APOLLO
Apollo Wind Spinner
2020-2022
steel, bronze, and two motors
548 9/16 x 360 x 102 11/16 inches
1393.3 x 914.4 x 260.8 cm
Edition of 3 plus 1 AP
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Hydra, Greece, DESTE Foundation Project Space, Slaughterhouse, Jeff Koons: Apollo, June 21 – October 31, 2022
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"DESTE Foundation Jeff Koons at the Slaughterhouse," Voice of Hydra, May 2022, pp. 1, 6 (color ill., Hydra installation)
Maria Panagiotou, "The Sacred Temple of Jeff Koons in Hydra," The Liberal, June 3, 2022, p. 15 (color ill., Hydra installation)
Efi Falida, "'Apollo' is a clue of love for Hydra," Ta Nea, June 14, 2022, p. 51 (color ill., Hydra installation)
Efi Falida, "'The work is completed when the viewer sees it,'" Ta Nea, June 21, 2022, p. 49 (color ill., Hydra installation)
Konstantinos Tanias, "Jeff Koons 'brought' the god Apollo to Hydra," Glow Greece, June 21, 2022, pp. 1, 3 (color ill., Hydra installation)
Margarita Pournara, "Apollo by Jeff Koons cast the rays of art on Hydra," Kathimerini, June 22, 2022, pp. 2, 4 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation)
Giannis Konstantinidis, "Jeff Koons in Hydra: Response from a breathtaking report, LiFO (Greece), June 23, 2022 (color ill.) https://www.lifo.gr/culture/eikastika/tzef-koyns-stin-udra-antapokrisi-apo-mia-ekthesi-poy-kobei-tin-anasa
Janelle Zara, "On Greece's After-Party Island of Hydra, Jeff Koons Unveils a Momument to the Sun and Friendship," Cultured, June 23, 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation) https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2022/06/23/on-greeces-after-party-island-of-hydra-jeff-koons-unveils-a-momument-to-the-sun-and-friendship
Iliana Magra, "The God Apollo Shines on Hydra," Greece Is, June 23, 2022, p. 1 (color ill., Hydra installation)
Maro Vasiliadou, "Apollo's Touch Gilds Hydra," Kathimerini, June 23, 2022, p. 3 (color ill. Hydra installation)
Ioanna Kleptoyannis, "What, Mr. Koons, is your top-secret Apollo in the Slaughterhouse in Hydra," Popaganda, June 24, 2022, pp. 1-5 (color ill., Hydra installation)
Anna Wichmann, "Artist Jeff Koons Displays Artwork on Greek Island of Hydra," Greek Reporter, June 29, 2022 https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/29/artist-jeff-koons-displays-artwork-on-greek-island-of-hydra/
"Jeff Koons – Apollo: Exhibition at DESTE Foundation Hydra," Culture Now, June 30, 2022, p. 1 (color ill., Hydra installation)
Annie Armstrong, "Wet Paint in the Wild: Writer Jannelle Zara Takes Us to the Greek Island Hydra for the Deste Founation's Jeff Koons Show," Artnet News, July 1, 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation) https://news.artnet.com/news-pro/wet-paint-in-the-wild-writer-janelle-zara-takes-us-to-the-greek-island-hydra-for-the-deste-foundations-jeff-koons-show-2140278
Eleni Varvitsioti, "Koons installation lights up Greek island for his collector friend Dakis Joannou," Financial Times, July 1, 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation) https://www.ft.com/content/7ab66dc0-69b1-447b-90be-24393937ce8d
Juliana Neira, "Jeff Koons creates a temple for Apollo at the DESTE foundation in Greece," Designboom, July 1, 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation view) https://www.designboom.com/art/jeff-koons-apollo-deste-foundation-greece-07-01-2022/
Linda Yablonsky, "Sun Worshippers," Artforum, July 3, 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation) https://www.artforum.com/diary/linda-yablonsky-around-athens-and-hydra-88785
Juliana Neira, "Jeff Koons creates a temple for Apollo at the DESTE foundation in Greece," Designboom, July 1, 2022 (color ill.)
