SFMOMa's 75th celebration takes lots of teamwork Nov 13, 2009
No detail is omitted; even the Jeff Koons sculpture of Michael Jackson and Bubbles is in perfect miniaturized proportion to the surrounding artwork. "Museology" is the word that Keller uses to explain the approach to curating the exhibition. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Andy Warhol's artwork 200 One Dollar Bills sells for $43.76m Nov 13, 2009
Pieces by Johns and Jeff Koons sold strongly in a competitive auction. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- Americas)
$180M take buoys hope for art market Nov 7, 2009
"This remains a buoyant market for the freshest and finest works of Impressionist and modern art, as we witnessed Tuesday evening with the extraordinary results achieved for Rodin's "The Kiss" and for Edgar Degas' "Danseuses," said Christie's spokesperson Toby Usnik. Usnik said the auction house also anticipates good results next week in "major sales of post-war and contemporary art," including important works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol and Jeff Koons. Can the market for high-end art... (CNN)
Paul Tschinkel at Freies Museum Berlin Oct 21, 2009
Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Cindy Sherman, Jeff Koons, Louise Bourgeois, Kiki Smith, Laurie Anderson, Nam June Paik, Robert Mapplethorpe, Lee Krasner and Mark Kostabi are just a few of the artists that Tschinkel accompanied in the last thirty years ... 7:00 Jeff Koons 7:30 Kiki Smith, Louise Bourgeois 8:00 Jean Michel Basquiat Interview 8:45 Short Discussion 9:00 Inner Tube Program with Johnny Thunders 9:30 Inner Tube Program-New York Music. (AbsoluteArts.com)
'Whirlwind' Swiss curator tops modern art power list Oct 15, 2009
Whirlwind' Swiss curator tops modern art power list - Yahoo. Whirlwind' Swiss curator tops modern art power list. (Yahoo! Asia News)
'Art:21' TV show to air at Palmer Museum of Art Oct 15, 2009
Tonight's episode features artists Cao Fei, Mary Heilmann, Jeff Koons and Florian Maier-Aichen, artists who Kletcha said use different ideas in their works ... Jeff Koons is known for his large pop art references, famous for his art on Michael Jackson and Bubbles, Jackson's former chimpanzee companion. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Frisco rocks with activitiy (1020) Oct 6, 2009
Spanning five continents, the series includes such legendary figures as Jeff Koons, Cindy Sherman, John Baldessari, and many more. Open to the public, the Visual Arts Guild of Frisco will premier two episodes of the series before they air on PBS at the gallery 8680 located at 8680 Main St., Suite 1E.. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
The Artistic Spectrum (7) Oct 4, 2009
So get ready to check out works by Chris Burden, Mike Kelley, Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger, Ed Moses, Laura Owens, Nancy Rubins, Ed Ruscha and many, many more. MOCA Grand Avenue is at 250 S. Grand Ave. and the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA is at 152 N. Central Ave. Information at (213) 626-6222 or. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Art.view: Bedfellows Sep 21, 2009
They tend to point to the colourful Pop aesthetics of artists such as Jeff Koons and Takashi Murakami and the rigorous seriality of Damien Hirst. Yet they often neglect an artist who is similarly obsessed with the material world, and who has also made a reliable business out of his art. (The Economist)
Art.view: Happy days for some Jul 5, 2009
The prices of works by Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst and Richard Prince the artists most closely associated with the boom have dropped considerably in the past year. Mr Prince s nurse paintings seem to offer a textbook case. (The Economist)
Jackson a persona that floated about reality Jul 2, 2009
"Michael Jackson and Bubbles" (1998) by Jeff Koons ... When, in 1988, Jeff Koons presented a sculpture (made by others, but conceived and overseen by him) called Michael Jackson and Bubbles, he was invoking all this - and especially the weightlessness (just as he had in his earlier series of basketballs suspended in watery vitrines). (Boston Globe)
King of kitsch opens Popeye series in London Jul 1, 2009
Dan Kitwood / Getty ImagesJeff Koons's Popeye Series is the first ever major exhibition of his work in a public gallery in England ... LONDON - Artist Jeff Koons has presented a series of Popeye paintings in London, saying the cartoon hero born of the 1929 Depression was a symbol of self confidence, before adding enigmatically: "Maybe art is the spinach." ... "Jeff Koons: Popeye Series" opens at the Serpentine Gallery in London on July 2 and runs until September 13. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
Koon's Popeye work on show Jul 1, 2009
A major solo show by artist Jeff Koons, which features work from his Popeye series, has been unveiled in London. Work by the popular US artist will go on public display at the Serpentine Gallery from Thursday. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Michael Jackson: King of Pop's complex reign Jun 28, 2009
In "Michael Jackson and Bubbles," a triumphantly crass 1988 porcelain sculpture that depicts the singer dressed in gold and cradling a monkey, clad in a matching gold outfit, Jeff Koons materialized a lot of the charged ambivalence his subject induces. Jackson and the monkey (which recalls racial stereotypes and reflects a perverse image of childhood) are glamorously lurid playthings - for each other, for the viewer, for the masses. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Best hotel art collections Jun 23, 2009
