HYBRIDS

Elephant
2003

mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating
36 1/2 x 29 x 19 inches
92.7 x 73.7 x 48.3 cm

Edition of 3 plus AP

  • Paris, Galerie Jerome de Noirmont, Happy Birthday!  November 26, 2004 – January 26, 2005

    Venice, Palazzo Grassi, 'Where are We Going?': Selections from the François Pinault Collection, April 30 – October 1, 2006 (edition 1)

    Venice, Palazzo Grassi, The François Pinault Collection – A Post-Pop Selection. November 11, 2006 – March 11, 2007 (edition 1)

    Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeff Koons, May 31 – September 21, 2008 (AP)

    Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Jeff Koons, May 13, 2012 – October 2, 2012

    Turin, Pinacoteca Giovanni e Merella Agnelli, Freedom, Not Genius: Works from Damien Hirst's MurderMe Collection, November 10, 2012 – March 10, 2013 (edition 1) 

    Moscow, Multimedia Art Museum, Freedom Not Genius, November 2, 2013 – February 2, 2014 (edition 1) 

    New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, June 27 – October 19, 2014 (edition 3)

    Paris, The Centre Pompidou, Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, November 26, 2014 – April 27, 2015 (edition 3)

    Bilbao, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, June 9 – September 27, 2015 (edition 3)

    London, Newport Street Gallery, Jeff Koons: Now, May 18 – October 16, 2016 (edition 1)

    Florence, Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Jeff Koons. Shine, October 2, 2021 – January 31, 2022 (edition 2)

  • Eduardo Cicelyn, Mario Codognato, and Elena Guena, Jeff Koons: Museo Archeologico Nazionale Napoli, exh. cat. (Naples: Electa Napoli, 2003), p. 138 (ill., work in progress)

    Marit Woltmann, Jeff Koons Retrospektiv, exh. cat. (Oslo: Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, 2004), pp. 70-72 (color ill., model in studio)

    "Paul Schimmel," Artforum, November 2004, pp. cover, 168 (color ill.)

    "La passion selon Jérôme de Noirmont," Point De Vue (France), December 8-14, 2004, p. 73 (color ill.)

    Happy Birthday! exh. cat. (Paris: Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, 2005)

    Giancarlo Politi, "Jeff Koons: An interview by the Readers of Flash Art," Flash Art (Milan) Vol. 38, No. 240, January-February 2005, cover (color ill.)

    Andrew Hultkrans and Elizabeth Schambelan, "Where Are We Going?": Selections from the Francois Pinault Collection, exh. cat. (Venice: Palazzo Grazzi and Skira Editore, 2006), p. 245 (color ill.)

    Adam Lindemann, Collecting Contemporary (Los Angeles: Taschen, 2006), p. 199 (color ill.)

    Hans Ulrich Obrist, "Master Interviews: Jeff Koons," Modern Weekly (China) 642, April 2006, p. C72 (color ill.)

    Art Now 2007 Calendar (Taschen, 2007) (color ill.)

    Hur Tae-Woo, “Jeff Koons: An artist who made banality blue chip,” Asiana, May 2007, cover, p. 6 (color ill.)

    Hans Werner Holzworth, Jeff Koons, exh. cat. (Cologne 2008), pp. 6, 21, 62 (color ill., installation view)

     Francesco Bonami, Lynne Warren, Jeff Koons. exh. cat. (Chicago: MCA Chicago and Yale University Press, 2008), cover, pp. 96-97 (color ill.)

    Graham Bader, "Jeff Koons: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago" Artforum, September 2008, p. 450 (color ill., MCA installation view)

    Sim Eunlog, "Jeff Koons Desire of Love" in Monthly Joong-ang, August 2011, p. 338 (color ill., Happy Birthday at De Noirmont installation view)

    Sam Keller, Dorothea Vischer, Raphael Bouvier, and Gunther Vogt, Jeff Koons: Fondation Beyeler, exh. cat. (Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz publishers, 2012), p.171 (color ill.)

    Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli. Freedom not Genius (London: Other Criteria, 2012), p. 127

    L. Marsova, "AO On Site - Basel - Artist talk with Jeff Koons at Fondation Beyeler, Thursday June 14, 2012," Art Observed, June 14, 2012, (color ill., Fondation Beyeler installation view)

    Joachim Pissarro, Jeff Koons: Almine Rech Gallery, exh. cat. (Brussels: Almine Rech, 2013), p. 7 (color ill.)

    Jeff Koons pour les enfants (Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2014), p. 7 (color ill.) 

    Judicaël Lavrador, “Jeff Koons: génie ou imposteur?” Beaux Arts éditions, November 2014, cover (color ill.)

    “Jeff Koons, La Rétrospective,” Beaux Arts éditions, December 2014, cover (color ill.)

    Jeff Koons and Norman Rosenthal, Jeff Koons: Conversations with Norman Rosenthal (London: Thames & Hudson, 2014), p. 95 (color ill.)

    Jeff Koons and Norman Rosenthal, Jeff Koons: Entretiens avec Norman Rosenthal, (London: Thames & Hudson, 2014), p. 95 (color ill.)

    Julie Champion and Caroline Edde, Jeff Koons: La Rétrospective: L’Album de L’Exposition, exh. cat. (Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2014), p. 43 (color ill.)

    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, exh. cat. (New York and Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2014), p. 173 (color ill.)

    "Jeff Koons: High art or plain extravagance?" Al Jazeera, August 22, 2015, video 

    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, exh. cat. (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2014), p. 165 (color ill.)

    Julie Champion and Nicolas Liucci-Goutnikov, Jeff Koons: La Rétrospective La Portfolio De L'Exposition/The Retrospective The Portfolio of The Exhibition, exh. cat. (Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2015), p. 119 (color ill.)

    Antonio Damasio, Jeffrey Deitch, Isabelle Graw, Achim Hochdörfer, Michelle Kuo, Rachel Kushner, Pamela M. Lee, Scott Rothkopf, and Alexander Nagel, Jeff Koons: Retrospectiva, exh. cat. (Bilbao: Guggenheim Bilbao, Companhia Empreendimento Sabará, 2015), p. 177 (color ill.)

    Bill Cunningham, “Evening Hours: Including the Stars,” The New York Times, June 27, 2014, (color ill., Whitney Retrospective installation view) https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/02/28/fashion/29-bill-cunningham-evening-hours.html

    Manami Fujimori, "Jeff Koons," Art Techo (Japan) 66, no. 1012 (October 2014), pp. 22, 68 (color ill.)

    Hans Werner Holzwarth, Jeff Koons (Cologne: Taschen, 2015), p. 4 (color ill.)

    Michael Archer and Hugh Allen, Jeff Koons: Now, exh. cat. (London: Other Criteria, 2016), pp. 65, 92, 97,103 (color ill.)

    Karl Cole and Robb Sandagatal, "Looking & Learning: Jeff Koons," School Arts Legacy 116, No. 6, February 2017, p. 5 (color ill.)

    Diana Cosmin, "louis Vuitton colaborează cu cel mai bine cotat artist contemporan, Jeff Koons," Fine Society (Romania), April 12, 2017, (color ill.) https://finesociety.ro/jeff-koons-si-louis-vuitton/

    Ayoung Baek, "World Artist: Jeff Koons," Noblesse Art Now (Korea), November 2017, p. 131 (color ill.)

    Frédéric Migayrou, Tadao Ando: Le Défi (Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2018), p. 212 (color ill., Palazzo Grassi installation view)

    "Play-Doh: Jeff Koons da 20 milioni di dollari da Christie’s New York," Arts Life (Italy), April 4, 2018 (color ill.) https://artslife.com/2018/04/04/jeff-koons-play-doh-in-asta-da-christies/

    "Jeff Koons talks art, porn and philosophy," South China Morning Post (China), April 25, 2018 (color ill.) https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people-events/article/2143118/jeff-koons-talks-art-porn-and-philosophy

    Giada Boromello, "Elephants," Inventario, no. 14 (December 2018), p. 82 (color ill.)

    Paige Leskin, "13 things that are worth more than Tumblr's $3 million price tag, from an empty lot in San Francisco to a two-bedroom luxury apartment in New York," Greenwich Time, August 16, 2019 (color ill., MCA, Chicago installation view)
    https://www.greenwichtime.com/technology/businessinsider/article/13-things-that-are-worth-more-than-Tumblr-s-3-14327285.php

    "Pop Power! - Photo Gallery," The Oklahoman, June 26, 2020 (color ill., Oklahoma City Museum of Art installation view) https://oklahoman.com/gallery/6041437/pop-power

    Jeff Koons. Shine, exh. cat. (Venice: Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Marsilio Editori S.p.A., 2021), pp. 111, 188 (color ill.)

