Jeff Koons

KAWS Companion Float Coming to Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

1 week agoArts17 comments4378 Views
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is one of New York City's most honored and anticipated events of the American holiday season. If you've slept through it in the past years, you might want to stay awake for it this year, as artist KAWS has been tasked with creating a float for...

Jeff Koons’ $25 Million Locomotive a Reality?

March 27, 2012Arts17 comments5460 Views
Seven years ago Jeff Koons and Friends of the High Line — the group behind the elevated park in Chelsea — floated the possibility of creating the artist’s enormous full-size sculptural replica of a 1943 Baldwin 2900 steam locomotive suspended vertically from a crane in a...

Jeff Koons x Kiehl’s Limited Edition Holiday Creme de Corps Collection

November 11, 2011Lifestyle2 comments915 Views
In continuation of their partnership of last year, Kiehl’s together with world renowned contemporary artist and sculptor Jeff Koons present this limited edition Creme de Corps collection for this year’s holiday season. This philanthropic partnership will benefit the Koons...

Christie’s x Takashi Murakami Tohoku-Pacific Earthquake Benefit Auction Preview Recap

October 31, 2011Arts0 comment2663 Views
This past week, Christie's (the global art auction house) and Takashi Murakami opened a limited preview of the earthquake benefit auction that featured work from contemporary artists such as Aya Takano, Yoshitomo Nara, Damient Hirst, KAWS, and was curated by Murakami himself.

BMW M3 GT2 by Jeff Koons 1:18 Art Car Model

October 28, 2011Design9 comments7043 Views
For Jeff Koons, who became widely known for his balloon animals and monumental sculptures of flowers, three-dimensional structures are nothing new. When he was asked to contribute a scale model of the BMW M3 GT2 he considered it a very special challenge, which is why he...

Jeff Koons Must Die!!! The Video Game

March 26, 2011Arts57 comments28 Views
From Wall Street to the forefront of the pop art movement, Jeff Koons has endured a great deal of controversy over his career. From his perception of art based on his creations to his proclamation of all things balloon animals as his own, Hunter Jonakin has his own insight...

Jeff Koons x Kiehl’s Creme de Corps Collection

October 21, 2010Lifestyle8 comments28 Views
Kiehl's announces its latest collaboration as they team up with one of the foremost internationally recognized contemporary artists, Jeff Koons who is using his creative genius to help children in need around the world. With the shared vision of creating safer, more...

Jeff Koons “Popeye Sculpture” Exhibition @ Galerie Jerome De Noirmont

September 21, 2010Arts31 comments35 Views
Jeff Koons latest solo exhibit was recently unveiled in Paris at Galarie Jerome de Noirmont. The exhibit features his renowned “Popeye Sculpture” series making use of balloon sculptures used throughout the museum space. The exhibit features some of his previously used...

BMW Art Car: Jeff Koons Interview

June 17, 2010Arts31 comments5 Views
Earlier this month world renowned contemporary artist Jeff Koons announced a unique partnership with esteemed car makers BMW, in which Koons implemented his unique artwork into the automotive world. Featured today is an interview with Koons in which he speaks of his...

Jeff Koons for BMW Design Announcement

April 6, 2010Uncategorized16 comments83 Views
Famed contemporary artist Jeff Koons adds car design under his belt with the announcement of his partnership with BMW. Inspired by a checkered flag, Koons develops this new design full of vibrant hues, which will make its full unveiling tomorrow morning, adorning a BMX M3...

Jeff Koons: Money & Value Video

March 24, 2010Uncategorized10 comments17 Views
Artist Jeff Koons discusses themes of money, desire, perfection, and moral responsibility. Filmed in his busy New York studio and surrounded by numerous assistants at work on paintings and sculptures, Koons describes how the practicalities of running a business are often in...

Jeff Koons: Skin Fruit Exhibition Video

March 8, 2010Uncategorized9 comments8 Views
Iconoclast, provocateur, capitalist: the American artist Jeff Koons has had many labels thrust upon him. Now add “curator.” The New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York asked Koons to be the inaugural guest curator in its “Imaginary Museum” series (which will...

Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection Curated by Jeff Koons Recap

March 4, 2010Uncategorized8 comments180 Views
Downtown New York’s New Museum of Contemporary Art caused a bit of controversy in the art world last November upon the announcement that a forthcoming exhibition would consist of selections from the private collection of renowned collector Dakis Joannou, curated by none...

Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection Curated by Jeff Koons

February 19, 2010Uncategorized13 comments31 Views
The Art Collectors makes mention of a new controversial art exhibition recently announced involving the collection of billionaire contemporary art collector Dakis Joannou. The comprehensive showing at the New Museum of Contemporary Art will include over 100 pieces of art...

Inside Jeff Koons’ Studio

February 3, 2010Uncategorized13 comments283 Views
Artinfo recently had the privilege of a rare studio visit with one of the biggest names in contemporary art, Jeff Koons, who hosted a handful of art world luminaries at his NYC headquarters on Tuesday night. The occasion was supposedly to celebrate the recently-announced...