PUBLIC SCULPTURES
Bouquet of Tulips
2016-2019
polychromed bronze, stainless steel, and aluminum
496 7/8 x 328 3/4 x 408 11/16 inches
1262 x 835 x 1038 cm
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Paris, installed in the gardens of the Champs-Elysées, between Palace de la Concorde and the Petit Palais, on view since October 4, 2019 – permanent installation
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"Jeff Koons Is Creating a Memorial Sculpture for Victims of Paris Terror Attacks," Artforum, November 21, 2016
"Jeff Koons Will Donate Bouquet of Tulips Sculpture to The People of Paris," International News Live, November 21, 2016
"L'artiste Jeff Koons va créer une oeuvre pour Paris," Ouest France, November 22, 2016
Rachel Donadio, “Jeff Koons Is Giving Sculpture to Paris to Remember Terror Victims,” The New York Times, November 21, 2016
Amah-Rose Abrams, “Jeff Koons Gifts Monumental Statue to Paris in Memory of Attack Victims,” ArtNet News, November 22, 2016
Angela Weiss, "Jeff Koons offre une oeuvre originale à Paris," TV5Mode, November 22, 2016
Astrid Dallemagne, "Jeff Koons offre son "Bouquet of tulips" à Paris," Vivre Paris, November 22, 2016
Claire Rodineau, "Jeff Koons offre une en souvenir des attentats à la Ville de Paris," BFMtv, November 22, 2016
David Robert, "Une oeuvre monumentale de Jeff Koons bientôt installée en permanence devant le Palais de Tokyo," Le Journal des Arts, November 22, 2016
Gareth Harris, “Jeff Koons unveils plans for a memorial to the victims of the Paris terror attacks,” The Art Newspaper, November 22, 2016
Guillaume Huault-Dupuy, "L'artiste Jeff Koons offre une sculpture à la ville de Paris," Boursorama Lifestyle, November 22, 2016
Harry Bellet, “Jeff Koons nous offre des fleurs mais il faudra payer le vase," Le Monde, November 22, 2016
"Jeff Koons donates giant tulip sculpture to commemorate Paris attacks," Art Review Asia, November 22, 2016
"Jeff Koons Gives Giant Bouquet Sculpture to Paris in Honor of Terror Victims," ArtFixDaily, November 22, 2016
"Jeff Koons gives sculpture to Paris to honour attacks victims," Malay Mail Online, November 22, 2016
"Jeff Koons is donating a monumental sculpture of a fistful of tulips to the City of Paris," Gagosian, November 22, 2016
"Jeff Koons offre à Paris une oeuvre monumentale, 'Bouquet of Tulips', 'symbole du souvenir'," CultureBox, November 22, 2016
"Jeff Koons offre à Paris une oeuvre monumentale en hommage aux victimes des attentats du 13 Novembre," ArtCult, November 22, 2016
"Jeff Koons offre une oeuvre monumentale à Paris," Paris, November 22, 2016
"Jeff Koons offre une oeuvre originale à Paris," Europe 1, November 22, 2016
"Jeff Koons Offers a Sculpture to the City of Paris," France-Amérique, November 22, 2016
Kim Willsher, “New Jeff Koons sculpture is tribute to victims of Paris attacks,” The Guardian, November 22, 2016
Lafferrière, Justine. “Jeff Koons offre des fleurs géantes à la France, en hommage au 13, novembre,” Grazia, November 22, 2016
"Leblé, Vincent. Attentats: Jeff Koons offre un 'Bouquet de tulipes' à la ville de Paris," La Nouvelle République, November 22, 2016
"Le drôle de cadeau de Jeff Koons à la Ville de Paris," Télérama, November 22, 2016
"Paris: Jeff Koons offre une oeuvre originale, 'Bouquet of Tulips', en souvenir des attentats," 20 Minutes, November 22, 2016
"Paris: Jeff Koons offre une oeuvre originale, 'Bouquet of Tulips', en souvenir des attentats," Maville, November 22, 2016
"C'est le bouquet," Libération November 23, 2016
"C'est La Vie," L'Indépendant November 23, 2016
"Jeff Koons offre une œuvre d'art à la France," Le Bazar, November 23, 2016
"Jeff Koons offre une oeuvre originale à Paris," Le Parisien, November 23, 2016
"Jeff Koons offre une sculpture," L'Humanité, November 23, 2016
"Jeff Koons sculpture remembers Paris attack victims," York Daily Record, November 23, 2016
"Le cadeau peu emballant de Jeff Koons à Paris," Yahoo!, November 23, 2016
Valérie Duponchelle, "Jane D. Hartley: J'ai commencé avec Jeff Koons, je finis avec Jeff Koons," Yahoo! November 23, 2016
Ben Olsen, "Jeff Koons Pays Tribute to Paris Attack Victims With Vivid New Sculpture," Hypebeast, November 24, 2016
"Briefing," Frieze, November 24, 2016
Harry Bellet, “Jeff Koons fait une fleur à Paris,” Le Monde, November 24, 2016
Magali Lesauvage, “Le cadeau peu emballant de Jeff Koons à la Ville de Paris,” Libération, November 24, 2016
