socially Distanced Art Market," Artnet News, June 18, 2020 (color ill., David Zwirner installation) https://news.artnet.com/market/art-basel-online-viewing-rooms-sales-2020-1887994 (Red)
"David Zwirner defies expectations with $8 million online sale of Jeff Koons sculpture," The Jakarta Post (Indonesia), June 22, 2020 (color ill., David Zwirner installation) https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2020/06/22/david-zwirner-defies-expectations-with-8-million-online-sale-of-jeff-koons-sculpture.html (Red)
Avantika Bhuyan, "Art Basel 2020: The pandemic triggers a virtual shift in art," Live Mint (India), June 24, 2020 (color ill., David Zwirner Gallery installation) https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/art-basel-2020-the-pandemic-triggers-a-virtual-shift-in-art-11592966611229.html (Red)
Chiara Mastroianni, "David Zwirner presenta la nuova Venus rossa di Jeff Koons," Exibart (Italy), June 25, 2020 (color ill., David Zwirner Gallery installation) https://www.exibart.com/arte-contemporanea/david-zwirner-presenta-la-nuova-venus-rossa-di-jeff-koons-online/(Red)
"Jeff Koons is officially the world’s most expensive living artist," Lifestyle Asia, June 30, 2020 (color ill., David Zwirner Gallery installation) https://www.lifestyleasia.com/kl/culture/art-design/jeff-koons-expensive-living-artist/ (Red)
Mario Francesco Simeone, "Il nuovo valore del mondo, a partire dall’opera d’arte demoralizzata," Exibart (Italy), June 30, 2020 (color ill., David Zwirner installation) https://www.exibart.com/arte-contemporanea/il-nuovo-valore-del-mondo-a-partire-dallopera-darte-delocalizzata/ (Red)
Scott Reyburn, "Could Covid-19 kill off the market for the art world’s star names?," The Art Newspaper, July 7, 2020 (color ill., David Zwirner installation) https://www.theartnewspaper.com/analysis/could-covid-kill-off-the-art-world-s-reigning-deities (Red)
Mabel Figueruelo, "La pandemia pasa, pero la virtualidad (en el mercado del arte) se queda," El Economista (Spain), July 6, 2021 (color ill., David Zwirner installation) https://www.eleconomista.es/status/noticias/11311330/07/21/La-pandemia-pasa-pero-la-virtualidad-en-el-mercado-del-arte-se-queda.html (Red)
Augusto Sainati, "Jeff Koons, a Palazzo Strozzi arriva Shine: la mostra per riflettere, divenire, giocare," Il Fatto Quotidiano (Italy), October 2, 2021 (color ill.) https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2021/10/02/jeff-koons-a-palazzo-strozzi-arriva-shine-la-mostra-per-riflettere-divenire-giocare/6339758/ (Red)
Michela Conoscitore, "Shine di Jeff Koons abbaglia Palazzo Strozzi nel profondo. «Collegare il presente al passato significa continuare a legare le persone alla memoria biologica»," Bon Culture (Italy), October 2, 2021 (color ill., installation view) https://www.bonculture.it/culture/arte/shine-di-jeff-koons-abbaglia-palazzo-strozzi-nel-profondo-collegare-il-presente-al-passato-significa-continuare-a-legare-le-persone-alla-memoria-biologica/ (Red)
"“Shine” di Jeff Koons a Palazzo Strozzi," Report Pistoia (Italy), October 3, 2021 https://www.reportpistoia.com/shine-di-jeff-koons-a-palazzo-strozzi/ (Red)
Marina Santin, "Lo "Shine" Secondo Koons," Daily Luxury (Italy), October 18, 2021 (color ill.) http://www.dailyluxury.it/jeff-koons-il-suo-shine-a-firenze/
Finn Blythe, “I’m Trying to Become a Vaster Human Being”: Jeff Koons on Life and Art," AnOther (London, UK), October 14, 2021 https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/13648/im-trying-to-become-a-vaster-human-being-jeff-koons-on-life-and-art (Red)
Harriet Lloyd-Smith, "At home with Jeff Koons," Wallpaper (London, UK), October 22, 2021 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation view by Ela Bialkowska) https://www.wallpaper.com/art/at-home-with-jeff-koons-interview (Red)
Cecilia Corsetti, "Jeff Koons a Firenze sotto una luce nuova," L'Officiel Italia, October 28, 2021 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation view by Ela Bialkowska) https://www.lofficielitalia.com/arte/jeff-koons-mostra-shine-firenze-palazzo-strozzi-date-prezzo (Red)
Natalia Gierowska, "Jeff Koons. Shine," The Brooklyn Rail, November 2, 2021 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation view by Ela Bialkowska) https://brooklynrail.org/2021/11/artseen/Jeff-Koons-Shine (Red)
Lucrezia Caliani, "Jeff Koons a Palazzo Strozzi_ no, non lo potevate fare anche voi," FUL Magazine (Italy), November 13, 2021 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation view by Ela Bialkowska) https://firenzeurbanlifestyle.com/jeff-koons-palazzo-strozzi-no-non-lo-potevate-fare-anche-voi/ (Red)
"Jeff Koons: 'Catturare l'arte con i cellulari non è emozione'," Ansa Toscana (Italy), November 25, 2021 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation view by Ela Bialkowska) https://www.ansa.it/toscana/notizie/2021/11/25/jeff-koons-catturare-larte-con-i-cellulari-non-e-emozione_a6ccc798-f086-4c05-b8d7-f7e7c46c8995.html (Red)
Valentina Roselli, "Gli studenti di Polimoda a tu per tu con Jeff Koons," Il Valore Italiano (Italy), November 26, 2021 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation view by Ela Bialkowska) https://www.ilvaloreitaliano.it/gli-studenti-di-polimoda-a-tu-per-tu-con-jeff-koons/ (Red)
Daniel Cisi, "Shine. Le scintillanti opere di Jeff Koons in mostra a Firenze a Palazzo Strozzi," Glitch Magazine (Italy), November 27, 2021 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation view by Ela Bialkowska) http://www.glitchmagazine.eu/arte/2021/11/27/shine-le-scintillanti-opere-jeff-koons-mostra-firenze-palazzo-strozzi/ (Red)
Anna Frattini, "Arte in 20 minuti: Jeff Koons incontra gli studenti del Polimoda di Firenze," Exibart (Italy), November 29, 2021 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation view by Ela Bialkowska) https://www.exibart.com/formazione/arte-in-20-minuti-jeff-koons-incontra-gli-studenti-del-polimoda-di-firenze/ (Red)
Jeff Koons. Shine, exh. cat. (Venice: Fonadazione Palazzo Strozzi, Marsilio Editori S.p.A., 2021), pp. 30, 31, 144 (color ill. pp. 145; color ill. pp. 146-147; color ill. p. 190) (Red)
GianAngelo Pistoia, "Koons, Donatello e Eliasson in mostra a Palazzo Strozzi," La Voce del Nord Est (Italy), January 6, 2022 (color ill. Palazzo Strozzi installation) http://www.lavocedelnordest.eu/koons-donatello-e-eliasson-in-mostra-a-palazzo-strozzi/(Red)
"[Anna's Italian Newsletter # 3] 3 selections of Italian exhibitions that are crowded with corona sickness, Koons, Crypto Art, Amazon now," Art Exhibition Japan, January 18, 2022 https://artexhibition.jp/topics/features/20220118-AEJ634575/ (Red)
Flaminio Gualdoni, Arte Contemporanea - I Protagonisti: 04- Koons, (Italy: Corriere Della Serra, 2022) p. 70 (color ill. p. 71) (Red)
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