Nicoletta Graziano, "Jeff Koons' new exhibition on the island of Hydra," Exibart (Italy), July 4, 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation) https://www.exibart.com/arte-contemporanea/la-nuova-mostra-di-jeff-koons-nellisola-di-hydra/
"Jeff Koons approda in Grecia e mescola classicismo e cultura pop," Sky Arte, July 8, 2022, p. 1 (color ill., Hydra installation)
Isabella Prisco, "Sull'isola di Hydra, il dialogo metafisico tra contemporaneo e antico di Jeff Koons," Elle Decor, July 13, 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation) https://www.elledecor.com/it/arte/a40584581/grecia-cosa-vedere-hydra-mostra-jeff-koons-apollo/
Iliana Magra, "Behind the 'Greek' Art for Tomorrow," Kathimerini, July 15, 2022, p. 1 (color ill., Hydra installation)
"Experience the great summer of art in the Greek islands," Andro Greece, July 18, 2022, p. 1 (color ill., Hydra installation)
Nate Freeman, "This Summer’s Must-See Contemporary Art Exhibits," Vanity Fair, July 19, 2022 ((color ill., Hydra installation) https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/07/this-summers-must-see-contemporary-art-exhibits
Silke Hohmann, "The sun was witness," Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany), July 28, 2022 (ill.) https://www.faz.net/aktuell/stil/mode-design/mit-jeff-koons-auf-hydra-18173796.html
Paul Laster, "The 10 Best Art Exhibitions to See Around the World This Summer," Galerie, August 1, 2022, p. 1 (color ill., Hydra installation)
"Jeff Koons presents Apollo in Hydra," Neos Kosmos (Australia), August 2, 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation) https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/08/02/life/jeff-koons-presents-apollo-in-hydra/
Andrea Goffo, "Deste 2022 Vol II: Jeff Koons' Apollo in Hydra," A Magazine Curated By, August 3, 2022, p. 1
"In Pictures: See Jeff Koons's Luxurious Art Offerings to Apollo, God of the Sun, on the Greek Island of Hydra," Artnet News, August 5, 2022 (color il., Hydra installation) https://news.artnet.com/art-world/in-pictures-jeff-koons-hydra-2156061
Helena Smith, "‘There’s a raw energy’: Hydra, artists’ haven, still casts its spell," The Guardian, August 7, 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/07/theres-a-raw-energy-hydra-artists-haven-still-casts-its-spell
"Jeff Koons and Antiquity as the Living Ready-Made of Today," Culture Now, August 8, 2022, pp. 1 (color ill., Hydra installation)
"‘The Mount Athos for artists’: The Greek island of Hydra," The Greek Herald (Australia), August 12, 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation) https://greekherald.com.au/lifestyle/the-mount-athos-for-artists-the-greek-island-of-hydra/
Natalie Martin, "Greek God Apollo Shines Over Hydra," Greek City Times, August 12, 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation, detail) https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/08/12/greek-god-apollo-shines-over-hydra/
"The best exhibitions of summer 2022 and beyond: Europe," Christie's, August 15, 2022, p. 1 (color ill., Hydra installation) https://www.christies.com/features/updated-the-best-exhibitions-from-summer-2022-europe-12386-1.aspx
Evi Kallini, "In the mind of Jeff Koons: A conversation with the artistic advisor of the DESTE Foundation, George Tzirtzilakis, Glow (Greece), September 9, 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation) https://glow.gr/sto-mialo-toy-jeff-koons-mia-sizitisi-me-ton-kallitekhniko-symvoylo-toy-idrymatos-deste-giwrgho-tzirtzilaki-4208
Bill Powers, "From Hydra to the Moon," MUSE Magazine, September 16, 2022, pp. 262-291 (color ill. pp. 290-291; color ill. 277; color ill. pp. 290-291, Hydra installation) https://musemagazine.it/articles/jeff-koons-en/
Silke Hohmann, "Koons auf Hydra," Monopol Magazine, September 2022, p. 33 (color ill., p. 33 Hydra installation)
Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, "Collector’s Diary: Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Reflects on Her Grand Tour of Europe This Past Summer," ARTnews, October 10, 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation) https://www.artnews.com/art-news/opinion/patrizia-sandretto-re-rebaudengo-collector-diary-1234642321/