Pauline Le Gall, "Jeff Koons dévoile sa sculpture en hommage à Paris," News of the Art World, November 24, 2016
"Trois millions d'euros pour un bouquet de tulips," La Montagne, November 24, 2016
Français Langue Etrangère, "Un bouquet de tulipes pour Paris," À toi de dècouvrir! November25, 2016
"Jeff Koons Après Clara Halter," Présent, November 24, 2016
"Jeff Koons: des tulipes en signe 'de solidarité et d'espoir' après les attentats de Paris," MSN, November 25, 2016
"Jeff Koons regala a Parigi un mazzo di tulipani," Il Giornale dell'Arte, November 25, 2016
"Jeff Koons śle paryżanom Bukiet Tulipanów," Kulturaonline, November 25, 2016
"Jeff Koons to Donate Tulips Sculpture to Paris," Vulture, November 25, 2016
"Jeff Koons 'Wants to Give Hope' To Paris Attacks Survivors," The Global Herald, November 25, 2016
"Le 'cadeau' à 3 millions d'euros de Jeff Koons au Paris d'Anne Hidalgo," Egalite, November 25, 2016
"Musées – Cadeau," AMA Newsletter, November 25, 2016
Olivia Salazar-Winspear, “Jeff Koons ‘wants to give hope’ to Paris attacks survivors,” France 24, November 25, 2016
"Jeff Koons: des tulipes en signe 'd'espoir' après les attentats de Paris," Tele 7 Actualités France, November 26, 2016
"Jeff Koons s'offre une nouvelle publicité géante," ParisVox, November 26, 2016
"La revue de web," Centre Press, November 26, 2016 (rendering)
"La revue du web: l'incendie du TAP de Poitiers enflamme internet," La Nouvelle Republique, November 26, 2016
Clara Georges, “L’objet de l’époque : le bouquet de Jeff Koons,” Le Monde, November 28, 2016
"Koons donne, Hidalgo décide, le ministère doit s'exécuter," La Tribune Del Art, November 29, 2016
"Le 'cadeau' de Koons à Paris," Valeurs Actuelles, December 1, 2016
Pierre Colin-Thibert, "Un malheur n'arrive jamais seul," Pierre Colin-Thibert, December 1, 2016
Les Fleurs du Mâle, Le Figaro, December 2, 2016
Yasmine Youssi, “C’est Le Bouquet!” Télérama, December 3, 2016
"Behind the Art – Noirmontartproduction," The Maker Magazine, December 5, 2016
"Les 7 Buzz - Les fleurs de la solidarité," Tele 7 Jours, December 2016
David Robert, "La Sculpture de Koons installée à l'automne," Le Journal des Arts, March 17, 2017
Rachel Donadio, "Jeff Koons Sent Paris Flowers. Can It Find the Right Vase?" The New York Times, June 20, 2017
Olivia Salazar-Winspear, "Koons: Bouquet for Paris," Gagosian Quarterly Spring 2017, pp. 34-36
Beaux Arts - Jeff Koons Mucem, Oeuvres de la Collection Pinault, Beaux Arts Éditions, May 2021, (color ill. p. 17)
Jeff Koons: Mucem. Works from the Pinault Collection, exh. cat. (Paris: Éditions Dilecta, 2021), pp. 178, 179, 180, (color ill. p. 179)
Jeff Koons. Shine, eds. Joachim Pissarro and Arturo Galansino, exh. cat. (Venice: Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Marsilio Editori S.p.A., 2021), pp. 40, 184 (color ill. p. 184)
Massimiliano Gioni, Il desiderio messo a nudo, Conversazioni con Jeff Koons (Monza, IT: Johan & Levi editore, 2021), (color ill. p. 88)
Tina Totic, "Jeff Koons," Elle Germany, January 2022 (color ill.)
Flaminio Gualdoni, Arte Contemporanea - I Protagonisti: 04- Koons, (Italy: Corriere Della Serra, 2022), p. 78 (color ill. p. 79)
"Jeff Koons – Exploring the Life and Art of Jeff Koons," Art in Context, June 1, 2023 https://artincontext.org/jeff-koons/
Gesine Borcherdt, Dream On Baby (Nuremburg: Institut für moderne Kunst, 2023) (color ill. p. 168, Paris installation)
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Inaugurated on October 4th, 2019 in the gardens of the Champs-Élysées, Paris, Jeff Koons’s Bouquet of Tulips was offered to the City of Paris in support from the American people to the Parisians and French people bereaved by the attacks of 2015 - 2016, on the initiative of Jane Hartley, Ambassador of the United States of America to the French Republic and Principality of Monaco from 2014 to 2017. Imagined by the artist as a symbol of remembrance, optimism and healing, Bouquet of Tulips is a monumental and unique sculpture. Symbolizing the act of offering, represented by the outstretched hand holding a bouquet of brightly-colored flowers, Bouquet of Tulips evokes the hand of the Statue of Liberty holding the torch, while it also has a dialogue with Pablo Picasso’s Friendship Bouquet.
The donation was officially announced on November 22, 2016, during a press conference in Paris in the presence of Jane Hartley, Anne Hidalgo, and Jeff Koons.