    Michela Conoscitore, "Shine di Jeff Koons abbaglia Palazzo Strozzi nel profondo. «Collegare il presente al passato significa continuare a legare le persone alla memoria biologica»," Bon Culture (Italy), October 2, 2021 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation view)
    https://www.bonculture.it/culture/arte/shine-di-jeff-koons-abbaglia-palazzo-strozzi-nel-profondo-collegare-il-presente-al-passato-significa-continuare-a-legare-le-persone-alla-memoria-biologica/

    "“Shine” di Jeff Koons a Palazzo Strozzi," Report Pistoia (Italy), October 3, 2021, (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation view) https://www.reportpistoia.com/shine-di-jeff-koons-a-palazzo-strozzi/

    Marley Galvão, "Jeff Koons opens exhibition with 33 works in Florence," Casa Vogue (Brazil), October 9, 2021 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation view)
    https://casavogue.globo.com/LazerCultura/noticia/2021/10/jeff-koons-abre-exposicao-com-33-obras-em-florensa.html

    "Apre 'Jeff Koons. Shine', grandi sculture e installazioni che ripercorrono 40 anni di carriera dell'artista," 055 Firenze (Italy), October 9, 2021 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation view)

    https://www.055firenze.it/art/208825/Le-opere-di-Jeff-Koons-atterrano-Firenze-la-nuova-mostra-di-Palazzo-Strozzi#.YVhiabgzaM8

    "Mostre a Firenze, ottobre 2021: le esposizioni in corso da Koons a Dalì," Il Reporter (Italy), October 18, 2021 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation view)
    https://ilreporter.it/sezioni/arte-e-cultura/mostre-a-firenze-ottobre-2021-le-esposizioni-in-corso-da-koons-a-dali/

    Letizia Rittatore, "Shine! Jeff Koons coi suoi colori, luci, provocazioni in mostra a Firenze," Amica (Italy), October 19, 2021 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation view)
    https://www.amica.it/2021/10/19/jeff-koons-shine-sculture-installazioni-mostra-firenze/

    Massimiliano Gioni, "American BeautyCome funziona il lavoro dell’artista secondo Jeff Koons," Linkiesta (Italy), October 21, 2021 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation view)
    https://www.linkiesta.it/2021/10/jeff-koons-arte/

    Harriet Lloyd-Smith, "At home with Jeff Koons," Wallpaper (London, UK), October 22, 2021 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation view) https://www.wallpaper.com/art/at-home-with-jeff-koons-interview

    "Uno degli artisti più importanti al mondo : a Palazzo Strozzi arriva Jeff Koons con Shine," Arteventi News (Italy), October 25, 2021 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation view)
    https://arteventinews.it/2021/10/26/uno-degli-artisti-piu-importanti-al-mondo-a-palazzo-strozzi-arriva-jeff-koons-con-shine/

    Cecilia Corsetti, "Jeff Koons a Firenze sotto una luce nuova," L'Officiel Italia, October 28, 2021, (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation view) https://www.lofficielitalia.com/arte/jeff-koons-mostra-shine-firenze-palazzo-strozzi-date-prezzo

    "Jeff Koons fa il pieno a Palazzo Strozzi a Firenze," Italia Oggi (Italy), November 4, 2021, (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation view) https://www.italiaoggi.it/news/jeff-koons-fa-il-pieno-a-palazzo-strozzi-a-firenze-202111040754261372

    Jeon Eun-ji, "Between geek and art, kitsch artist Jeff Koons," Handmaker (Korea), November 5, 2021 (color ill.) http://www.handmk.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=11883

    Demetrio Paparoni, "Il critico come influencer," Domani (Italy), November 11, 2021 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation view)

    Martin Holman, "Exhibition review: Jeff Koons. Shine at Palazzo Strozzi," The Florentine (Florence, Italy), November 18, 2021 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation view)
    https://www.theflorentine.net/2021/11/18/exhibition-review-jeff-koons-shine-at-palazzo-strozzi/

    "Cosa fare questo weekend a Firenze: eventi del 29 e 30 gennaio 2022," Il Reporter (Italy), January 28, 2022 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation view)
    https://ilreporter.it/sezioni/cronaca-e-politica/cosa-fare-firenze-eventi-28-29-30-gennaio-2022/

    Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, computer-animated superhero film, June 2, 2023, 140 minutes (color ill. animation)

Titi
2004–2009

mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating
37 7/8 x 23 13/16 x 14 7/8 inches
96.2 x 60.5 x 37.8 cm

Edition of 3 plus AP

  • Sao Paulo, Bienal Pavillon, In the Name of the Artists: Contemporary American Art from the Astrup Fearnley Collection, September 30 – December 4, 2011 (edition 2)

    Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Jeff Koons. May 13, 2012 – October 2, 2012 (AP)

    Moscow, Multimedia Art Muesum, Freedom Not Genius, November 2, 2013 – February 2, 2014 (edition 1)

    Paris, The Centre Pompidou, Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, November 26, 2014 – April 27, 2015 (edition 2)

    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)

    Oslo, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Jeff Koons - Works from the Astrup Fearnley Collection, September 28 – November 29, 2018 (edition 2)

    Marseille, Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée, Jeff Koons Mucem: Works from the Pinault Collection, May 19 – October 18, 2021 (edition 3)

    Doha, Qatar Museums Al Riwaq Gallery, Jeff Koons: Lost in America, November 21, 2021 –March 31, 2022 (edition 2)

    Riehen/Basel, Fondation Beyeler, "Titi, on view with works by Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein from the Beyeler Collection," January 13 – May 25, 2023 (AP)

  • Jeff Koons Retrospektiv, ed. by Marit Woltmann, exh. cat. (Oslo: Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, 2004), p. 70 (color ill. pp. 71-72, model of work at studio)

    Luke Crisell, "Inside the Artists Studio," Nylon Guys, Summer 2006, (color ill. p. 115, work in progress at studio)

    Julie L. Belcove, "Koons World," W Magazine, November 2006 (color ill. p. 310, work in progress at studio)

    L. Marsova, "AO On Site - Basel - Artist talk with Jeff Koons at Fondation Beyeler, Thursday, June 14, 2012," Art Observed, June 14, 2012 (color ill.)

    Sam Keller, Dorothea Vischer, Raphael Bouvier, and Gunther Vogt, Jeff Koons: Fondation Beyeler, exh. cat. (Otsfildern: Hatje Cantz publishers, 2012), pp. 36, 170, 205 (color ill. p. 170)

    "Jeff Koons Receives a Medal of Honor from The Department of State," Art Observed, November 29, 2013, online (color ill., Fondation Beyeler installation)

    Freedom Not Genius, exh. cat. (Moscow: Multimedia Art Museum, 2014), p.  (color ill.) 

    Jeff Koons: La Retropsective/A Retrospective, eds. Julie Champion, Caroline Edde, exh. cat. (Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2014), p. 49 (color ill. p. 49)

    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. 77, 172, 228, 301 (color ill. p. 77, pl. 30; color ill. p. 172, pl. 102)

    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. 176, 300 (color ill. p. 176, pl. 103)

    Julie Champion and Nicolas Liucci-Goutnikov, Jeff Koons: La Rétrospective La Portfolio De L'Exposition, ed. Julie Champion, exh. cat. (Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2015), p. 131 (color ill. p. 131)

    Judith Mora, "Jeff Koons protagoniza la segunda muestra de la galería de Damien Hirst," Agencia EFE, May 18, 2016 (color ill.)

    Michael Archer and Hugh Allen, Jeff Koons: Now, exh. cat. (London: Other Criteria, 2016), (color ill. cover, detail), pp. 8, 11, 72, 83, 103 (ill. p. 11; color ill. p. 73; color ill. p. 83; color ill. pp. 94-95, Newport Street Gallery installation; color ill. p. 103; color ill. back cover, detail)

    Giulia Ronchi, "Jeff Koons is now also an art professor. Through an online Masterclass," Artribune (Italy), January 2, 2021https://www.artribune.com/dal-mondo/2021/01/masterclass-jeff-koons/

    Gilberto Cavagna di Gualdana, "Ancora una condanna per Jeff Koons in Francia: “Fait d’Hiver” viola i diritti di Franck Davidovici," Artribune (Italy), March 27, 2021 https://www.artribune.com/arti-visive/arte-contemporanea/2021/03/jeff-koons-condanna-in-francia/

    Thierry Raboud, "L’imposture, tout un art," La Liberté (Switzerland), April 16, 2021, online. https://www.laliberte.ch/news/culture/litterature/l-imposture-tout-un-art-601794, (color ill., Fondation Beyeler installation)

    Gagosian Quarterly, Summer 2016, (ill. p. 137)

    Louisa Buck, "Jeff Koons: Now at Newport Street Gallery preview," The Telegraph (UK), May 13, 2016 (color ill.) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/12/paris-finally-finds-home-jeff-koons-giant-tulips-purist-claims/

    Richard Godwin, "Jeff Koons, interview: I feel that art has allowed me to become a better human," Evening Standard (UK), May 19, 2016 (color ill.) http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/exhibitions/jeff-koons-interview-i-feel-that-art-has-allowed-me-to-become-a-better-humana3252181.html

    Michael Delgado, "A.G. Geiger Presents: Bookseller’s Holiday, Valentine’s Day Edition," LA Weekly, February 11, 2020 https://www.laweekly.com/a-g-geiger-presents-booksellers-holiday-valentines-day-edition/

    "How Free Speech Debates Are Unfolding in the Art World, As Jeff Koons Gets Sued for Plagiarism Yet Again," Artspace, November 15, 2018 (color ill.) https://www.artspace.com/magazine/art_101/in_depth/as-jeff-koons-gets-sued-for-plagiarism-yet-again-we-look-at-how-the-free-speech-debates-are-playing-55766

    Keith Estlier, "Jeff Koons Found Guilty of Plagiarizing 1980s Ad Campaign," Hypebeast, November 12, 2018 (color ill.) https://hypebeast.com/2018/11/jeff-koons-plagiarism-lawsuit, 

    Jeff Koons: Works from the Astrup Fearnley Collection, ed. Gunnar B. Kvaran, exh. cat. (Oslo: Astrup Fearnley Museet, 2018), p. 49 (color ill. p. 49)

    Laetitia Cénac, "Jeff Koons at the Mucem, the colors of Nicolas de Staël, the Montreux Jazz Festival ... Our five cultural highlights," Madame Figaro (France), April 28, 2021 (color ill., Photo by Robert McKeever) https://madame.lefigaro.fr/celebrites/les-5-incontournables-260421-196298

    Olga Bibiloni, "Quand Jeff Koons badine avec le fonds du Mucem," La Provence (France), May 2021 (color ill.)