Maria-Nefeli Panetsos, "Assignment understood! Jeff Koons nella Slaughterhouse della DESTE Foundation a Hydra," Chiasmo Magazine, October 3, 2022, pp. 1, 3 (color ill., Hydra installation)
Gerald, "The Rising of Apollo," ELLE Decoration, October 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation by Javas Lehn, by George Sfakianakis)
Heinz-Norbert Jocks, "Hydra Jeff Koons Apollon," Kunstforum, 284 (October 2022), p. 283 (color ill., p. 283, Hydra installation)
"CULTURED's Most Read Stories from 2022," Cultured, December 16, 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation) https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2022/12/16/top-stories-art-design-fashion-architecture-2022
Julie Tath, "Jeff Koons: Apollo," Art MUSE, 2022, pp. 22, 139 (color ill., Hydra installation)
Milosh Harajda, "Novodoby Boh Slnka Nad Hydrou," Feminity, Fall/Winter 2022, p. 139 (color ill., Hydra installation)
Vasilissa Conway, "It Is Never Enough: Deste 2022," Bbeyond Magazine, 2022, p. 65 (color ill., Hydra installation)
Heinz-Norbert Jocks, "Jeff Koons: Der Mythos Des Apollon," Kunstforum, January-February 2023, p. 123 (color ill., Hydra installation) https://www.kunstforum.de/artikel/jeff-koons-6/
"Jeff Koons: The famous artist's Apollo will remain permanently in Hydra," LiFo, February 9, 2023, p. 1
"Jeff Koons – Exploring the Life and Art of Jeff Koons," Art in Context, June 1, 2023 (color ill.) https://artincontext.org/jeff-koons/
Panos Papadolias, "Contemporary art 'sees' Apollo in Hydra and not [in his] city of Sparta," Lakonistas, June 18, 2023, p. 3
Naomi Rea, "‘If It Doesn’t Have Psyche, It Can’t Be Art’: Mega-Collector Dakis Joannou Docks His Famous Yacht to Talk About Collecting in a Chaotic Art World," Artnet News, July 6, 2023 (color ill., Hydra installation) https://news.artnet.com/market/interview-mega-collector-dakis-joannou-2329229
Ben Livne Weitzman, "Massimiliano Gioni and Daniel Birnbaum on Dream Machines," Ocula, July 12, 2023 (color ill.) https://ocula.com/magazine/conversations/massimiliano-gioni-daniel-birnbaum-dream-machines/
Dario Pappalardo, "Jeff Koons: “Il ritorno degli Dei/Return of the Gods,” (Text in Italian) Robinson Copertina no. 345, La Repubblica (Italy), July 15, 2023, p. 5 (color ill. p. 5)
Sara Dolfi Agostini, "From Ibiza to Beirut: Eight Mediterranean shows to see this summer," Art Basel, August 2, 2023 (color ill., Hydra installation) https://www.artbasel.com/news/ibiza-beirut-mediterranean-shows-summer
Laia Garcia-Furtado, "For the Coperni Designers Sébastien Meyer and Arnaud Vaillant, the Greek Island of Hydra Means Forever," Vogue, August 22, 2023 (color ill.) https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/coperni-sebastien-meyer-arnaud-vaillant-hydra-vacation-diary
Zoe Whitfield, "Brilliant Things to Do in Athens," AnOther Magazine, August 24, 2023 (color ill., Hydra installation)
Deste 33+, ed. Karen Marta, text by Massimiliano Gioni (Athens: Deste, 2023) pp. 360 (color ill. cover, Hydra installation; color ill. p. 361, Hydra installation; color ill. p. 362, detail; color ill. p. 363, Hydra installation; color ill. p. 381 Hydra installation, detail)
Jeff Koons: Apollo, exh. cat., Massimiliano Gioni and Karen Marta, DESTE Foundation, 2023, pp. 23, 28, 31, 109, 129 (color ill., pp. 4-5 installation view; pp. 6-7 color ill. detail; pp. 16-17 color ill. installation view; p. 20 color ill. side view; p. 37 color ill. installation view; p. 140 color ill. installation view)
Machine Room of the Gods: How Our Future Was Invented, ed. Vinzenz Brinkmann, exh. cat. (Berlin/Munich: Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung and Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2023), pp. 262, 264, 265 (color ill. p. 265, DESTE installation)
Alexandra Yiagou, "Cultural decentralization in Greece: From the 80s to the present day," Olafaq, April 1, 2025, n.p. (color ill.)