Kiepenkerl
1987
stainless steel
71 x 26 x 37 inches
180.3 x 66 x 94 cm
Edition of 3 plus 1 AP
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Münster, Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Münster Sculpture Project: Curated by Kasper Konig, Summer 1987
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Jeff Koons: Retrospective, December 10, 1992 – February 3, 1993; Minneapolis, Minnesota, Walker Art Center, July 10 – October 3, 1993
Aarhus, Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Jeff Koons: Retrospective, January 22 – February 28, 1993
London, Anthony d’Offay Gallery, Jeff Koons: A Survey 1981–1994, June 11 – July 30, 1994
London, Anthony d’Offay Gallery, Sculpture, December 6, 1994 – February 14, 1995
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Universal Experience: Art, Life, and the Tourist’s Eye, February 12 – June 5, 2005
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Jeff Koons, May 31 – September 21, 2008
Frankfurt, Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, Jeff Koons. The Sculptor, June 20 – September 23, 2012 (edition 1)
Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, April 2013 - ongoing (edition 2)
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, June 27 – October 19, 2014 (edition 2); Paris, The Centre Pompidou, November 26, 2014 – April 27, 2015 (edition 1); Bilbao, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, June 9 - September 27, 2015 (edition 1)
London, Newport Street Gallery, Jeff Koons: Now, May 18 – October 16, 2016 (edition 1)
Mexico City, Museo Jumex, Appearance Stripped Bare: Desire and the Object in the Work of Marcel Duchamp and Jeff Koons, Even, May 19 – September 29, 2019 (edition 1)
Doha, Qatar Museums Al Riwaq Gallery, Jeff Koons: Lost in America, November 21, 2021 – March 31, 2022 (edition 1)
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Dan Cameron, NY Art Now: The Saatchi Collection, exh. cat. (Milan: Giancarlo Politi, 1987), p. 11
Michael Brenson, "Art: The Munster Sculpture Project," The New York Times, June 22, 1987, p. C13
Eleanor Heartney, "Sighted in Münster," Art in America 75, no. 9, (September 1987), (ill. p. 141)
Dan Cameron, "Documenta 8 Kassel," Flash Art Milan, October 1987, (ill. p. 66)
Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen,"Enzyklopädie der Skulptur," Kunstforum, October / November 1987, (color ill. p. 301)
Daniel Pinchbeck, “Jeff Koons,” Splash, April 1989, p. 69
The Last Decade-American Artists of the 80's, exh. cat. (New York: Tony Shafrazi Gallery, 1990), pp. 96, 137 (color ill. p. 97)
Daniel Templon, Fondation Daniel Templon, Musee Temporaire, La sculpture contemporaine apres 1970, exh. cat. (Paris: Fondation Daniel Templon, 1991), pp. 116, 197 (color ill. p. 117)
Jeff Koons, ed. Angelika Muthesius (Köln: Taschen, 1992), p. 22 (color ill. pp. 97-98)
The Jeff Koons Handbook (London: Anthony d'Offay Gallery, 1992), pp. 9, 85, 86, 159 (color ill. p. 87)
Jens Erik Sorenson, John Peter Nilsson, and Peter Schjeldahl, Jeff Koons - Retrospectiv, eds. Jens Erik Sorenson and Anders Kold, exh. cat. (Aarhus: Aarhus Kunstmuseum, 1993), p. 113
Lars Morell, "Jeff Koons Interview: The Political Value of Art," Skala, no. 28 (1993), p. 41
Jeffrey Deitch, Jeff Koons: A Millennium Celebration - Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, 1979-1999, ed. Katerina Gregos. exh. cat. (Athens: Deste Foundation, 1999), pp. 13, 35
Rolf-E Breuer, Thomas Krens, David Sylvester, and Robert Rosenblum, Jeff Koons Easyfun-Ethereal, eds. Lisa Dennison, Robert Rosenblum, Craig Houser, exh. cat. (Berlin and New York: Guggenheim Museum Publications, 2000), p. 8
Eckhard Schneider and Allison Gingeras, Jeff Koons: Kunsthaus Bregenz, exh. cat. (Koln: Kunsthaus Bregenz, 2001), (ill. p. 16)
Eduardo Cicelyn, Mario Codognato, and Elena Guena, Jeff Koons: Museo Archeologico Nazionale Napoli, exh. cat. (Naples: Electa Napoli, 2003), p. 147
Friedrich Christian Flick Collection im Hamburger Bahnhof, eds. Eugen Blume and Peter-Klaus Schuster (Berlin: Hamburger Bahnhof, 2004), p. 223
Jeff Koons Retrospektiv, ed. by Marit Woltmann, exh. cat. (Oslo: Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, 2004). [Texts by Gunnar Kvaran and Arthur C. Danto; interview with Koons by Rem Koolhaas and Hans Ulrich Obrist], p. 66
Universal Experience: Art, Life, and the Tourist's Eye, ed. Francesco Bonami, Julie Rodrigues Widhold and Tricia Van Eck, exh. cat. (Chicago: D.A.P./MCA, Chicago, 2005), p. 93 (color ill. p. 92)
Calvin Tomkins, "The Turnaround Artist," The New Yorker, April 23, 2007, p. 67
Jeff Koons, ed. Francesco Bonami, exh. cat. (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2008), pp. 22-23, 50, 56, 99, 114 (color ill. p. 56, 57)
Judd Tully, "Artists' Most Wanted," Art + Auction, (November 2009), p. 189
Blitzen-Benz Bang - Daimler Art Collection: Mixed Media, Sculptures, Commissioned Works, exh. cat., ed. by Renate Wiehager (Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2009), p. 314
Jean-Jacques Aillagon, Pierre Arizzoli-Clementel, Francois Pinault, Edouard Papet, Jean-Pierre Criqui, Elena Guena, Laurent Le Bon, Michel Houllebecq, Jeff Koons: Versailles, exh. cat. (Paris: Editions Xavier Barral, 2009), p. 116