    Olivier Lucazeau, ""Jeff Koons Mucem": le kitsch néo-pop rencontre les arts populaires à Marseille," TV5 Monde (France), May 7, 2021 (color ill., Mucem installation, Photo by Cristophe Simon)

    Beaux Arts - Jeff Koons Mucem, Oeuvres de la Collection Pinault. May 2021 (color ill. inside cover)

    "«Jeff Koons Mucem»: le kitsch néo-pop rencontre les arts populaires à Marseille," La Croix (France), May 7, 2021 (color ill., Mucem installation) https://www.la-croix.com/Jeff-Koons-Mucem-kitsch-neo-pop-rencontre-arts-populaires-Marseille-2021-05-07-1301154628

    "Interrogations sur Jeff Koons au Mucem, Œuvres de la Collection Pinault à Marseille," En Revenant de l'Expo! (France), May 10, 2021 (color ill., Mucem installation) https://www.enrevenantdelexpo.com/2021/04/30/jeff-koons-mucem-a-oeuvres-de-la-collection-pinault/

    Olivier Lucazeau, "Jeff Koons lâche son bestiaire au cœur du Mucem," L'Orient le Jour (Lebanon), May 12, 2021 (color ill., Photo by Christophe Simon) https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1261403/jeff-koons-lache-son-bestiaire-au-coeur-du-mucem.html

    Donnia Ghezlane-Lala, "L’art kitsch et néo-pop de Jeff Koons est exposé à Marseille," Konbini (France), May 17, 2021 (color ill.) https://arts.konbini.com/artcontemporain/lart-kitsch-et-neo-pop-de-jeff-koons-est-expose-a-marseille

    Olga Bibiloni, "Marseille: rendez-vous avec Jeff Koons," La Provence (France), July 12, 2021 (color ill., Mucem installation, Photo by Frédéric Spech) https://www.laprovence.com/actu/sorties-loisirs-en-direct/6420041/marseille-rendez-vous-avec-jeff-koons.html

    Marivie, "Qatar Museums opens Jeff Koons: Lost in America at QM Gallery Al Riwaq as part of #QatarCreates," I Love Qatar (Qatar), November 21, 2021 (color ill.) https://www.iloveqatar.net/news/artsCulture/qatar-museums-opens-jeff-koons-lost-in-america-at-qm-gallery-al-riwaq-as-part-of-qatarcreates

    Jeff Koons. Lost in America, ed. Massimiliano Gioni, exh. cat. (Milan: Skira, 2021), p. 154 (color ill. p. 155)

    Jeff Koons: Muceum. Works from the Pinault Collection, exh. cat.(Paris:  Éditions Dilecta, 2021), p. 160 (color ill. p. 161; color ill. pp. 244-245)

    Mee-Lai Stone, "‘I learn a lot from these people’: Anton Corbijn photographs artists – in pictures," The Guardian, August 1, 2023 (ill. by Anton Corbijn, 2011)

    https://www.theguardian.com/culture/gallery/2023/aug/01/anton-corbijn-photographs-artists-in-pictures

    Dance with Daemons - Cloud Chronicles, ext. cat. Fondation Beyeler in partnership with LUMA Foundation (Berlin: Hatje Cantz, 2025), pp. 259 (color ill. p. 141, Fondation Beyeler installation)

Balloon Swan
2004–2011

mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating 
138 x 94 x 119 inches
350.5 x 238.8 x 302.3 cm

5 unique versions (Magenta, Blue, Violet, Yellow, Red)

  • Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Jeff Koons. May 13 – October 2, 2012, p.169, illustrated in color (Magenta)

    New York, Gagosian Gallery, Jeff Koons - New Paintings and Sculptures, May 9 – June 29, 2013 (Blue)

    Paris, Gagosian Gallery, An American in Paris - Works from a Private Collection, January 28 – May 3, 2014 (Red)

    Mexico City, Museo Jumex, May 16 – August 17, 2016 (Yellow)

  • Calvin Tomkins, "The Turnaround Artist," The New Yorker, April 23, 2007, p. 67

    David Colman, "Jeff Koons," Interview, December/January 2009 (color ill. p. 120, model)

    Julia Peyton Jones and Hans Ulrich Obtrist (foreword and conversation), Frederic Tuten, Arthur C. Danto, and Dorothea von Hantelmann, Jeff Koons: Popeye Series, eds. Kathryn Rattee and Melissa Larner, exh. cat. (London: Serpentine Gallery and Koenig Books, 2009), p. 73

    Sarah Brown “Kiehl’s Goes Koons,” Vogue, October 2010 (color ill. p. 224, model)

    L. Marsova, "AO On Site - Basel - Artist talk with Jeff Koons at Fondation Beyeler, Thursday, June 14, 2012," Art Observed, June 14, 2012 (color ill., detail, Fondation Beyeler installation). (Magenta)

    Sarah Douglas, "Private Parts: At Basel’s Beyeler Foundation, Jeff Koons Unveils, Explains New Work," Observer, June 19, 2012 (color ill.) (Magenta)

    Fabrizio Meris and Gloria Maria Cappelletti, "Jeff Koons: intervista al più grande artista vivente," (Text in Italian) Grazia (June 21, 2012) (color ill., detail, Fondation Beyeler installation) (Magenta)http://artforum.com/diary/id=31282

    "Jeff Koons's New Sculptures: Sexy Contemporary Antiquities," The Economist (London), July 7-13, 2012 (color ill., Fondation Beyeler installation) (Magenta)

    "Jeff Koons," ed. Alison McDonald, Gagosian Quarterly (September-October 2012) (color ill. pp. 97-98, Fondation Beyeler installation) (Magenta)

    Monopol: Special Jeff Koons, 2012, Translations by Jeremy Gaines and John Lambert (color ill. cover), p. 34 (Magenta)

    Sam Keller, Dorothea Vischer, Raphael Bouvier, and Gunther Vogt, Jeff Koons: Fondation Beyeler, exh. cat. (Otsfildern: Hatje Cantz publishers, 2012), p. 168 (color ill. p. 168; color ill. p. 169), p. 205. (Magenta)

    "Jeff Koons Sticks with Gagosian for New Spring Exhibition," Artlyst, May 7, 2013 (Blue)

    Roberta Smith, "Gladiatorial Combat: The Battle of the Big," The New York Times, May 16, 2013, online (Blue)

    Tracy Zwick, "Double-Barrel Frieze-Week Jeff Koons at Gagosian and Zwirner," Art in America 101, no. 5 (May 2013) (Blue)

    Jerry Saltz, “Follow the Floating Blue Ball: On Jeff Koons, Plastercaster," New York Magazine (June 3-10, 2013) / "Jerry Saltz on Jeff Koons’s Concurrent Show," New York Magazine, June 3, 2013 https://www.vulture.com/2013/05/saltz-on-jeff-koons-concurrent-shows.html (Blue)

    Howard Halle, "Jeff Koons, "Gazing Ball. Time Out says," Time Out New York, June 7, 2013 (color ill., Gagosian Gallery installation) (Blue) http://www.timeout.com/newyork/art/jeff-koons

    John Yau, "Why Jeff Koons Made Michael Jackson White," Hyperallergic, June 9, 2013 http://hyperallergic.com/72955/why-‐jeff-‐koons-‐made-‐michael-‐jackson-‐white/

    David Behringer, "A Closer Look at Jeff Koons," Design Milk, June 18, 2013, (color ill. Gagosian Gallery installation) (color ill., details, Gagosian Gallery installation) (Blue)

    Aylin Zafar, "Every Cultural Reference You Probably Didn’t Catch in Lady Gaga’s New Video," Buzzfeed, August 23, 2013 (color ill.) (Blue)

    Jason Edward Kaufman, "King of Kitsch," Black Card Mag, Fall 2013, (color ill. p. 242, Gagosian Gallery installation) (Blue)

    Joachim Pissarro, Jeff Koons: Almine Rech Gallery (Brussels: Almine Rech, 2013), pp. 73, 81

    "Sotheby's eyeing $25 million for Jeff Koons' 'Popeye'," Examiner, April 14, 2014

    Ingrid Sischy, "Jeff Koons is Back!" Vanity Fair (July 2014), p. 89 (Blue)

    Jae-Su Kim, "A Magician of Creation and Destruction," (Text in Japanese) Art in Asia (Japan), August 2014 (color ill., Gagosian installation) (Blue)

    Katya Kazakina, "Oversized $30 Million Koons Monkey Heads to Christie’s," Bloomberg, October 2, 2014 (Blue) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-11-13/bacon-s-142-million-triptych-sets-record-in-new-york

    Manami Fujimori, "Jeff Koons," (Text in Japanese) Art Techo (Japan) 66, no. 1012, (October 2014) (color ill. p. 78, Gagosian installation) 

    Philippe Dagen, "Dr Jeff et Mr Koons," (text in French) Le Magazine du Monde, no. 166 (November 22, 2014), p. 84

    Henri-Francois Debailleux, "Jeff Koons: Faiseur d’icônes," Text in French) L'oeil (Paris) 674 (December 2014), p. 8

    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. 149, 245, 248 (color ill. p. 149, fig. 8, Gagosian Gallery installation)

    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. 157 (color ill. p. 157, fig. 8, Gagosian Gallery installation), p. 257, p. 260. 