Elisa Carollo, "DESTE’s Summer Convergence Offers the Art World a Rare Pause Between Market Frenzies," Observer, June 26, 2025, n.p. (color ill. n.p. Deste install)
Annabel Downes, "High Season on Hydra with Dakis Joannou," Ocula, July 1, 2025, n.p. (color ills. n.p. Hydra Slaughterhouse installation, Guilty)
Dream Machines, exh. cat., ed. Karen Marta (Athens: Deste Foundation, 2025), pp. 37, 45, 119, 123, 205, 223 (color ill. p. 24, detail; color ill. pp. 45-46; color ill. p. 48; color ill. pp. 88-89; color ill. p. 123, fig. 03; color ill. p. 205; all Hydra installation)
Apollo Kithara
2019-2022
polychromed PMMA and animatronic snake
92 x 43 5/8 x 30 1/3 inches
233.6 x 110.7 x 77 cm
Edition of 3 plus 1 AP
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Hydra, Greece, DESTE Foundation Project Space, Slaughterhouse, Jeff Koons: Apollo, June 21 – October 31, 2022
Frankfurt, Germany, Liebieghaus Skulpturen Sammlung, Machine Room of the Gods, March 8 – September 10, 2023
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"DESTE Foundation Jeff Koons at the Slaughterhouse," Voice of Hydra, May 2022, p. 6
Maria Panagiotou, "The Sacred Temple of Jeff Koons in Hydra," The Liberal, June 3, 2022, p. 15
Efi Falida, "'The work is completed when the viewer sees it,'" Ta Nea, June 21, 2022, p. 49
Ioanna Kleftogianni , "Is it Jeff Koons' best work or is it not even his "Apollo" in Hydra?," Popaganda (Greece), June 21, 2022 https://m.popaganda.gr/art/ine-to-kalitero-ergo-tou-jeff-koons-i-den-ine-kan-ergo-o-apollo-tou-stin-idra/
Konstantinos Tanias, "Jeff Koons 'brought' the god Apollo to Hydra," Glow (Greece), June 21, 2022, pp. 4
Ted Loos, "Loving Art to the Moon and Back," The New York Times, June 23, 2022 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/23/arts/jeff-koons-art-moon.html
Giannis Konstantinidis, "Jeff Koons in Hydra: Response from a breathtaking report," LiFO (Greece), June 23, 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation view) https://www.lifo.gr/culture/eikastika/tzef-koyns-stin-udra-antapokrisi-apo-mia-ekthesi-poy-kobei-tin-anasa
Maro Vasiliadou, "Apollo's Touch Gilds Hydra," Kathimerini, June 23, 2022, pp. 1, 4
Anna Wichmann, "Artist Jeff Koons Displays Artwork on Greek Island of Hydra," Greek Reporter, June 29, 2022 (color ill.) https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/29/artist-jeff-koons-displays-artwork-on-greek-island-of-hydra/
"Jeff Koons – Apollo: Exhibition at DESTE Foundation Hydra," Culture Now, June 30, 2022, p. 2
Annie Armstrong, "Wet Paint in the Wild: Writer Jannelle Zara Takes Us to the Greek Island Hydra for the Deste Founation's Jeff Koons Show," Artnet News, July 1, 2022 (color ill.) https://news.artnet.com/news-pro/wet-paint-in-the-wild-writer-janelle-zara-takes-us-to-the-greek-island-hydra-for-the-deste-foundations-jeff-koons-show-2140278
Eleni Varvitsioti, "Koons installation lights up Greek island for his collector friend Dakis Joannou," Financial Times, July 1, 2022 (color ill.) https://www.ft.com/content/7ab66dc0-69b1-447b-90be-24393937ce8d
Juliana Neira, "Jeff Koons creates a temple for Apollo at the DESTE foundation in Greece," Designboom, July 1, 2022 https://www.designboom.com/art/jeff-koons-apollo-deste-foundation-greece-07-01-2022/
Linda Yablonsky, "Sun Worshippers," Artforum, July 3, 2022 (color ill.) https://www.artforum.com/diary/linda-yablonsky-around-athens-and-hydra-88785
Isabella Prisco, "Sull'isola di Hydra, il dialogo metafisico tra contemporaneo e antico di Jeff Koons," Elle Decor, July 13, 2022
Dimitris Trikas, "Or Apollo by Jeff Koons in the Slaughterhouse in Hydra," Dawn, July 17, 2022, p. 1
"Experience the great summer of art in the Greek islands," Andro Greece, July 18, 2022, pp. 2
Silke Hohmann, "The sun was witness," Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany), July 28, 2022 https://www.faz.net/aktuell/stil/mode-design/mit-jeff-koons-auf-hydra-18173796.html
"Jeff Koons presents Apollo in Hydra," Neos Kosmos (Australia), August 2, 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation view) https://neoskosmos.com/en/2022/08/02/life/jeff-koons-presents-apollo-in-hydra/
Andrea Goffo, "Deste 2022 Vol II: Jeff Koons' Apollo in Hydra," A Magazine Curated By, August 3, 2022, p. 3
"In Pictures: See Jeff Koons's Luxurious Art Offerings to Apollo, God of the Sun, on the Greek Island of Hydra," Artnet News, August 5, 2022 (color ill.)