Hans Ulrich Obrist and Scott Rothkopf, Jeff Koons: Hulk Elvis, eds. Stefan Ratibor and Rebecca Sternthal, exh. cat. (New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2009), pp. 14, 15 (color ill. p. 15)
Jeff Koons, ed. Hans Werner Holzwarth (Cologne: Taschen, 2009), pp. 242, 243 (color ill. p. 239, 241, 247, 248)
Francesco Bonami, Dal Partenone Al Panettone (Milan: Mondadori Electa spa, 2010), (color ill. p. 148)
Brad Finger and Christiane Weidemann, 50 Contemporary Artists You Should Know (Munich: Prestel Verlag, 2011), p. 69
Holger Liebs, "Mr. Koons?" Monopol: Special Jeff Koons, 2012, p. 38
Sam Keller, Dorothea Vischer, Raphael Bouvier, and Gunther Vogt, Jeff Koons: Fondation Beyeler, exh. cat. (Otsfildern: Hatje Cantz publishers, 2012), pp. 23, 25, 31, 176, 183, 206 (color ill. p. 25)
Jeff Koons and Norman Rosenthal, Jeff Koons: Entretiens avec Norman Rosenthal (London: Flammarion, 2014), pp. 238, 231, 134, 136, 211 (color ill. p. 134)
Bernard Blistène, Antonio Damasio, Jeffrey Deitch, Isabelle Graw, Achim Hochdörfer, Michelle Kuo, Rachel Kushner, Pamela M. Lee, Scott Rothkopf, and Alexander Nagel, Jeff Koons: La Rétrospective, ed. Scott Rothkopf, exh. cat. (New York and Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2014), pp. 25, 27, 103, 107 (color ill. pp. 103, 107)
Antonio Damasio, Jeffrey Deitch, Isabelle Graw, Achim Hochdörfer, Michelle Kuo, Rachel Kushner, Pamela M. Lee, Scott Rothkopf, and Alexander Nagel, Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, Whitney Museum of American Art, ed. Scott Rothkopf, exh. cat. (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2014), pp. 20, 21, 95, 99, 215, 247, 287 (color ill. pp. 95, 99)
Norman Rosenthal, Jeff Koons: New Paintings and Sculpture, ed. Rebecca Sternthal, exh. cat. (New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2014), pp. 11, 12
Jeff Koons: Conversations with Norman Rosenthal (London: Thames & Hudson, 2014), pp. 128, 131, 134, 136, 211 (color ill. p. 134)
The Broad Collection, ed. Joanne Heyler with Ed Schad and Chelsea Beck (Los Angeles: The Broad, Delmonico Books an imprint of Prestel Publishing, 2015), pp. 89 (color ill. p. 97)
Julie Champion and Nicolas Liucci-Goutnikov, Jeff Koons: La Rétrospective Le Portfolio de L'Exposition, ed. Julie Champion, exh. cat. (Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2015), pp. 62, 63, 69, 154, 156 (color ill. p. 69)
Antonio Damasio, Jeffrey Deitch, Isabelle Graw, Achim Hochdörfer, Michelle Kuo, Rachel Kushner, Pamela M. Lee, Scott Rothkopf, and Alexander Nagel, Jeff Koons: Retrospectiva, ed. Scott Rothkopf, exh. cat. (Bilbao: Guggenheim Bilbao, Companhia Empreendimento Sabara, 2015), pp. 22, 24, 99, 103, 227, 259, 299 (color ill. pp. 99, 103)
Phillip Tinari, Jeff Koons: Hulk Elvis, ed. Rebecca Sternthal, exh. cat. (Hong Kong: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., in association with Gagosian Gallery, 2015), pp. 5, 12
Michael Archer and Hugh Allen, Jeff Koons: Now, exh. cat. (London: Other Criteria, 2016), pp. 48, 101 (color ill. pp. 49, 101)
Glenn Adamson and Joshua G. Stein, "Imprints: Scale and the Maker's Trace," in Terra Foundation Essays: Scale, exh. cat. (Chicago/Paris: Terra Foundation for American Art, Sprint 2017), p. 44
Massimiliano Gioni, Appearance Stripped Bare, Desire and the Object in the Work of Marcel Duchamp and Jeff Koons, Even, exh. cat. (London: Phaidon, 2019) (color ill. p. 236)
David Hopkins, DARK TOYS (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2021), p. 153
Jeff Koons. Lost in America, ed. Massimiliano Gioni, exh. cat. (Milan: Skira, 2021), p. 74 (color ill. p. 75)
Jeff Koons. Shine, exh. cat. (Venice: Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Marsilio Editori S.p.A., 2021), p. 174 (color ill. p. 175)
Bianca Brigitte Bonomi, "Jeff Koons in Qatar: The American Artist’s Lost in America Exhibition is One Not to be Missed…," Harper's Bazaar Arabia, March 25, 2022, online
Stéphane Aquin, Anne Reeve, Sandy Guttman, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: D.A.P. DelMonico Books), 2022 (color ill. p. 309)
Dugong
2020-2022
polychromed custom fabric, electric fans, and steel
959 7/8 x 1262 5/8 x 757 7/8 inches, 2438 x 3207 x 1925 cm
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Al Masrah Park, Corniche, Doha, Qatar, unveiled on November 1, 2022 –June 29, 2024
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Lee Cheshire, "Koons, Kusama, KAWS: Qatar installs 40 more sculptures in time for the Fifa World Cup," The Art Newspaper, August 9, 2022
Razmig Bedirian, "Jeff Koons, Kaws and the famous artists taking over Doha's streets ahead of the World Cup," The National, August 12, 2022
Alexandra Evangelista, "Larger than life Jeff Koons sculpture draws attention at Corniche," The Peninsula, October 26, 2022 (color ill.)
Hannah McGivern, "A giant inflatable Koons, a desert mirror illusion and a giant football goal: seven of the best new sculptures in Qatar," The Art Newspaper, November 1, 2022 (color ill.)