    Jeff Koons: Conversations with Norman Rosenthal (Thames & Hudson, 2014) (color ill.) (Magenta, Blue)

    Norman Rosenthal, Jeff Koons: New Paintings and Sculpture, ed. Rebecca Sternthal, exh. cat. (New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2014), (color ill. inside cover), p. 16, 88, 97 (color ill. pp. 76-77, Gagosian Gallery installation; color ill. pp. 86-87, Gagosian Gallery installation, back view; color ill. p. 89; color ill. p. 90; color ill. p. 97) (Blue)

    Uwe Arnold, The Art of Engineering / The Engineering of Art (Friedrichsdorf: Arnold AG, 2014), (color ill. pp. 106-107, Gagosian Gallery installation, Photo by Tom Powel Imaging), p. 108 (color ill. p. 109, Fondation Beyeler installation) (Blue, Magenta)

    Michaël Amy, "A Supreme Trouble-Maker in Crowd-Pleasing," Sculpture 34, no. 2 (March 2015), pp. 53, 59 (color ill. p. 5, Gagosian installation; color ill. p. 58, Gagosian installation) (Blue)

    An American in Paris: Works from a Private Collection, exh. cat. (Le Bourget, France: Gagosian, 2015) (color ill. pp. 8-9; color ill. pp. 10-11; color ill. p. 12, back view; color ill. p. 13; color ill. p. 17, pl. 9) (Red)

    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. 159, 257, 260 (color ill. p. 159, fig. 8, Gagosian installation)

    Departures: The Culture Issue (New York: Times Inc. Affluent Media Group, May - June 2016) (color ill. p. 136)

    Xa Sturgis and Norman Rosenthal, Jeff Koons at the Ashmolean, exh. cat. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2019), p. 23 (color ill. p. 19, Gagosian Gallery installation) (Blue)

    Gagosian Store Ad with Jeff Koons's Balloon Animals Bernardaud," ed. Alison McDonald, Gagosian Quarterly (Summer 2020) (color ill. pp. 97-98, Fondation Beyeler installation) (Yellow)

    Trevor Boyer, "Director at New York's Gagosian Gallery is fired after co-workers accuse him of 'repugnant' misconduct toward women," Daily Mail (UK), November 4, 2020 (color ill., Gagosian Gallery installation) (Blue) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8913995/Director-NYCs-Gagosian-Gallery-fired-amid-accusations-repugnant-misconduct-women.html

    Adel Paziar, "Who is the most expensive living artist in the world," Islamic Republic News Agency (Iran), March 22, 2021 (color ill.) (Red) https://www.irna.ir/news/84254108/%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA

    Thierry Raboud, "L’imposture, tout un art," La Liberté (Switzerland), April 16, 2021 (color ill., Fondation Beyeler installation) (Magenta) https://www.laliberte.ch/news/culture/litterature/l-imposture-tout-un-art-601794

Ballloon Rabbit
2005–2010

mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating
168 x 80 3/4 x 107 inches
426.7 x 205.1 x 271.8 cm

5 unique versions (Red, Magenta, Blue, Yellow, Violet)

  • Kiev, Pinchuk Art Centre, Sexuality and Transcendence, April 24 – September 19, 2010 (Violet)

    New York, Gagosian Gallery, Jeff Koons - New Paintings and Sculptures, May 9 – June 29, 2013 (Yellow)

    Beverly Hills, Gagosian Gallery, Jeff Koons, April 27, 2017 – August 18, 2017 (Magenta)

    New York, 51 Astor Place, permanent display since January 14, 2014 (Red)

  • Mia Fineman, "My Big Fat Post Modern Wedding," The New York Times Magazine, January 8, 2006 (color ill. reference to sculpture in cake form)

    Calvin Tomkins, "The Turnaround Artist," The New Yorker, April 23, 2007, p. 67

    Susan M. Kirschbaum, “Dakis Joannou’s Secret House of Horrors. Candy for the Mind Under One Roof,” Whitewall, Spring 2008 (reference in text to cake with Balloon Rabbit)

    Yuliya Popova, “PinchukArtCentre inspires crowds to line up for a look”, Kyiv Post, June 3, 2010 (color ill. Kyiv installation, Violet) https://www.kyivpost.com/lifestyle/pinchukartcentre-inspires-crowds-to-line-up-for-a-68602.html

    "Jeff Koons," (Text in Korean) W (Korea) (March 2012) (color ill. p. 296) (Violet)

    Lydia Schmid, "Jeff Koons Er denkt in Gigadimensionen, seine Werke nicht subtil, aber spektakular. Atelierbesuch bei einem der teuersten Kunstler der Welt," (Text in German) Elle (Germany), May 2011 (color ill. p. 142, Fondation Beyeler installation)

    Sam Keller, Dorothea Vischer, Raphael Bouvier, and Gunther Vogt, Jeff Koons: Fondation Beyeler, exh. cat. (Otsfildern: Hatje Cantz publishers, 2012), p. 166 (color ill. p. 167) (Violet)

    Howard Halle, "Jeff Koons, "Gazing Ball. Time Out says," Time Out New York, June 7, 2013 (color ill., Gagosian installation) (Yellow) http://www.timeout.com/newyork/art/jeff-koons

    John Yau, "Why Jeff Koons Made Michael Jackson White," Hyperallergic, June 9, 2013 http://hyperallergic.com/72955/why-‐jeff-‐koons-‐made-‐michael-‐jackson-‐white/

    Tracy Zwick, "Double-Barrel Frieze-Week Jeff Koons at Gagosian and Zwirner," Art in America 101, no. 5 (May 2013) (Yellow)

    "Jeff Koons Sticks with Gagosian for New Spring Exhibition," Artlyst, May 7, 2013 (Yellow)

    Roberta Smith, "Gladiatorial Combat: The Battle of the Big," The New York Times, May 16, 2013 (Yellow)

    Jason Edward Kaufman, "King of Kitsch," Black Card Mag, Fall 2013, (color ill. p. 242, Gagosian installation) (Yellow)

    David Behringer, "A Closer Look at Jeff Koons," Design Milk, June 18, 2013, (color ill., Gagosian Gallery installation; color ill., details, Gagosian installation) (Yellow)

    "Jeff Koons New Paintings and Sculpture," Gagosian, September-October, 2013 (color ill. installation view pp. 46-47) (Yellow)

    Joachim Pissarro, Jeff Koons: Almine Rech Gallery (Brussels: Almine Rech, 2013), pp. 73, 81

    Brian Boucher, "Koons Sculpture Adorns Lobby at Astor Place," Art in America, January 24, 2014 (color ill., 51 Astor Place installation) (Red)

    Benjamin Sutton, "Koons Balloon Bunny Hops Up in Manhattan," Artinfo, January 28, 2014, (color ill., 51 Astor Place installation, Photo by Benjamin Sutton) (Red) http://blogs.artinfo.com/artintheair/2014/01/28/koons-balloon-bunny-hops-up-inmanhattan/

    Noriko Miyamura, "Tips for Buying Art. Step 1, 2, 3," Vogue Japan no 176 (April 2014) (color ill. p. 149) (Yellow)

    Rachel Campbell-Johnston, "Divide and Rule," Text in Korean Harper's Bazaar (Korea) (April 2014) (color ill. cover; color ill. p. 10) (Yellow)

    "Sotheby's eyeing $25 million for Jeff Koons' 'Popeye'," Examiner, April 14, 2014

    Ingrid Sischy, "Jeff Koons is Back!" Vanity Fair (July 2014), p. 89 (color ill. p. 89, Gagosian installation) (Yellow)

    Jae-Su Kim, "A Magician of Creation and Destruction," (Text in Japanese) Art in Asia (Japan), August 2014 (color ill., Gagosian installation) (Yellow)

    Katya Kazakina, "Oversized $30 Million Koons Monkey Heads to Christie’s," Bloomberg, October 2, 2014 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-11-13/bacon-s-142-million-triptych-sets-record-in-new-york

    Manami Fujimori, "Jeff Koons," (Text in Japanese) Art Techo (Japan) 66, no. 1012, (October 2014), (color ill. p. 78, Gagosian installation) (Yellow)

    Henri-Francois Debailleux, "Jeff Koons: Faiseur d’icônes," Text in French) L'oeil (Paris) 674 (December 2014), p. 8

    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. 149 (color ill. p. 149, fig. 8, Gagosian installation) (Yellow)

    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. 157 (color ill. p. 157, fig. 8, Gagosian Gallery installation) (Yellow)

    Jeff Koons: Conversations with Norman Rosenthal (Thames & Hudson, 2014) (color ill.) (Violet, Yellow)

    Norman Rosenthal, Jeff Koons: New Paintings and Sculpture, ed. Rebecca Sternthal, exh. cat. (New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2014), pp. 16, 78, 97 (color ill. p. 16, fig. 16; color ill. pp. 76-77, Gagosian installation; color ill. p. 79; color ill. pp. 80-81, detail; color ill. pp. 86-87, Gagosian installation, back view; color ill. p. 97)

    Uwe Arnold, The Art of Engineering / The Engineering of Art (Friedrichsdorf: Arnold AG, 2014), (color ill. pp. 106-107, Gagosian installation, Photo by Tom Powel Imaging) (Yellow)

    Uwe Arnold, The Art of Engineering / The Engineering of Art (Friedrichsdorf: Arnold AG, 2014)

    Michaël Amy, "A Supreme Trouble-Maker in Crowd-Pleasing," Sculpture 34, no. 2 (March 2015), (color ill. p. 58, Gagosian installation), p. 59 (Yellow)

    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. 159 (color ill. p. 159, fig. 8, Gagosian installation) (Yellow)

    Randy Kennedy, "Real Eastate for the 1 Percent, With Art for the Masses," The New York Times, July 7, 2016 (color ill. Astor Place installation) (Red) https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/08/arts/design/real-estate-for-the-1-percent-with-art-for-the-masses.html?searchResultPosition=1

    Matt Black, Reflections: In Conversation With Today's Artists (Assouline, 2016) (color ill. p. 94, Gagosian 2013 installation)

    Catherine Womack, "Jeff Koons Isn't Exactly "Woke" — but He Has Other Nice Qualities," LA Weekly, May 2, 2017

    Michelle Young, "9 Places to See the Work of Jeff Koons In NYC, Past and Present," Untapped Cities, May 17, 2017 (color ill., 51 Astor Place installation) (Red) https://untappedcities.com/2017/05/17/10-places-to-see-the-work-of-jeff-koons-in-nyc-past-and-present/

    "Jeff Koons: The latest work from the pop art master," KPCC The Frame, June 2, 2017 (color ill., Gagosian 2017 installation) (Magenta) https://www.scpr.org/programs/the-frame/2017/06/02/57169/jeff-koons-the-latest-work-from-the-pop-art-master/?slide=4

    Jeff Davis, "June Art Column," Monrovia Weekly, June 20, 2017 (Gagosian 2017 installation referenced) (Magenta) 

    Jeff Davis, "June Art Column," Pasadena Independent, June 2017 (color ill., Gagosian 2017 installation) (Magenta) 

    Leena Kim, "Social Network Calendar - August," Town & Country, August 2017 (color ill., p. 18, Gagosian 2017 installation) (Magenta)