"Jeff Koons and Antiquity as the Living Ready-Made of Today," Culture Now, August 8, 2022, p. 5
Natalie Martin, "Greek God Apollo Shines Over Hydra," Greek City Times, August 12, 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation)
"The best exhibitions of summer 2022 and beyond: Europe," Christie's, August 15, 2022, p. 2
"Apollo in the slaughterhouse," Detektor (Germany), September 1, 2022 (color ill.)
Evi Kallini, "In the mind of Jeff Koons: A conversation with the artistic advisor of the DESTE Foundation, George Tzirtzilakis," Glow (Greece), September 9, 2022
Bill Powers, "From Hydra to the Moon," MUSE Magazine, September 16, 2022 (color ill. p. 265; color ill. p. 274, installation view)
Judith Benhamou, "Le temple de Jeff Koons bientôt détruit, Les Echos, September 28, 2022 (color ill. Hydra installation view)
Silke Hohmann, "Koons auf Hydra," Monopol Magazine, September 2022, p. 42
Gerald, "The Rising of Apollo," ELLE Decoration, October 2022 (color ill. Hydra installation)
Heinz-Norbert Jocks, "Hydra Jeff Koons Apollon," Kunstforum, 284 (October 2022), pp. 284, 285 (color ill. Hydra installation)
Catherine Taft, "Catherine Taft on James Welling," Artforum, November 1, 2022 https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/202209/james-welling-89517
Milosh Harajda, "Novodoby Boh Slnka Nad Hydrou," Feminity, 2022, p. 141
Vasilissa Conway, "It Is Never Enough: Deste 2022," BBeyond Magazine, 2022, p. 72
Tiphaine A. Besnard and Fabien Bievre Perrin, Qui es-tu Apollon? De Juliobona á al Culture Pop, exh. cat. (Normandy: Juliobona, 2023), pp. 107, 111 (color ill. pp. 107, 111)
Heinz-Norbert Jocks, "Jeff Koons: Der Mythos Des Apollon," Kunstforum, January-February 2023 (color ill.) https://www.kunstforum.de/artikel/jeff-koons-6/
Jasmin Schülke, "Das Liebighaus und der Maschinenraum der Götter," (German) Journal Frankfurt, March 7, 2023 (color ill. by Eftychia Vlachou) https://www.journal-frankfurt.de/journal_news/Kultur-9/Ausstellung-Das-Liebighaus-und-der-Maschinenraum-der-Goetter-40471.html
Yvonne Koch, "Liebieghaus begibt sich zurück in die Zukunft," Hessenschau, March 9, 2023 (color ill. Liebieghaus installation) https://www.hessenschau.de/kultur/ausstellung-maschinenraum-der-goetter-im-liebieghaus-zurueck-in-die-zukunft-v1,maschinenraum-der-goetter-100.html
Christoph Schütte, "Jeff Koons besucht das Städel und das Liebieghaus," Frankfurter Allgemeine, March 10, 2023, pp. 33 (color ill. installation view p. 33)
Thomas Stillbauer, "Es philosophiert und glänzt so schön," Frankfurter Rundschau, March 10, 2023 (color ill. by Lisa Berins)
Thomas Behnke, "Die Wurzeln der Technik im Mythos," Die Rheinpfalz, March 22, 2023 (color ill.) https://www.rheinpfalz.de/leo-freizeit-news_artikel,-die-wurzeln-der-technik-im-mythos-_arid,5483593.html
Panos Papadolias, "Contemporary art 'sees' Apollo in Hydra and not [in his] city of Sparta," Lakonistas, June 18, 2023, pp. 1-4 (color ill. Hydra installation view)
Dario Pappalardo, "Jeff Koons: “Il ritorno degli Dei/Return of the Gods,” Robinson Copertina no. 345, La Repubblica (Italy), July 15, 2023 (color ill. p. 4, installation view, details) https://www.repubblica.it/robinson/2023/07/16/news/jeff_koons_il_mio_sole_risplende_nei_cieli_di_apollo-407889311/
Paul Chan, "Is Jeff Koons America's Most Religious Artist?" Frieze, November 1, 2023 https://www.frieze.com/article/paul-chan-column-239
Deste 33+, ed. Karen Marta, text by Massimiliano Gioni (Athens: Deste, 2023), pp. 376 (color ill. p. 364, Hydra installation, partial view; color ill. pp. 366-67, Hydra installation, detail; color ill. p. 368, Hydra installation, detail; color ill. p. 369, Hydra installation, detail; color ill. p. 370, Hydra installation, detail; color ill. pp. 372-73, Hydra installation, detail; color ill. pp. 374-75, Hydra installation, detail; color ill. p. 377, Hydra installation, detail; color ill. pp. 378-79, Hydra installation, detail)