Caroline Roux, "Olafur Eliasson, Jeff Koons, and Yayoi Kusama Transform the City of Doha into a World-Class Outdoor Museum," Galerie, November 18, 2022
Daniel Riley, "Jeff Koons Goes to the Moon," GQ, February 23, 2023 https://www.gq.com/story/jeff-koons-moon-profile
Fakhriya M. Suleiman, “‘Farewell’: Jeff Koons’ iconic Dugong departs from Doha,”
Doha News, June 30, 2024 (color ill. Doha installation) https://dohanews.co/farewell-jeff-koons-iconic-dugong-departs-from-doha/
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Dugong was installed along the Corniche in Al Masrah Park, Doha, Qatar, during the 2022 FIFAWorldCup in celebration of Qatar’s natural heritage, and the installation was extended through mid-2024, due to the incredible public reception.
Inflatable Balloon Dog – Jay Z - 4:44 Festival Tour
2017
reflective nylon fabric, electric fan
480 x 187 3/16 x 577 23/32 inches
1219.2 x 475.46 x 1467.42 cm
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Jay Z - 4:44 Festival Tour: Virgin V Festival
Weston Park, United Kingdom, August 19, 2017]; Hyland Park, United Kingdom, August 20, 2017Jay Z - 4:44 Festival Tour
Made in America, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 2-3, 2017Jay Z - 4:44 Festival Tou
The Meadows, New York, New York, September 15-17, 2017Jay Z - 4:44 Festival Tour
Austin City Limits, Austin, Texas, October 6-8, October 13-15, 2017 -
James Tarmy, "Jeff Koons on the True Price of Being an Artist," Bloomberg Businessweek, November 3, 2017
Rabbit – Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon
2007
reflective nylon fabric, and helium
53.5 x 26.5 x 17.9 feet, approximately
16.3 x 8.1 x 5.5 m
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New York, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, November 22, 2007
London, Covent Garden South Hall, Market Building, Rabbit, October 8, 2010, installed to celebrate the opening of the exhibition Pop Life: Art in a Material World at Tate Modern
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Roberta Smith, "A Bunny Balloon Sheds Its Steel Skin," The New York Times, November 7, 2007 (color ill., Macy’s Parade installation) https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/23/arts/23rabbit.html
Dean Nichols, “Giant Inflatable Rabbit Fills Covent Garden,” Londonist, October 8, 2007 (color ill., Covent Garden installation) https://londonist.com/2009/10/giant_inflatable_rabbit_fills_coven
“Jeff Koons Rabbit Sculpture @ Covent Garden London,” Hypebeast, October 9, 2007 (color ill., Covent Garden installation) https://hypebeast.com/2009/10/jeff-koons-rabbit-sculpture-covent-garden-london
"Jeff Koons the Top Selling Artist," (Text in Mandarin) Harper’s Bazaar Magazine (China), February 2010, pp. 154-159
Norman N. Holland, Ph. D., "Jeff Koons' 'Rabbit,' the Brain, and Postmodern Art," Psychology Today, June 25, 2010
Sarah Brown “Kiehl’s Goes Koons,” Vogue, October 2010, pp. 223-224.
Georg Seeblen, "Blur Witch Projects," Build, March 2011, pp. 16-17.
Advertisement from Macy's to see the Inflatable Rabbit at the Fountain Atrium, Chicago Tribune, May 29, 2011, Section 1, p. 5
Jason Edward Kaufman, "King of Kitsch," Black Card Mag, Fall 2013, pp. 230-242
Jae-Su Kim, "A Magician of Creation and Destruction," (Text in Japanese) Art in Asia (Japan), August 2014 (color ill.)
Antonio Damasio, Jeffrey Deitch, Isabelle Graw, Achim Hochdörfer, Michelle Kuo, Rachel Kushner, Pamela M. Lee, Scott Rothkopf, and Alexander Nagel, "Jeff Koons: A Retrospective," Whitney Museum of American Art, ed. Scott Rothkopf, exh. cat. (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2014), p. 98 (color ill. p. 98, fig. 12)
Bernard Blistène, Antonio Damasio, Jeffrey Deitch, Isabelle Graw, Achim Hochdörfer, Michelle Kuo, Rachel Kushner, Pamela M. Lee, Scott Rothkopf, and Alexander Nagel, "Jeff Koons: La Rétrospective, ed. Scott Rothkopf," exh. cat. (New York and Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2014), p. 106 (color ill. p. 106, fig. 12)
Antonio Damasio, Jeffrey Deitch, Isabelle Graw, Achim Hochdörfer, Michelle Kuo, Rachel Kushner, Pamela M. Lee, Scott Rothkopf, and Alexander Nagel, Jeff Koons: Retrospectiva, ed. Scott Rothkopf, exh. cat. (Bilbao: Guggenheim Bilbao, Companhia Empreendimento Sabara, 2015), p. 102 (color ill. p. 102, fig. 12)
Brian Grazer and Charles Fishman, A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015)
Michael B. Dougherty, "Jeff Koons" in Art+ NYCA Complete Guide to New York City Art and Artists (New York: Museyon Inc., 2016), pp. 92, 96
Stephanie Eckardt, "The Little Cloud Balloon Crashing the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Is “Positive Propaganda” by the Artists FriendsWithYou," W Magazine, November 21, 2018
Nate Freeman, "Why Jeff Koons's Rabbit Could Sell for up to $70 Million," Artsy, April 19, 2019 (color ill.)
Meera Dolasia, "American Artist Jeff Koons' "Rabbit" Sculpture Auctions for a Record 91 Million," Dogo News, May 19, 2019 (color ill.)
Casey Sommer, "Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade: Quirky balloons, floats and more over the years," Silive, November 21, 2019
Ashley Petras “8 of the Most Artful Balloons from Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
See designs by Yayoi Kusama, Keith Haring, Jeff Koons, and Takashi Murakami,” Galerie Magazine, November 23, 2019 https://galeriemagazine.com/macys-thanksgiving-balloons-most-artful/
Tamar Lapin, "Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade watchers gripe about acts, lip-syncing and Rockettes," New York Post, November 26, 2020
Justin Rivers, "10 Fun Facts About The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloons in NYC," Untapped New York, November 23, 2021
Jeff Koons. Shine, exh. cat. (Venice: Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Marsilio Editori S.p.A., 2021), p. 179. (color ill. p. 179, Macy's Parade installation)
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Koons transformed Rabbit into a Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon filled with 4650 cubic feet of helium.