    Jeff Koons, exh. cat. (Beverly Hills: Gagosian, 2017), pp. 55, 79 (color ill. pp. 53-54, Gagosian installation; color ill. pp. 53-54, Gagosian installation; color ill. p. 57, Gagosian 2013 installation) (Magenta)

    Javier Pes, "Ukrainian Art Patron Victor Pinchuk’s $150,000 Gift to Donald Trump Is Being Investigated by Robert Mueller," Artnet News, April 10, 2018 (Pinchuk installation) (Violet) https://news.artnet.com/art-world/power-philanthropist-victor-pinchuks-150000-gift-to-donald-trumps-foundation-under-scrutiny-1262795

    "Shopping. Iconic. Classic. Bold," Vogue (Portugal), (October 2019), p. 130 (color ill. p. 131, Photo by Frederick Nilsen) (Magenta)

    Xa Sturgis and Norman Rosenthal, Jeff Koons at the Ashmolean, exh. cat. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2019), pp. 18, 23 (color ill. p. 19, Gagosian installation) (Yellow)

    Gagosian Store advertisement with Jeff Koons's Balloon Animals Bernardaud, ed. Alison McDonald, Gagosian Quarterly (Summer 2020) (color ill. pp. 97-98, Fondation Beyeler installation) (Violet)

    "What's On," Quintessentially, June 19 - 28, 2020 (color ill.) (Magenta)

    Maria Savostyanova, Design Now (Russia: Garage, 2021), p. 112 (color ill. p. 112, Gagosian installation 2013) (Yellow)

    Natasha Gural, "Qatar Celebrates the Unmistakably American Gaze of Jeff Koons in his First Gulf Region Exhibition," Forbes, November 30, 2021 (color ill. Qatar Museums installation) (Yellow) https://www.forbes.com/sites/natashagural/2021/11/30/qatar-celebrates-the-unmistakably-american-gaze-of-jeff-koons-in-his-first-gulf-region-exhibition/?sh=13acc57a3262 

    Nate Freeman, "“Plans Become Quite Irrelevant When a War Is Launched”: Inside the Ukrainian Art World’s Fight for Its Life," Vanity Fair, March 3, 2022 (color ill.) (Violet) https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2022/03/true-colors-inside-the-ukrainian-art-worlds-fight-for-its-life 

    Raffaele Quattrone, "Masterpiece Episode 3 (Beecroft - Koons)," Masterpiece, April 28, 2024, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d2wjdn2bQiAtWP1kwzQfopeyaYCLiqFd/view

    "Jeff Koons – Exploring the Life and Art of Jeff Koons," Art in Context, June 1, 2023 (color ill.) https://artincontext.org/jeff-koons/

    "Twenty-Two Exceptional Stories From 2022," ed. Guillaume Cerutti (Christies:

    2023) (color ill. p. 166) (Yellow)

    Jeff Koons in Florence, ed. Sergio Risaliti, exh. cat. (Florence: Forma, 2016), pp. 35-36, 42 (color ill. pp. 20-21; color ill. pp. 23-27; color ill. pp. 29-30; color ill. p. 37; color ill. pp. 40-41; color ill. p. 79)

    "Jeff Koons and Centre Pompidou fined for 'counterfeit' work," Apollo, March 10, 2017 (color ill.)

    Jeff Koons, exh. cat. (Beverly Hills: Gagosian, 2017), pp. 49, 79 (color ill. pp. 44-45, Gagosian Gallery installation; color ill. p. 48; color ill. pp. 44-45, Gagosian installation; color ill. p. 51, detail; color ill. pp. 53-54, Gagosian Gallery installation)

    "Tour Allison and Warren Kanders's Five-Story Greenwich Village Townhouse," Architectural Digest, December 2018 (color ill., installation view

    Amy Astley, Architectural Digest at 100 A Century of Style (Harry N. Abrams, 2019), (color ill., Allison and Warren Kander’s Greenwich Village townhouse, Photo by Thomas Loof, originally in Architectural Digest December 2018) (color ill., p. 230, Allison and Warren Kanders residence)

Lobster
2007–2012

mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating 
57 7/8 x 37 x 18 7/8 inches 
147 x 94 x 47.9 cm 

Edition of 3 plus AP

Dolphin
2007–2013

mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating
20 1/8 x 78 3/8 x 37 1/2 inches
51.1 x 199.1 x 95.3 cm 

Edition of 3 plus AP

Swan (Inflatable)
2011-2015

mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating
32 1/2 x 36 5/16 x 25 15/16 inches
82.6 x 92.2 x 65.9 cm

Edition of 3 plus AP

  • Adam Rathe, "Pop Shop," DuJour, Summer 2014 (color ill. p. 139, model of work in progress at studio)

    Keith Estiler, "Jeff Koons to Display Monumental Artworks at Art Basel Hong Kong 2018," Hypebeast, March 9, 2018 https://hypebeast.com/2018/3/jeff-koons-david-zwirner-art-basel-hong-kong-2018 (color ill.)

    Liu Litian, "Pop Art Sculpture Puppy sells for 400 million and a half. Contemporary Pop Art King Jeff Koons," HK01 (China), March 14, 2018 (color ill.)

    "Contemporary "King of Pop Art" Jeff Koons will visit Hong Kong Art Basel," The Value (China), March 15, 2018 (color ill., Hong Kong Basel installation)

    "Zwirner Gallery will focus on the works of Jeff Koons," Art Ifeng (China), March 19, 2018 http://art.ifeng.com/2018/0319/3413122.shtml

    Jim Dobson, "An Insider's Guide To The Best Of Art Basel Hong Kong," Forbes, March 22, 2018 (color ill., Art Basel Hong Kong installation)

    "Jeff Koons at David Zwirner at Art Basel Hong Kong 2018," Blouin Artinfo, March 22, 2018 (color ill.)

    Ted Loos, "A Worldwide Focus on Hong Kong for Art Basel," The New York Times, March 26, 2018 (color ill., Art Basel Hong Kong installation)

    Eileen Kinsella, "From a Sparkly New Jeff Koons Swan to a $35 Million de Kooning, Dealers Are Busting Out the Blue Chip for Art Basel Hong Kong," Artnet News, March 26, 2018 (color ill., Art Basel Hong Kong installation)

    Hans Ulrich Obrist, "Jeff Koons on His Five Most Ambitious Unrealized Projects," Artsy, April 2, 2018 (color ill.)

    Enid Tsui, "Art Basel in Hong Kong: city’s small galleries shine through with memorable displays," South China Morning Post (China), April 2, 2018

    "This week, the world's art circles are watching Hong Kong," Sohu (China), April 3, 2018 (color ill., Art Basel Hong Kong installation)

    "Jeff Koons talks art, porn and philosophy," South China Morning Post  (China), April 25, 2018 (color ill.)

Ballloon Monkey
2006–2013

mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating
150 x 126 x 235 inches
381 x 320 x 596.9 cm

5 unique versions (Red, Magenta, Blue, Yellow, Orange)

  • New York, Gagosian Gallery, Jeff Koons - New Paintings and Sculptures, May 9 – June 29, 2013 (Red)

    London, Newport Street Gallery, Jeff Koons: Now, May 18 – October 16, 2016 (Blue)

    Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Balloon Monkey (Orange), January 2017 – January 6, 2019 (Orange)

    Florence, Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Jeff Koons. Shine, October 2, 2021 – January 31, 2022 (Blue)

    Doha, Qatar Museums Al Riwaq Gallery, Jeff Koons: Lost in America, November 21, 2021 – March 31, 2022 (Yellow)

    Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, Balloon Monkey (Magenta) in Libbey Court, October 2023 – December 2023 (Magenta)

  • Tracy Zwick, "Double-Barrel Frieze-Week Jeff Koons at Gagosian and Zwirner," Art in America 101, no. 5 (May 2013), pp. 44-47 (Red)

    “Jeff Koons Sticks with Gagosian for New Spring Exhibition,” Artlyst, May 7, 2013 (Red)

    Andrew Russeth, "'Jeff Koons - New Paintings and Sculpture' at Gagosian Gallery and 'Jeff Koons- Gazing Ball' at David Zwirner," Gallerist, May 14, 2013 (Red)

    Roberta Smith, “Gladiatorial Combat: The Battle of the Big,” New York Times, May 16, 2013 (Red)

    Howard Halle, "Jeff Koons, "Gazing Ball. Time Out says," Time Out New York, June 7, 2013 (color ill., Gagosian installation) (Red) http://www.timeout.com/newyork/art/jeff-koons

    John Yau, "Why Jeff Koons Made Michael Jackson White," Hyperallergic, June 9, 2013 (color ill., Gagosian installation) (Red) http://hyperallergic.com/72955/why-­‐jeff-­‐koons-­‐made-­‐michael-­‐jackson-­‐white/

    David Behringer, “A Closer Look at Jeff Koons,” Design Milk, June 18, 2013 (color ill., Gagosian installation) (Red)

    Jason Edward Kaufman, “King of Kitsch,” Black Card Mag, Fall 2013 (color ill. p. 242, Gagosian installation) (Red)

    Joachim Pissarro, Jeff Koons: Almine Rech Gallery (Brussels: Almine Rech, 2013), pp. 73, 8

    "Jeff Koons New Paintings and Sculpture," Gagosian, September-October 2013 (color ill. pp. 46-47, Gagosian installation) (Red)

    "Sotheby's eyeing $25 million for Jeff Koons' 'Popeye'," Examiner, April 14, 2014.