Wander in and youll see pieces by art world bad boy Jeff Koons and Japanese sensation Takashi Murakami, all displayed inside a hotel designed by Karim Rashid (known for his ultra-modern take on everything from furniture to trash cans). Most of the hotels on our list feature art from the hotel owners private collection. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Artist to Google: show me the money Jun 21, 2009
They were part of an international groups of artists and performers including Bob Dylan, Jeff Koons, Jackie Chan, Mark Ecko and Philippe Starck, who did likewise. Reg Mombassa said he signed up because he felt that any exposure was good. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
* Use my work free? Some artists say no to Google Jun 17, 2009
In a statement responding to questions, Google said that the project was modeled after a similar one last year for iGoogle, a personalized home page, where artists and companies (including Jeff Koons, Bob Dylan and Gucci) contributed images to be used as skins. While we dont typically offer monetary compensation for these projects, the statement said, through the positive feedback that we have heard thus far we believe these projects provide a unique and exciting opportunity for artists to... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Saturday's TV: Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections Jun 5, 2009
Successful American artist Jeff Koons bravely takes Hughes on a tour of some of his major works and comes off looking like a snake-oil merchant. Koons has been set up, really, by Hughes to illustrate what he feels is wrong with contemporary art that is "merely sensational" or "falsely iconic". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Art.view: Crossing to safety May 17, 2009
The Jeff Koons trade both public and private offers an interesting case study of the dynamics of the market today. The sale of the artist s Hanging Heart (Magenta/Gold) at Sotheby s in November 2007 was one of the most astonishing events of the bull market; the work sold for $23. (The Economist)
* Whiffle hurling? Bag tag? Hey, its art May 17, 2009
Still, the marriage of the two has a rich tradition, from Greek depictions of the pentathlon in black-figure vase paintings to Jeff Koons basketballs floating in a fish tank. In recent years, sports have been popping up in many forms of serious art, like the Berlin filmmaker Harun Farockis 12-channel video installation on World Cup soccer or the American photographer Hank Willis Thomas manipulated images exploring sports and race. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
We Hear . . . May 13, 2009
THAT Nicolas Cage hosted last night at UN headquarters as painter Ross Bleckner was made a UN Goodwill Ambassador before the likes of Graydon Carter, Calvin Klein, Jeff Koons and Harry Belafonte. . (New York Post -- Gossip)
* [ART JOURNAL] Private sales are up as art auctions fall from favor Apr 29, 2009
Still, the art world loves to talk, and in recent months among the expensive paintings that have quietly changed hands are a 1970s De Kooning abstract canvas sold for around US$30 million; a Cy Twombly Blackboard painting for US$12 million; one of Gerhard Richters Color Charts for US$18 million; and Jeff Koons Hanging Heart Violet sculpture for US$11 million. There are exceptions, of course. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Man of Constant Sorrow Mar 22, 2009
Damien Hirst's diamond-crusted skull, Jeff Koons' big mirror-steel bling things, Richard Prince's slutty-nurse paintings: they were all the swaggering output of a boom time. There were plenty of artists working in a different key, but no one could claim that anguished moralists were the representative figures of the age. (Time.com)
Patient Buyer Mar 22, 2009
IT took him exactly two years to the day since he went into contract, but artist Jeff Koons (above) now has his 12 million townhouse at 11 E. 67th St. The six-story mansion, which is divided into apartments and needs a lot of work, was first listed for 18. 75 million by the heirs of Dr. Robert Wallis, who died in 2006 at the age of 106. (New York Post -- Gossip)
The market for art Mar 5, 2009
Edgers jumps to the auction houses where a Jeff Koons sculpture recently sold for $2 million, about half of what a Koons work had sold for previously. OK, snap that up at a discount, because this is where the art world has inflated, not on Newbury Street, or in SoWa, or in many Manhattan galleries, where overhead eats up most of the profits. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Snap up art at a discount Feb 26, 2009
If you're looking for a Jeff Koons, a piece recently sold at Christie's in London for $2 million - about half of what a work by the artist sold for at a auction last November. (Overall, Christie's reported that worldwide sales were down 11 percent in 2008. (Boston Globe)
School board wants break on $362,800 convention center bill for graduations Feb 20, 2009
County Commission Chair Jeff Koons said he'll look at the issue, but unless the center has recently hiked rates, there's not much room to negotiate. "Nobody gets a break, including us," he said. (The Palm Beach Post)
Low estimates and high profiles buoy the contemporary art market Feb 13, 2009
Sotheby's Jeff Koons's "Stacked," right, sold for a stupendous 2 ... Dubbed "Stacked" by their maker, Jeff Koons, they matched the middle estimate at a stupendous 2. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