Seated Ballerina
2017
polychromed custom fabric and electric fan
540 x 290 3/8 x 511 3/16 inches
1371.6 x 737.6 x 1298.4 cm
45 x 24.2 x 42.6 feet
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New York, Rockefeller Center, Seated Ballerina, May 12 – July 17, 2017
Mexico City, Museo Jumex, Appearance Stripped Bare: Desire and the Object in the Work of Marcel Duchamp and Jeff Koons, Even, May 19 – September 29, 2019
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Sarah Cascone, “Jeff Koons Returns to Rockefeller Center with Inflated ‘Seated Ballerina’ Sculpture,” Artnet News May 11, 2017 (color ill., Rockefeller Center, rendering)
Sunhee Grinnell May, "Jeff Koons and Kiehl’s Bring the International Center for Missing and Exploited Children into the Spotlight," Vanity Fair (Italy), May 11, 2017 (color ill.) http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/05/jeff-koons-and-kiehls-bring-the-international-center-for-missing-and-exploited-children-into-the-spotlight
Eva Kis, "A giant ballerina by Jeff Koons now rules Rockefeller Center," Metro, May 12, 2017
"Inflatable Sculpture of Ballerina by Jeff Koons Unveiled," Daily News, May 12, 2017
Jen Carlson, "There's A Giant Jeff Koons Ballerina Rockefeller Center," Gothamist, May 12, 2017 (color ill., Rockefeller Center installation)
"Inflatable Sculpture of Ballerina by Jeff Koons Unveiled," Daily News, May 12, 2017 (color ill., Rockefeller Center)
Raquel Laneri, "There's a 45-foot-high ballerina in Rock Center," New York Post, May 12, 2017 (color ill.)
Will Pulos, "A giant, 45-foot inflatable ballerina has been installed at Rockefeller Center," Time Out New York, May 12, 2017 (color ill., Rockefeller Center installation)
"Kiehl's Since 1851 and Art Production Fund Present Seated Ballerina by Jeff Koons on view May 12 - June 2, 2017 at Rockefeller Center,” Broadway World, May 13, 2017
"Koons unveils giant inflatable ballerina in Rockefeller Center," The China Post, May 14, 2017
Barry Samaha, “Jeff Koons, Kiehl’s and the Art Production Fund Fête the Reveal of ‘Seated Ballerina’ at Rockefeller Center.” Forbes, May 15, 2017
David Foxley, "Jeff Koons's Seated Ballerina Sculpture in NYC's Rockefeller Center Stands for a Worthy Cause," Architectural Digest, May 15, 2017
Jess McHugh, "This 45-foot-tall ballerina is Jeff Koons' latest must-see," Travel + Leisure, May 15, 2017
"Jeff Koons' Latest Artwork Offers 'Hope' at Rockefeller Center," The Hollywood Reporter, May 16, 2017
Lindsey Matthews, "Jeff Koons Installed a 45-Foot-Tall Ballerina in the Middle of Rockefeller Center," Elle, May 16, 2017
Lün Badi Pierce, "Jeff Koons on His Spectacular New Installation 'The Seated Ballerina'," BlackBook, May 16, 201
Michelle Young, "9 Places to See the Work of Jeff Koons In NYC, Past and Present," Untapped Cities, May 17, 2017
"Seated Ballerina by Jeff Koons Unveiled at Rockefeller Center in New York," Latin American Herald Tribune, May 17, 2017
David Goldberg, "The Giant Ballerina at Rockefeller Plaza Gets an Extension," Time Out New York, June 22, 2017
Katina Beniaris, "8 Stunning Outdoor Artworks to View in NYC this Summer," Gotham, June 23, 2017
Laura Guzman Diaz, "Sexo, heridas y mercado en el arte contemporáneo," El Tiempo (Colombia), July 15, 2018
Waldemar Januszczak, "Koons at the Ashmolean: like Popeye giving the Reith Lectures," The Sunday Times, February 10, 2019 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/waldemar-januszczak-art-review-jeff-koons-ashmolean-museum-oxford-ssqfcdjht
Adriana Góchez, Flores Soto, "Duchamp y Koons Entablan dialogo en apariencia desnuda," La Razón, May 17, 2019, cover, p. 2A (color ill. cover, Jumex installation)
Alondra Flores Soto, "Ofrecen un atisbo unico al mundo de espejos de Koons y Duchamp," La Jornada De Enmedio, May 17, 2019, pp. cover, 2A color ill. cover, Jumex installation)
Lulu Urdapilleta, "Apariencia Desnuda," Máspormás, May 17, 2019 (color ill. p. 17, Jumex installation)
Hector González, "Marcel Duchamp y Jeff Koons/ Apariencia desnuda," Vertigo, May 29, 2019 (color ill. p. 61, Museo Jumex installation)
"Zehn-Meter-Tulpen erheben sich über Paris," Spiegel Online (Germany), September 3, 2019
Sibel Soriano, "Las 10 mejores exposiciones de la década del 2010 en CDMX," Dónde (Mexico), December 16, 2019, online
Sonia Sierra, "Verano en las salas de los museos," El Universal (Mexico), July 20, 2019, online
Isabel Leñero, "“Apariencia desnuda” en el Museo Jumex," Proceso (Mexico), August 16, 2019 (color ill. Museo Jumex, Mexico installation) https://www.proceso.com.mx/596265/apariencia-desnuda-en-el-museo-jumex
"Zehn-Meter-Tulpen erheben sich über Paris," Spiegel Online (Germany), September 3, 2019 (color ill., Rockefeller Center installation) https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/koons-tulpen-umstrittene-skulptur-erhebt-sich-ueber-paris-a-1285002.html
Massimiliano Gioni, Appearance Stripped Bare, Desire and the Object in the Work of Marcel Duchamp and Jeff Koons, Even, exh. cat. (London: Phaidon, 2019) (title p. 248; color ill. p. 249)