    Noriko Miyamura, "Tips for Buying Art. Step 1, 2, 3," Vogue Japan no 176 (April 2014), pp. 148-149, (color ill. p.149) (Red)

    Ingrid Sischy, "Jeff Koons is Back!" Vanity Fair no. 647 (July 2014), p. 89 (color ill. Gagosian installation) (Red)

     

    Jae-Su Kim, "A Magician of Creation and Destruction," (Text in Japanese) Art in Asia (Japan), August 2014 (color ill., Gagosian installation) (Red)

    Katya Kazakina, "Oversized $30 Million Koons Monkey Heads to Christie’s," Bloomberg, October 2, 2014 (Red) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-11-13/bacon-s-142-million-triptych-sets-record-in-new-york

    Manami Fujimori, "Jeff Koons," (Text in Japanese) Art Techo (Japan) 66, no. 1012, (October 2014 (color ill. p. 78, Gagosian installation) (Red)

    Henri-Francois Debailleux, "Jeff Koons: Faiseur d’icônes," Text in French) L'oeil (Paris) 674 (December 2014), pp. 8

    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. 149 (color ill. p. 149, fig. 8, Gagosian installation) (Red)

    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. 157 (color ill. p. 157, fig. 8, Gagosian installation) (Red)

    Jeff Koons: Conversations with Norman Rosenthal (London: Thames & Hudson, 2014), p. 3 (color ill. p. 3) (Red)

    Norman Rosenthal, Jeff Koons: New Paintings and Sculpture, ed. Rebecca Sternthal, exh. cat. (New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2014), pp. 16, 82, 97 (color ill. p. 83; color ill. pp. 84-85, detail; color ill. p. 97) (Red)

    Uwe Arnold, The Art of Engineering / The Engineering of Art (Friedrichsdorf: Arnold AG, 2014) (color ill. pp. 106-07, Gagosian installation view), (color ill. p. 122, installation view) (Red)

    Michaël Amy, "A Supreme Trouble-Maker in Crowd-Pleasing," Sculpture 34, no. 2 (March 2015) (color ill. p. 58, Gagosian installation) (Red)

    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. 159 (color ill. p. 159, fig. 8, Gagosian installation) (Red)

    Farah Nayeri, “Damien Hirst to Open a Jeff Koons Show at His London Museum,” The New York Times, May 16, 2016 (color ill.) (Blue)

    Edward Lucie-Smith, "Jeff Koons - The Art of Not Quite Now," Artlyst, May 20, 2016 (color ill.) (Blue)

    "Jeff Koons and his Play-Doh pile 'Now' in London," Euronews, May 20, 2016 (color ill.) (Blue)

    Joe Heaney, "Over 18s only! Damien Hirst shows off racy artworks from Lady Gaga collaborator in Vauxhall," SW Londoner, May 20, 2016 (color ill.) (Blue)

    Martin Gayford, "Like Rubens, Jeff Koons’s work is about repetition, fertility and sex – and piping," The Spectator, June 11, 2016

    Matt Black, Reflections: In Conversation with Today's Artists (Assouline, 2016), (color ill. pp. 92-93, Gagosian installation) (Red)

    Michael Archer and Hugh Allen, Jeff Koons: Now, exh. cat. (London: Other Criteria, 2016), pp. 8 (color ill. p. 77; color ill. p. 83)

    Stephanie Eckardt, “Jeff Koons Will Collaborate with Anyone, From Louis Vuitton to Phone Cases and Lady Gaga,” W Magazine, April 11, 2017 (Blue)

    Isabella Nucci, “Get an Authentic Jeff Koons' Balloon Animal Sculpture at Neimans,” D Magazine, June 21, 2017 (Magenta)

    "Jeff Koons for Bernardaud," Pursuitist, June 2017 (color ill.) (Blue)

    Marielle Wakim, “Can You Guess Which Jeff Koons Balloon Animal Is Being Built at LACMA as We Speak?” Los Angeles Magazine, December 13, 2018, (color ill. Newport Street installation; color ill. Christie’s Rockefeller Center installation) (Blue, Orange)

    Payal Uttam, “The Biggest Sales of the 2010s,” Artsy, 2019 (color ill., Christie’s installation) (Orange)

    "PHOTOS: A look inside the Booth estate," Austin American-Statesman, February 13, 2020 (color ill., outdoor installation) (Red)

    Nate Freeman, “Why Jeff Koons's Rabbit Could Sell for up to $70 Million,” Artsy, April 19, 2019 

    Sabine Spindler, Jeff Koons in München: „Ich möchte, dass mein Publikum seine eigenen Emotionen wahrnimmt.“ Handelsblatt (Germany), March 31, 2021 (Blue)

    Mandy Altura, “Jeff Koons partners with Bernardaud to recreate his controversial, record-breaking pieces,” ABS-CBN, July 24, 2019 (Orange)

    Xa Sturgis and Norman Rosenthal, Jeff Koons at the Ashmolean, exh. cat. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2019), pp. 18, 23 (color ill. p. 19, Gagosian installation) (Red)

    Alison McDonald (ed.), “Gagosian Store Ad with Jeff Koons's Balloon Animals Bernardaud,” Gagosian Quarterly, New York 2020 (Orange)

    “A pop of everything at the BAF Bergamo Arte Fiera 2020,” The Way Magazine, January 13, 2020 (Orange)

    "Jojora's Contemporary Art Walk 21) Artists' Branding Strategy," Jnilbo (Korea), February 14, 2021 (color ill.) (Red)

    “Qatar Museums to present first exhibition by Jeff Koons in Gulf Region,” Gulf Times (Qatar), September 13, 2021 (Yellow)

    Marivie, “Qatar Museums to present first exhibition by Jeff Koons in the Gulf Region,” I Love Qatar (Qatar), September 15, 2021 (Yellow)

    Emanuela Minucci, “Jeff Koons e i suoi segreti "Sartre dietro il coniglio,” La Stampa (Italy), September 27, 2021 (Blue)

    “Jeff Koons ‘Shine’ at Palazzo Strozzi until January 30, 2022,” The Florentine (Italy), September 30, 2021 (Blue)

    Michela Conoscitore, “Shine di Jeff Koons abbaglia Palazzo Strozzi nel profondo. «Collegare il presente al passato significa continuare a legare le persone alla memoria biologica»,” Bon Culture (Italy), October 2, 2021 (Blue)

    Stefan Kobel, “Exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi: Jeff Koons' Ode to Beauty,” Handelsblatt (Germany), October 7, 2021 (Blue)

    Silvia Airoldi, “L'agenda delle mostre da vedere questa settimana in tutta Italia,” Elle Decor (Italy), October 9, 2021 (Blue)

    Marco Arrigoni, “Jeff Koons in mostra a Firenze accoglie gli spettatori in un luna park del consumismo chic,” Harper's Bazaar (Italy), October 10, 2021 (Blue)

    Finn Blythe, “‘I’m Trying to Become a Vaster Human Being’: Jeff Koons on Life and Art,” AnOther (London, UK), October 14, 2021 (Blue)

    Gabi Czöppan, “Was macht die Koonst?” Focus (Germany), October 16, 2021 (Blue)

    Harriet Lloyd-Smith, “At home with Jeff Koons,” Wallpaper (London, UK), October 22, 2021 (Blue)

    "Qatar Museums to present first exhibition by Jeff Koons in Gulf Region," Gulf Times (Qatar), September 13, 2021 (Yellow)

    Marivie, "Qatar Museums to present first exhibition by Jeff Koons in the Gulf Region," I Love Qatar (Qatar), September 15, 2021 (Yellow)

    Emanuela Minucci, "Jeff Koons e i suoi segreti "Sartre dietro il Coniglio," La Stampa (Italy), September 27, 2021 (Blue)

    "Jeff Koons ‘Shine’ at Palazzo Strozzi until January 30, 2022," The Florentine (Italy), September 30, 2021 (color ill. Palazzo Strozzi installation) (Blue)

    Natalia Gierowska, “Jeff Koons. Shine,” The Brooklyn Rail, November 2, 2021 (Blue)

    Chiara Mastroianni, "A Palazzo Strozzi Jeff Koons presenta “Shine”," Dea Notizie (Italy), November 18, 2021 (color ill. Palazzo Strozzi installation) (Blue)

    Martin Holman, “Exhibition review: Jeff Koons. Shine at Palazzo Strozzi,” The Florentine (Florence, Italy), November 18, 2021 (Blue)

    Marivie, "Qatar Museums opens Jeff Koons: Lost in America at QM Gallery Al Riwaq as part of #QatarCreates," I Love Qatar (Qatar), November 21, 2021"Play with Jeff Koons' Giant Inflatable Statue," Detik Hot (Indonesia), November 24, 2021 (color ill. p. 22, Qatar Museums installation) (Yellow)

    Dario Pappalardo, "Jeff Koons e gli sceicchi dell'arte," La Repubblica (Italy), November 26, 2021

    Daniel Cisi, “Shine. Le scintillanti opere di Jeff Koons in mostra a Firenze a Palazzo Strozzi,” Glitch Magazine (Italy), November 27, 2021 (Blue)

    Marivie, "Things to do in Doha: 28 November - 4 December, 2021," I Love Qatar (Qatar), November 28, 2021(color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation) (Blue)

    Grażyna Bastek, “Ai Weiwei and Jeff Koons: Delight and Shine,” Vogue Poland, November 29, 2021 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation) (Blue)

    Maurizio Amore, "L’arte neo-pop di Jeff Koons fa risplendere Firenze," La Repubblica (Italy), November 29, 2021 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation) (Blue)

    Song Peifen, “Lost in America’: A Visual Biography of Jeff Koons,” The Financial Times (Chinese), December 2, 2021 (color ill. p. 22, Qatar Museums installation) (Yellow)

    Benjamin Locoge, “Jeff Koons, La World Compagnie,” Paris Match (France), n°3789, December 16-22, 2021 (Yellow)

    Phyllis Tuchman, “Jeff Koons Looks Back on a Life in the Art World,” Town & Country, December 20, 2021(color ill. p. 22, Qatar Museums installation) (Yellow)

    Panagiotis Koustas, "What will we remember from the world of fashion and art for 2021," Esquire Greece, December 23, 2021 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation) (Blue)

    "Dieci mostre da ricordare nel 2021: la nostra classifica," Exibart (Italy),December 25, 2021(color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation) (Blue)