Jeff Koons: Apollo, exh. cat., Massimiliano Gioni and Karen Marta (Athens: Deste Foundation, 2023), pp. 10-11, 23, 31, 58-59, 56-57, 60, 63, 99, 101, 106, 132, 142 (color ill. cover; color ill. p. 2; color ill. pp. 8-9, color ill. p. 54, side view; color ill. pp. 58-59; color ill. pp. 64-65 installation view, front view)
Machine Room of the Gods: How Our Future Was Invented, ed. Vinzenz Brinkmann, exh. cat. (Berlin/Munich: Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung and Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2023), pp. 11, 23, 248, 261, 263, 264, 283 (color ill. pp. 248, 283, Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung installation), (color ill. p. 263, detail)
"Qui es-tu Apollon? De L'Antiquité à la culture Pop," ed. Tiphaine A. Besnard, Fabien Bievre-Perrin, Elise Cousin, Jonas Paretias (Oissel-Sur-Seine: Editions Octopus, 2023) (color ill. p. 113)
Gazing Ball Tripod
2020-2022
mirror-polished stainless steel and patinated bronze
58 1/2 x 27 x 25 7/16 inches
148.6 x 68.6 x 64.5 cm
Edition of 3 plus 1 AP
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Hydra, Greece, DESTE Foundation Project Space, Slaughterhouse, Jeff Koons: Apollo, June 21 – October 31, 2022
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Konstantinos Tanias, "Jeff Koons 'brought' the god Apollo to Hydra," Glow Greece, June 21, 2022, p. 5 (color ill., Hydra installation)
Giannis Konstantinidis, "Jeff Koons in Hydra: Response from a breathtaking report," LiFO (Greece), June 23, 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation) https://www.lifo.gr/culture/eikastika/tzef-koyns-stin-udra-antapokrisi-apo-mia-ekthesi-poy-kobei-tin-anasa
Maro Vasiliadou, "Apollo's Touch Gilds Hydra," Kathimerini, June 23, 2022, p. 2 (color ill. Hydra installation)
Juliana Neira, "Jeff Koons creates a temple for Apollo at the DESTE foundation in Greece," Designboom, July 1, 2022 (color ill. Hydra installation) https://www.designboom.com/art/jeff-koons-apollo-deste-foundation-greece-07-01-2022/
Annie Armstrong, "Wet Paint in the Wild: Writer Jannelle Zara Takes Us to the Greek Island Hydra for the Deste Founation's Jeff Koons Show," Artnet News, July 1, 2022 (color ill. Hydra installation) https://news.artnet.com/news-pro/wet-paint-in-the-wild-writer-janelle-zara-takes-us-to-the-greek-island-hydra-for-the-deste-foundations-jeff-koons-show-2140278
"‘The Mount Athos for artists’: The Greek island of Hydra," The Greek Herald (Australia), August 12, 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation) https://greekherald.com.au/lifestyle/the-mount-athos-for-artists-the-greek-island-of-hydra/
Natalie Martin, "Greek God Apollo Shines Over Hydra," Greek City Times, August 12, 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation) https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/08/12/greek-god-apollo-shines-over-hydra/
Bill Powers, "From Hydra to the Moon," MUSE Magazine, September 16, 2022, pp. 262-291 pp. 282-283 (color ill., Hydra installation) https://musemagazine.it/articles/jeff-koons-en/
Silke Hohmann, "Koons auf Hydra," Monopol Magazine, September 2022, p. 36 (color ill., p. 36, Hydra installation)
Gerald, "The Rising of Apollo," ELLE Decoration, October 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation)
Heinz-Norbert Jocks, "Jeff Koons: Der Mythos Des Apollon," Kunstforum, January-February 2023 (color ill. p. 186, Hydra installation) https://www.kunstforum.de/artikel/jeff-koons-6/
Deste 33+, ed. Karen Marta, text by Massimiliano Gioni (Athens: Deste, 2023), pp. 389 (color ill. p. 388, Hydra installation detail; color ill. p. 389, Hydra installation)
Jeff Koons: Apollo, exh. cat., Massimiliano Gioni and Karen Marta, DESTE Foundation, 2023, pp. 16-17, 72, 109 (color ill. pp. 12-13, detail; color ill. p. 72, Hydra installation; color ill. pp. 74-75 detail; color ill. p. 77, installation; color ill. pp. 78-79, installation)