Emma Taggart, "Here are six Jeff Koons artworks that showcase how his artistic practice evolved over the years," My Modern Met, September 13, 2020 (color ill.) https://mymodernmet.com/jeff-koons-art/
Donnia Ghezlane-Lala, "L’artiste Jeff Koons a été condamné pour avoir copié une publicité," Konbini (France), February 26, 2021(color ill., Rockefeller Center installation by Mike Coppola) https://arts.konbini.com/artcontemporain/lartiste-jeff-koons-a-ete-condamne-pour-avoir-copie-une-publicite/
"Jeff Koons dialoga sobre «el miedo» a ser juzgados," La República (Ecuador), May 8, 2021 (color ill., Rockefeller installation) https://www.larepublica.ec/blog/2021/05/08/jeff-koons-dialoga-sobre-el-miedo-a-ser-juzgados/
Panagiotis Koustas, "Wear a work by Jeff Koons, you can," Esquire Greece, October 23, 2021(color ill., Rockefeller Center installation, photo by Mike Coppola) https://esquire.com.gr/styl/moda/17395/fora-ki-esu-ena-ergo-tou-jeff-koons-mporeis
Millie Walton, "Mirror Man," Lux, Autumn Winter 2021/22 (color ill. p. 32, Rockefeller Center installation)
Zsófi Tillinger, " The Man Who Took Kitsch to Heaven - Interview with Jeff Koons," Roadster (Hungary), March 6, 2022 (color ill., Rockefeller Center installation, photo by Mike Coppola) https://roadster.hu/jeff-koons-interju/
Carlie Porterfield, "Jeff Koons’ Sculptures Are Going To The Moon As Part Of An NFT Launch," Forbes, March 29, 2022 (color ill., Rockefeller Center installation) https://www.forbes.com/sites/unicefusa/2022/03/24/a-volunteer-translator-helps-fellow-refugees-from-ukraine/?sh=6f922b657fa5
Flaminio Gualdoni, Arte Contemporanea - I Protagonisti: 04- Koons, (Italy: Corriere Della Serra, 2022) p. 76 (color ill. p. 77, Rockefeller Center installation)
Heinz-Norbert Jocks, "Jeff Koons: Der Mythos Des Apollon," Kunstforum, January-February 2023 (color ill. p. 178, Rockefeller Center installation) https://www.kunstforum.de/artikel/jeff-koons-6/
Courtney Tenz, "How the Hyperfeminine Aesthetics of “Barbie” Draw on Contemporary Art," Artsy, July 17, 2023
Train
2003-work in progress
operational replica of 1943 Baldwin 2900 class steam locomotive in stainless steel and aluminum, and Liebherr LR 1750 lattice boom crane
161 ft x 141 ft 8 inches x 29 ft 2 inches
4907.3 x 4318 x 889 cm
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N/a
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Richard Lacayo, "How Does '80s Art Look Now?" TIME 165, no. 13 (March 2005), p. 59
Glenn McNatt, "Pop with No Apologies," The Baltimore Sun, April 9, 2005
Kelly Devine Thomas, "The Selling of Jeff Koons," ARTnews 104, no. 5 (May 2005) (color ill. p. 114, rendering)
Alan Jones, “Portrait of the Artist at the Drawingboard,” Art on Paper, September-October 2005, p. 56
Luke Crisell, "Inside the Artist’s Studio," Nylon Guys, Summer 2006 (color ill. p. 114, model at studio)
Bob Colacello, "Eli Broad's Big Picture," Vanity Fair, December 2006, p. 383
Tom Christie, “This is not a very large train engine hanging from a crane at LACMA,” LA Weekly, February 2, 2007
Jori Finkel, "Koons Plans Dangling Engine (Smokin'!)" The New York Times, February 5, 2007, p. E. 1 (color ill. p. E1)
Christopher Hawthorne, “LACMA embraces L.A. Style,” Los Angeles Times, March 28, 2007, pp. E1, E7
Tomkins, Calvin. "The Turnaround Artist," The New Yorker, April 23, 2007, pp. 60-61, 67
Maria Chiara Valacchi, “Jeff Koons,” Photography by Nigel Parry, Muse World Style, Italy, no. 7 (Spring 2007), pp. 40-5 (ill., model)
Mark Rappolt, “Jeff Koons Power Up!” Art Review, no. 12 (June 2007) (color ill. p. 90)
Daniella Walsh, "Jeff Koons: On Track" in Art and Living, Summer 2007, p. 42 (color ill. p. 42, model)
Stephanie Seymour, "Art Made in Heaven," Whitewall, Fall 2007 (color ill. p. 122, model)
“Giants Face to Face,” Domus 907, October 2007, pp. 146-148 (color ill., work in progress)
Jeff Koons, (Guest Editor), “Jeff Koons: Profile, Head to Head with Stella McCartney, Artwork” in Wallpaper, October 2007
Michael Ned Holte, "On the Ground: Los Angeles," Artforum, December 2007, p. 290 (color ill. p. 290, Los Angeles County Museum of Art reference)
Michael Duncan, “Report from Los Angeles: LACMA Sizes Up,” Art in America, no. 5 (May 2008), p. 69
Isabelle de Wavrin, "L'enterprise Jeff Koons," Beaux Arts éditions, September 2008, p. 114
"The 75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century," Esquire, October 2008, p. 108 (color ill. p. 108, model in studio)
"Power 100," ArtReview 27 (November 2008), p. 108
Hans Ulrich Obrist and Scott Rothkopf, Jeff Koons: Hulk Elvis, eds. Stefan Ratibor and Rebecca Sternthal, exh. cat. (New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2009), p. 123
Jason Edward Kaufman, " Jeff Koons's $25 million sculpture for museum" The Art Newspaper, March 2009 (color ill. p. 1)
Nicole Campoy-Leffler, "Brian Glazer and Jeff Koons at LA Art House," Huffington Post, May 21, 2010
"The Top Ten Best and Worst Art Moments of the Decade," Huffington Post, December 20, 2010, p. C109
Anna Sansom and Lynn Lee, "Jeff Koons," (Text in Mandarin) Modern China Weekly (China), 2010,
Mike Boehm, "Natural History Museum to build 13-million whale of an entrance," Los Angeles Times, January 5, 2011 (color ill.)
