Jeff Koons in New York
Jeff Koons, reportedly the highest paid artist in the USA recently had not one but two exhibitions running at the same time in New York, at probably the city’s most powerful galleries. Gargosian and its rival David Zwirner both opened in the same week, to what one curator called an art world battle royale! The trifecta for Koons will be a full retrospective opening at the Whitney Museum in 2014. In these two concurrent shows Koons is trying to place himself in art history ,quite literally, by placing art history in his work – dragging classic statues onto canvas or casting them in plaster. The Gazing Ball show at Zwirner Gallery is his first solo exhibition of new work in a decade. It was very exciting to be in New York at this time and to see this controversial artist with so much work.
The cover of my favourite weekly, New York magazine.
A gigantic billboard.
Even Bloomingdales had Koons china on show but it wasn’t for sale!
Mary Dickinson 
thanks Mary. Koons is always soooo interesting!! Will earn mark these galleries for my NYC trip. X Mel
There are a couple of streets in this area just full of galleries – you’ll love them Mel.
Thanks for the latest Jeff Koons creations. Love them. I will never forget his living (thanks to being made by plants) dog sitting outside MONA in Sydney. That was Jeff Koons wasn’t it??!! JX
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Oh yes Josie – that was Jeff Koon’s Puppy – I remember it well too. Wasn’t it fantastic?! x