Machine Room of the Gods: How Our Future Was Invented, ed. Vinzenz Brinkmann, exh. cat. (Berlin/Munich: Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung and Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2023), pp. 262, 264, 265 (color ill. p. 265, Hydra installation)
Nike Sneakers (N110 D/MS/X)
2020-2022
polychromed bronze
13 1/8 x 9 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches
33.3 x 23.5 x 29.8 cm
Edition of 3 plus 1 AP
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Hydra, Greece, DESTE Foundation Project Space, Slaughterhouse, Jeff Koons: Apollo, June 21 – October 31, 2022
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Vasilissa Conway, "It Is Never Enough: Deste 2022," Bbeyond Magazine, 2022, p. 73(color ill. p. 73, Hydra installation)
Milosh Harajda, "Novodoby Boh Slnka Nad Hydrou," Feminity, 2022, p. 142 (color ill., Hydra installation)
Maria Panagiotou, "The Sacred Temple of Jeff Koons in Hydra," The Liberal, June 3, 2022, p. 15 (color ill. p. 15, Hydra installation)
Ioanna Kleftogianni, "Is it Jeff Koons' best work or is it not even his "Apollo" in Hydra?," Popaganda (Greece), June 21, 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation) https://m.popaganda.gr/art/ine-to-kalitero-ergo-tou-jeff-koons-i-den-ine-kan-ergo-o-apollo-tou-stin-idra/
Giannis Konstantinidis, "Jeff Koons in Hydra: Response from a breathtaking report," LiFO (Greece), June 23, 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation) https://www.lifo.gr/culture/eikastika/tzef-koyns-stin-udra-antapokrisi-apo-mia-ekthesi-poy-kobei-tin-anasa
Annie Armstrong, "Wet Paint in the Wild: Writer Jannelle Zara Takes Us to the Greek Island Hydra for the Deste Founation's Jeff Koons Show," Artnet News, July 1, 2022 (color ill. Hydra installation). https://news.artnet.com/news-pro/wet-paint-in-the-wild-writer-janelle-zara-takes-us-to-the-greek-island-hydra-for-the-deste-foundations-jeff-koons-show-2140278
Eleni Varvitsioti, "Koons installation lights up Greek island for his collector friend Dakis Joannou," Financial Times, July 1, 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation) https://www.ft.com/content/7ab66dc0-69b1-447b-90be-24393937ce8d
Juliana Neira, "Jeff Koons creates a temple for Apollo at the DESTE foundation in Greece," Designboom, July 1, 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation) https://www.designboom.com/art/jeff-koons-apollo-deste-foundation-greece-07-01-2022/
Isabella Prisco, "Sull'isola di Hydra, il dialogo metafisico tra contemporaneo e antico di Jeff Koons," Elle Decor, July 13, 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation) https://www.elledecor.com/it/arte/a40584581/grecia-cosa-vedere-hydra-mostra-jeff-koons-apollo/
Andrea Goffo, "Deste 2022 Vol II: Jeff Koons' Apollo in Hydra," A Magazine Curated By, August 3, 2022, p. 4 (color ill., Hydra installation)
"In Pictures: See Jeff Koons's Luxurious Art Offerings to Apollo, God of the Sun, on the Greek Island of Hydra," Artnet News, August 5, 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation) https://news.artnet.com/art-world/in-pictures-jeff-koons-hydra-2156061
"‘The Mount Athos for artists’: The Greek island of Hydra," The Greek Herald (Australia), August 12, 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation) https://greekherald.com.au/lifestyle/the-mount-athos-for-artists-the-greek-island-of-hydra/
Natalie Martin, "Greek God Apollo Shines Over Hydra," Greek City Times, August 12, 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation) https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/08/12/greek-god-apollo-shines-over-hydra/
Bill Powers, "From Hydra to the Moon," MUSE Magazine, September 16, 2022, (color ill. p. 272-273)https://musemagazine.it/articles/jeff-koons-en/
Silke Hohmann, "Koons auf Hydra," Monopol Magazine, September 2022, p. 37 (color ill., Hydra installation)