Jori Finkel, "LACMA's Michael Govan on Jeff Koons' locomotive, James Turrell retrospective," Los Angeles Times, April 16, 2011
George Pendle, "Jeff Koons Welcome to the Funhouse," The Graffiti Magazine, Summer 2011, p. 25
Terry Barrett, Making Art Form and Meaning (New York: McGraw Hill, 2010) (color ill. p. 160)
David Colman, “Jeff Koons," Interview Magazine, November 26, 2011
“High Line May Mix Past with Koons’ Vision," The New York Times, March 26, 2012, online
Hans Ulrich Obrist, The Conversation Series 22: Jeff Koons (Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2012), p. 53 (ill. p. 53)
George Pendle, "Jeff Koons Welcome to the Funhouse," The American Visual Arts in China, Summer/Fall 2012
Jason Edward Kaufman, "King of Kitsch," Black Card Mag, Fall 2013, p. 242
Myriam Boutoulle, "Jeff Koons, a star in Paris," (Text in French) Connaissance des Arts, (December 2014) (color ill. p. 70, work in progress at studio; color ill. p. 71, work in progress at studio)
Antonio Damasio, Jeffrey Deitch, Isabelle Graw, Achim Hochdörfer, Michelle Kuo, Rachel Kushner, Pamela M. Lee, Scott Rothkopf, and Alexander Nagel, Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, Whitney Museum of American Art, ed. Scott Rothkopf, exh. cat. (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2014), p. 190 (color ill. p. 190, fig. 5, model)
Bernard Blistène, Antonio Damasio, Jeffrey Deitch, Isabelle Graw, Achim Hochdörfer, Michelle Kuo, Rachel Kushner, Pamela M. Lee, Scott Rothkopf, and Alexander Nagel, Jeff Koons: La Rétrospective, ed. Scott Rothkopf, exh. cat. (New York and Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2014), p. 198 (color ill. p. 198, fig. 5);
Jeff Koons and Norman Rosenthal, Jeff Koons: Conversations with Norman Rosenthal (London: Thames & Hudson, 2014), pp. 205, 206 (color ill. p. 204)
Jeff Koons and Norman Rosenthal, Jeff Koons: Entretiens avec Norman Rosenthal (London: Flammarion, 2014), pp. 205, 206 (color ill. p. 204)
Antonio Damasio, Jeffrey Deitch, Isabelle Graw, Achim Hochdörfer, Michelle Kuo, Rachel Kushner, Pamela M. Lee, Scott Rothkopf, and Alexander Nagel, Jeff Koons: Retrospectiva, ed. Scott Rothkopf, exh. cat. (Bilbao: Guggenheim Bilbao, Companhia Empreendimento Sabara, 2015), p. 202 (color ill. p. 202, fig. 5)
Rachel Corbett, "Jeff Koons On Lady Gaga, His First Job in New York, and Dangling Steam Engines at the High Line," Blouin Artinfo, April 21, 2016 http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/1384655/jeff-koons-on-lady-gaga-his-first-job-in-new-york-and
Nicole Disser, "Jeff Koons on His Dream Choo Choo and That Time Lady Gaga 'Kind of Went Down' On Him," Bedford + Bowery, April 28, 2016
Abigail Cain, "These 10 Unrealized Artworks Would Have Been Spectacular," Artsy, December 9, 2016 (color ill.)
Rob Turner, "Train of Thought," Sactown Magazine, December 2016 (color ill.)
Allison McNearney, "Whatever Happened To Jeff Koons' $25m NYC Steam Engine?" The Daily Beast, May 20, 2017 (color ill. 3D rendering of Train sculpture for High Line) http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/05/20/whatever-happened-to-jeff-koons-dollar25m-nyc-steam-engine
Tom Christie, "Op-Ed: Does LACMA’s redesign deserve this much carping?," Los Angeles Times, September 29, 2020 https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-09-29/los-angeles-county-museum-of-art-michael-govan-peter-zumthor
Mario Francesco Simeone, "In Olanda, un treno deraglia ma una scultura salva il macchinista," Exibart (Italy), November 2, 2020 https://www.exibart.com/attualita/in-olanda-un-treno-deraglia-ma-una-scultura-salva-il-macchinista/
Daniel Riley, "Jeff Koons Goes to the Moon," GQ, February 23, 2023 https://www.gq.com/story/jeff-koons-moon-profile