    Jeff Koons. Lost in America, exh. cat., ed. Massimiliano Gioni (Milan: Skira, 2021), p. 178 (color ill. p. 179) (Yellow)

    Maria Savostyanova, Design Now (Russia: Garage, 2021), p. 112 (color ill. p. 112, Gagosian installation) (Red)

    Elio Grazioli, "Il brillante desiderio di Jeff Koons," Doppiozero (Italy), January 2, 2022 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation) (Blue)

    Paul Laster, "Jeff Koons in His Own Words," Ocula (London, UK), January 5, 2022

    GianAngelo Pistoia, "Koons, Donatello e Eliasson in mostra a Palazzo Strozzi," La Voce del Nord Est (Italy), January 6, 2022 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation) (Blue)

    Alice Monorchio, "Florence Brims With New Hot Spots as Pitti Uomo Kicks Off," WWD, January 11, 2022 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation) (Blue)

    Antonella Valente, "Democratizzare l’arte attraverso l’acciaio: la rivoluzionaria mostra di Jeff Koons a Firenze," The Walk of Fame (Italy), January 11, 2022 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation) (Blue)

    "Firenze. Ultimi giorni per Jeff Koons, Shine, la grande Mostra a Palazzo Strozzi," Paese Italia Press (Italy), January 11, 2022 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation) (Blue)

    Rossana Vinci, "Prosegue a Firenze, fino al 30 gennaio, la mostra 'Jeff Koons. Shine'," Archi Portale (Italy), January 12, 2022 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation) (Blue)

    Domenico Sgambati, "Jeff Koons Graffiti, a Palazzo Strozzi," Exibart (Italy), January 15, 2022 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation) (Blue)

    Ambra Sacchi, "L’estetica scintillante di Jeff Koons in mostra a Palazzo Strozzi. Solo tanta pura apparenza?" ArtsLife (Italy), January 17, 2022 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation) (Blue)

    "[Anna's Italian Newsletter # 3] 3 selections of Italian exhibitions that are crowded with corona sickness, Koons, Crypto Art, Amazon now," Art Exhibition Japan, January 18, 2022 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation) (Blue)

    Ashleigh Kane, "Debunking the biggest myths around Jeff Koons," Dazed, January 21, 2022 (color ill. Newport installation) (Yellow)

    Bálint Kovács, "Called kitsch, likened to dog feces, yet he is the most successful artist alive today," HVG (Hungary), January 21, 2022

    Mirko Sladek, "DUTY FREE GENIUS, Jeff Koons or steel, marketing and videotapes," Glas Istre (Hungary), February 13, 2022, (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation) (Blue)

    Kübra Knife, "Jeff Koons' First Exhibition in the Middle East," Alem Magazine (Turkey), March 2, 2022 (color ill., Qatar Museums installation) (Yellow)

    Zsófi Tillinger, " The Man Who Took Kitsch to Heaven - Interview with Jeff Koons," Roadster (Hungary), March 6, 2022 (color ill., Qatar Museums installation) (Yellow)

    Davide Maria Mannocchi, "Jeff Koons perde in giudizio. Il tribunale di Milano conferma l’autenticità di un’opera dell’artista a favore di un collezionista italiano," Inside Art (Italy), March 11, 2022

    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 (color ill., Qatar Museums installation) (Yellow)

    Will Gottsegen, "Jeff Koons’ First NFT Project Is a Riff on Crypto’s ‘Moon’ Meme," Coin Desk, March 29, 2022 (color ill., Palazzo Strozzi installation) (Blue)

    Fabio Tallone, "Jeff Koons fa il suo ingresso nel mondo NFT con un incredibile viaggio sulla luna," Artslife (Italy), March 30, 2022 (color ill., Qatar Museums installation) (Yellow)

    Carlie Porterfield, "Jeff Koons will send art sculptures to the moon," Forbes Brazil, April 4, 2022 (color ill., Qatar Museums installation) (Yellow)

    Emma Couffin, "De Jeff Koons à Picasso, on vous a demandé quel artiste était le plus surcoté," Konbini (France), April 8, 2022 (color ill.) (Blue)

    "Proceeds from Jeff Koons' balloon monkey to help Ukraine," Monopol (Germany), June 9, 2022 (color ill.)

    “Jeff Koons on the sale of his sculpture to aid Ukraine: ‘Art’s true value is to be of service to humanity,’" Christie's, June 24, 2022

    Vivienne Chow, "Christie's London to Paris Sale Makes a Steady $248 Million, Led by Blue-Chip Mainstays and a $12.4 Million Jeff Koons Monkey," Artnet News, June 28, 2022

    Sarah Cascone, "Billionaire Victor Pinchuk’s Jeff Koons Balloon Sculpture Could Fetch Over $10 Million at Auction to Benefit Ukraine," Artnet News, June 7, 2022

    "A Jeff Koons sculpture up for auction to help Ukraine," Exibart (Italy), June 8, 2022

    "Proceeds from Jeff Koons' balloon monkey to help Ukraine," Monopol (Germany), June 9, 2022

    Scott Reyburn, "How do you place a price tag on art in an age of perpetual crisis?" The Art Newspaper, September 6, 2022

    Alex Green, "Sale of Jeff Koons sculpture funds rehab centres for wounded Ukrainian soldiers," Yahoo Sports, October 24, 2022 (Magenta)

    Mohsen Veysi, "Review of Jeff Koons Shine," Material Culture Review, Volume 94 (Fall 2022) pp. 8-11 (color ill. p. 10, installation view Palazzo Strozzi) (Blue)

    David Booth, Heather Pesanti, Paradox Cove (Austin: Paradox Cove), 2022, p. 168 (color ill. pp. 14-15, 166-167, 169, by Casey Dunn) (Red)

    "Christie’s in 2022: the stories behind a year of epic auctions, record-setting sales and memorable masterpieces," Christie's, December 16, 2022 (color ill.) (Magenta)

    Flaminio Gualdoni, Arte Contemporanea - I Protagonisti: 04- Koons, Italy: Corriere Della Serra, 2022 pp. 26-27, 60 (color ill. p. 61, installation)

    Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, computer-animated superhero film, June 2, 2023, 140 minutes

    "Twenty-Two Exceptional Stories From 2022," ed. Guillaume Cerutti (Christies: 2023) (color ill. pp. 160, 162-163, 167) (Magenta)

    Shayleigh Frank, "Larger than life: Effervescent sculpture belies its 8,000 pounds at Toledo museum," The Blade, October 15, 2023

    Raffaele Quattrone, "Masterpiece Episode 3 (Beecroft - Koons)," Masterpiece, April 28, 2024, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d2wjdn2bQiAtWP1kwzQfopeyaYCLiqFd/view (32:40-1:00:00)

Popeye (Stainless)
2009–2011

mirror-polished stainless steel with transparent color coating
78 x 51 3/4 x 28 1/2 inches
198.1 x 131.4 x 72.4 cm

Edition of 3 plus AP

  • Frankfurt, Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, Jeff Koons. The Sculptor, June 20 - September 23, 2012 (AP)

    Paris, The Centre Pompidou, Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, November 26, 2014 - April 27, 2015, p. 186 (edition 1)

    Bilbao, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, June 9 - September 27, 2015 (edition 1)

  • "Jeff Koons's New Sculptures: Sexy Contemporary Antiquities," The Economist (London), July 7-13, 2012, p. 76

    Alison McDonald, "Jeff Koons," Gagosian Quarterly, September-October 2012 (color ill. p. 105)

    Regine Prange, "Dialektik des Glanzes”, Texte zur Kunst, December 2012, p. 179 (ill. p. 180)

    Max Hollein, Andreas Beyer, Monika Wagner, Walter Grasscamp, Babette Babich, and Vinzenz Brinkmann, Jeff Koons: The Sculptor, eds. Vinzenz Brinkmann, Matthias Ulrich, Joachim Pissarro, and Max Hollein, exh. cat. (Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2012), pp. 127, 189 (color ill. p. 127; color ill. pp. 128-129)

    Crispin Sartwell, "I Yam What I Yam," Los Angeles Times, February 12, 2013 http://articles.latimes.com/2013/feb/12/opinion/la-‐oe-‐sartwell-‐price-‐of-‐art-‐20130212. 

    Carol Swanson, "The Age of Jeff Koons," New York Magazine, May 13, 2013, p. 29

    Jean-Marie Gallais, "Jeff Koons, The Painter, Jeff Koons, The Sculptor, Francfort," Frog, Summer 2013 (color ill. p. 121)

    "Sotheby's eyeing $25 million for Jeff Koons' 'Popeye'," Examiner, April 14, 2014, online

    "Popeye nets an eyepopping $28 million," The Economic Times, May 21, 2014, online

    Carol Vogel, “A Jeff Koons Sculpture Is Coming to 30 Rock,” The New York Times, May 29, 2014 http://nyti.ms/1poKOL9

    Eileen Kinsella, "Charting Jeff Koons’s Sky-High Market," Artnet, June 17, 2014 http://news.artnet.com/market/charting-jeff-koonss-sky-high-market-39445, (color ill.)