Nate Freeman, "Art Basel Miami Beach 2022: An Occasionally Rational Guide to the Hypest Week in America," Vanity Fair, November 23, 2022 https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/11/art-basel-miami-beach-preview-2022
Shawn Ghassemitari, "Must-See Exhibitions at Art Basel Miami Beach 2022," Hypebeast, November 30, 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation) https://hypebeast.com/2022/11/must-see-exhibitions-art-basel-miami-beach-2022
Deste 33+, ed. Karen Marta, text by Massimiliano Gioni (Athens: Deste, 2023), p. 380 (color ill. p. 380, Hydra installation)
Jeff Koons: Apollo, exh. cat., Massimiliano Gioni and Karen Marta (Athens: Deste Foundation, 2023) pp. 64-65 (color ill. Hydra installation view; color ill. p. 67, installation; color ill. pp. 68-69, installation; color ill. p. 71 detail)
Machine Room of the Gods: How Our Future Was Invented, ed. Vinzenz Brinkmann, exh. cat. (Berlin/Munich: Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung and Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2023), p. 283 (color ill. p. 283, Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung installation)
"The ARTnews Guide to a Great Day at Frieze LA," ARTnews, February 16, 2024, p. 2
"Frieze Los Angeles Diary: slam-dunk stars, out-of-this-world shoes and hole-y dough," The Art Newspaper, March 2, 2024 (color ill. Frieze installation)
Nike Sneakers (Signal D/MS/X)
2020-2023
polychromed bronze
13 1/8 x 9 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches
33.3 x 23.5 x 29.8 cm
Edition of 3 plus 1 AP
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coming soon
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coming soon
Nike Sneakers (Air Max 97)
2022-2024
polychromed bronze
14 x 8 9/16 x 11 1/4 inches
35.6 x 21.7 x 28.6 cm
Edition of 3 plus 1 AP
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coming soon
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coming soon
Plato's Solid Forms Wind Spinners
2020-2022
mirror polished stainless steel with transparent color coating and acrylic
12-14 inches diameter, dimensions vary, set of five
Edition of 15 plus 5 APs
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Hydra, Greece, DESTE Foundation Project Space, Slaughterhouse, Jeff Koons: Apollo, June 21 – October 31, 2022
Frankfurt, Germany, Liebieghaus Skulpturen Sammlung, Machine Room of the Gods, March 8 – September 10, 2023
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Juliana Neira, "Jeff Koons creates a temple for Apollo at the DESTE foundation in Greece," Designboom, July 1, 2022 https://www.designboom.com/art/jeff-koons-apollo-deste-foundation-greece-07-01-2022/
Natalie Martin, "Greek God Apollo Shines Over Hydra," Greek City Times, August 12, 2022 (color ill., Hydra installation view) https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/08/12/greek-god-apollo-shines-over-hydra/
Bill Powers, "From Hydra to the Moon," MUSE Magazine, September 16, 2022, (color ill. p. 275) https://musemagazine.it/articles/jeff-koons-en/
Heinz-Norbert Jocks, "Jeff Koons: Der Mythos Des Apollon," Kunstforum, January-February 2023 (color ill. p. 187) https://www.kunstforum.de/artikel/jeff-koons-6/
Deste 33+, ed. Karen Marta, text by Massimiliano Gioni (Athens: Deste, 2023) (color ill. p. 384, Hydra installation), (color ill. p. 385, Hydra installation, detail; color ill. p. 386, Hydra installation, detail; color ill. p. 387, Hydra installation)
Jeff Koons: Apollo, exh. cat., Massimiliano Gioni and Karen Marta (Athens: Deste Foundation, 2023) (color ill., p. 81 installation view; color ill. pp. 84-87, detail; color ill. pp. 82-83, installation view)
Machine Room of the Gods: How Our Future Was Invented, ed. by Vinzenz Brinkmann, exh. cat. (Frankfurt: Liebieghaus Skulpturen Sammlung), pp. 263, 283 (color ill. p. 263; color ill. p. 283, Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung installation)