    Erik Maza, "Jeff Koons Anniversary Retrospective Opens at the Whitney," WWD, June 25, 2014 https://wwd.com/eye/parties/gallery/jeff-koons-retrospective-opens-at-the-whitney/

    Eva Karcher and Martin Knobbe, "Knobbe_Jeder intelligente Mensch ist ein Dilettant," (Text in German) Stern 3 (Germany), no. 28 (July 3, 2014) (color ill. p. 7)

    Ingrid Sischy, "Jeff Koons is Back!" Vanity Fair (July 2014), p. 89

    Ingrid Sischy, "Jeff Koons, l'art gonflé!" Vanity Fair (France), (October 2014), p. 136

    Manami Fujimori, "Jeff Koons," (Text in Japanese) Art Techo (Japan) 66, no. 1012 (October 2014) (color ill. p. 81)

    Philippe Dagen, "Dr Jeff et Mr Koons," (text in French) Le Magazine du Monde, no. 166 (November 22, 2014), pp. 22, 81 (color ill. p. 22, artwork wrapped during installation at Centre Pompidou; color ill., artwork wrapped during installation at Centre Pompidou)

    Joséphine Bindé, "Jeff Koons trop cher pour les musées français," (text in French) Télérama (France), November 25, 2014 https://www.telerama.fr/sortir/jeff-koons-trop-cher-pour-les-musees-francais,119510.php

    “Art Contemporain le Catalogue,” Télérama hors-série, November 2014, cover

    Armelle Malvoisin, “Top 4 des œuvres les plus chères,” Beaux Arts editions, December 2014 (color ill. p. 65)

    Uwe Arnold, The Art of Engineering / The Engineering of Art (Friedrichsdorf: Arnold AG, 2014), (color ill. pp. 118-19, Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung installation; color ill. p. 124)

    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. 178, 290 (color ill. p. 178, pl. 112)

    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. 186, 301 (color ill. p. 186, pl. 112)

    Marco Enrico Giacometti, “Arriva al Guggenheim di Bilbao la monumentale retrospettiva di Jeff Koons. Tante foto dalla preview della mostra che apre al pubblico questa settimana,” Artribune, June 8, 2015, online

    Francesco Bonami, "Oltre Le Palle C'E Il Bisogno Di Felicita," Vanity Fair, September 30, 2015

    "The exquisite process of Jeff Koons," Christie's, July 21, 2015, online

    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. 190, 300 (color ill. p. 190, pl. 113)

    Hans Werner Holzwarth, Koons (Cologne: Taschen, 2015), p. 82 (color ill. p. 83)

    Julie Champion and Nicolas Liucci-Goutnikov, Jeff Koons: La Rétrospective La Portfolio De L'Exposition/The Retrospective The Portfolio of The Exhibition, ed. Julie Champion, exh. cat. (Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2015), p. 127 (color ill. p. 127) 

    Adam Vaccaro, "Why on earth is Popeye the Sailor Man the centerpiece of Wynn's Everett casino lobby?" Boston.com, March 24, 2016, online

    Mark Hudson, "Does this new show reveal Jeff Koons's greatest contribution to art? - review," The Telegraph, May 18, 2016, online

    Melinda Sheckells, "Steven Tyler, Jeff Koons Celebrate Tony Bennett at Power of Love Gala," The Hollywood Reporter, May 22, 2016, online

    Diana Cosmin, "louis Vuitton colaboreaza cu cel mai bine cotat artist contemporan, Jeff Koons," Fine Society (Romania), April 12, 2017 https://finesociety.ro/jeff-koons-si-louis-vuitton/

    Jay Jones, "Check out Vegas' remarkable public art, from 'Popeye' to a winged jackalope," Los Angeles Times, June 20, 2017 http://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/la-tr-las-vegas-art-on-the-strip-20170620-story.html

    Brooke Holmes and Karen Marta, Liquid Antiquity, The DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, 2017, (color ill. p. 293)

    Mihir Desai, The Wisdom of Finance: Discovering Humanity in the World of Risk and Return, 2017, p. 141

    Callum Borchers, "Inside the Encore Resort Casino: $68 Lobster Rolls And Alexa In Every Hotel Room," WBUR, June 21, 2019 (color ill., Encore Boston Harbor Casino & Resort installation) https://www.wbur.org/bostonomix/2019/06/21/encore-boston-harbor-wynn-resorts-hotel-suites-first-look-opening

    "Zehn-Meter-Tulpen erheben sich über Paris," Spiegel Online (Germany), September 3, 2019 (color ill.) https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/koons-tulpen-umstrittene-skulptur-erhebt-sich-ueber-paris-a-1285002.html

    Rosalia Souza, "La vida de Jeff Koons entre las polémicas por plagio y las obras más cotizadas," El País (Uruguay), October 20, 2019 (color ill.) https://www.elpais.com.uy/domingo/vida-jeff-koons-polemicas-plagio-obras-cotizadas.html

    Bob Brown, "Beyond Wellesley: Encore Boston Harbor casino fun on a freezing day," The Swellesley Report, January 25, 2020 https://theswellesleyreport.com/2020/01/beyond-wellesley-encore-boston-harbor-casino-fun-on-a-freezing-day/, (color ill., Encore Boston Harbor Casino & Resort installation). 

    "Art in casinos," Noreste (Mexico), March 2, 2020 (color ill., Wynn Casino Las Vegas installation)

    https://noreste.net/cultura/el-arte-en-los-casinos

    Nicole Esterolle, "Il faut supprimer ce calamiteux ministère de la culture!" May 29, 2020, (color ill.)

    Jeff Koons Mucem, Oeuvres de la Collection Pinault, Beaux Arts, May 2021 (color ill. p. 17)

    Jeon Eun-ji, "Between geek and art, kitsch artist Jeff Koons," Handmaker (Korea), November 5, 2021 http://www.handmk.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=11883

    Laura Schreffler, "Jeff Koons’ New Project Is Totally Out pf This World: He’s Launching A Permanent Exhibition on The Moon," Haute Living, November 28, 2022

    https://hauteliving.com/2022/11/jeff-koons-launching-permanent-space-exhibition/721902/

    Flaminio Gualdoni, Arte Contemporanea - I Protagonisti: 04- Koons, Italy: Corriere Della Serra, 2022, (color ill. p. 22).

    Film & Audio of Popeye, 2009-2011

    Inspiration Keynote 2022 | Adobe Creative Cloud, October 19, 2022.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3kq1yi6LJ8&ab_channel=AdobeCreativeCloud

    Jeff Koons genie ou spéculateur, May 10, 2021.

    The Intersection of Art and Technology with Jeff Koons and Jared Leto, RYOT, August 3, 2017.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRO4Z9FS1DQ&list=PLpfwmpHMP347fOwuRQHUjtdBvNR0sifSw&index=6

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzi_ev7Lg70

    Jeff Koons, Museum of Contemporary Art,June 12, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll-vICo7qoY&t=147s

    Jeff Koons, Internationally Known Artist from York County, Rotary Club of York, PA, January 18, 2017.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM75AE9AWiY&list=PLtSmhY0tBUBhbNU8lXk3j0GAS9zPALc3i&index=10

    Jeff Koons wants to give hope to Paris attacks, France 24, December 5, 2016.

    A conversation with Jeff Koons. Life and Career, Alberto Echegaray Guevara, October 14, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPxjMIzO6vw

    Jeff Koons: Diary of a Seducer, Directed by Alan Yentob, BBC Imagine, June 1, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-27B8gngS4g

    Art’s Ability to Shape Our Reality, Google Zietgeist, October 16, 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZWwqlcA50w

    Jeff Koons: The Painter & The Sculptor, July 3, 2012.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJLneVEmgu8

    Image of Popeye, 2009-2011, shown in Jeff’s talks and lectures:

    "Adobe Max: The Creativity Conference," Los Angeles, California [October 19, 2022]

    https://www.adobe.com/max/2022/speakers.html?Search=Jeff+koons

    "A Conversation with Jeff Koons," Aspen Ideas Festival, The Aspen Institute, Aspen, Colorado [August 10, 2017]

    https://www.aspeninstitute.org/videos/conversation-jeff-koons/

     "Studio in a School: Jeff Koons at P.S. 145," New York, New York [June 19, 2017]

    http://www.artfixdaily.com/artwire/release/9830-jeff-koons-visits-ps-145-in-manhattan-to-teach-art-class-as-part-

    "Jeff Koons with Norman Rosenthal and Tim Marlow,” The Royal Academy of Arts, London, England [October 3, 2016]

    "Jeff Koons and Hunter Drohojowska Philp in Conversation," Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California [September 27, 2016]

     “Jeff Koons on Sculpture,” The Frick Collection, New York, New York [April 24, 2014]

    “Artist Talk at Metzler Saal,” Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany [June 20, 2012]

    "Zabar Visiting Artist Series: Jeff Koons with Katy Siegel & Joachim Pissarro," Hunter, New York [May 15, 2012]

Popeye
2009–2012

granite and live flowering plants
78 x 52 3/8 x 28 3/8 inches
198.1 x 133 x 72.1 cm

Edition of 3 plus AP

  • New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Jeff Koons: A Retrospective, June 27 – October 19, 2014 (edition 2)

  • Marisa Mazria Katz, "Abu Dhabi Art," Whitewall, Spring 2010 (color ill., p. 30)

    Carol Vogel, “Think Big. Build Big. Sell Big,” The New York Times June 11, 2014 (color ill., rendering) http://nyti.ms/SNWKIC

    Ula Ilnytzky, "Jeff Koons' Whimsy Takes Over NYC Museum," ABC News, June 24, 2014

    Erik Maza, "Jeff Koons Anniversary Retrospective Opens at the Whitney," WWD, June 25, 2014 https://wwd.com/eye/parties/gallery/jeff-koons-retrospective-opens-at-the-whitney/ 

    Carol Vogel, “A 36-Hour Jeff Koons Marathon at the Whitney,” The New York Times, October 2, 2014

    Joséphine Bindé, "Dossier – Con Jeff Koons il Whitney Museum saluta la sua sede di New York," (text in French) Tempi (France), November 25, 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, exh. cat. (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2014), pp. 180 (color ill., rendering), p. 289

    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, exh. cat. (New York and Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2014), p. 188 (color ill., work in progress, visualization), p. 301

    Antonio Damasio, Jeffrey Deitch, Isabelle Graw, Achim Hochdörfer, Michelle Kuo, Rachel Kushner, Pamela M. Lee, Scott Rothkopf, and Alexander Nagel, Jeff Koons: Retrospectiva, exh. cat. (Bilbao: Guggenheim Bilbao, Companhia Empreendimento Sabará, 2015), p. 192 (color ill., rendering)

    "W Magazine: Fifty Years Fifty Stories," ed. Sara Moonves, Armand Limnander (New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2022) (color ill. p. 89 by Adrian Gaut)

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