Posts Tagged ‘Jeff Koons’
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

Batman inspired Thierry Mugler boat - The Thierry Mugler Spire Speedboat
Speed-freaks and fashionistas will dig the Batman boat by runway designer Thierry Mugler modeled by Spire Boat Builder, set to debut in September this year in the 2011 Monaco Yacht show. The boat is a blend of nostalgic 50s era chrome and tailfin-inspired car aesthetic with the comic book style of Bat mobiles. But designing for a floating lifestyle maybe a new trend.

Aquariva by Marc Newson
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Tags: Aquariva by Marc Newson, Dakis Joannou, Dennis Ingemansson, Gagosian, Italian, Jeff Koons, Monaco, Roy Lichtenstein, speed boat, speedboat, Thierry Mugler, Yacht
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
By Kiša Lala

Simon de Pury, turning law and reason on its head, in front of Maurizio Cattelan's Frank and Jaime, 2002. Edition of 3. Estimated at $1-1.5 million. Photo credit:Kisa Lala
Let the drum-rolls begin – Simon dePury, the market-savvy chairman of Phillips de Pury & Company, was at hand to christen the new Park Avenue location for the inaugural preview of the Part 1- Contemporary Art Evening Sale. The collection, entitled ‘Carte Blanche,’ curated by Phillipe Segalot, former international head of Christie’s Contemporary Art, is scheduled for auction November 8, 2010, with a low-estimate of $80,000,000.
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Tags: Andy Warhol, Christie's, Jeff Koons, Kisa Lala, Maurizio Cattelan, Paul McCarthy, Phillipe Segalot, Phillips de Pury, Richard Prince, Simon de Pury, Sotheby's, Stephanie Seymour, Takashi Murakami, Walter Benjamin
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Friday, October 8th, 2010
By Kiša Lala

Jeff Koons, Hand on Breast, Courtesy of Luxembourg and Dayan Gallery
It has been twenty years since Jeff Koons’ show Made in Heaven opened at Sonnabend to busloads of cruising tourists – unleashing endless debate, was it art, was it porn, and did it successfully titillate…the mind?
Made in Heaven has come back down to earth, to the Upper East side gallery, Luxembourg and Dayan where it is celebrating its 20th anniversary incarnation, and remains if not new, surprisingly timeless. The gallery has released a catalogue of the works with an informative essay by Alison Gingeras in which she posits that Koons’ career can be dissected in terms of what came before and after the exhibition of these paintings, “with Made in Heaven he broke away from the aloof and ironic sphere of the art world ‘brat pack’ into a perilous zone of full exposure,” she says. Although Koons’ reputation for cheekiness was already established by such works as Michael Jackson and Bubbles, (1988), and his stainless steel Rabbit, (1986), he catapulted into celebrity after his collaboration with Illona Staller (better known by her porn-star moniker, Cicciolina) who was already at the time a championed porn-star member of parliament.
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Tags: Alison Gingeras, Cicciolina, Illona Staller, Jeff Koons, Kisa Lala, Luxembourg and Dayan
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
By JRS

Gavin Brown's Enterprise transformed
On Saturday night, Gavin Brown’s West Village Enterprise played host to the launch of Rob Pruitt’s first collective monograph, Pop Touched Me. A Barbour-clad Pruitt sat perched behind a table, taking up to five minutes to personalize each patron’s book (while an annoyed Brown shouted at him to “hurry it along”). A pack of gum was an essential prop, as he chewed a new piece for each book, spitting it into the title page and, folding it over so as not to stick, inscribed, “My DNA” above. (more…)
Tags: Gavin Brown, Jeff Koons, Jeffrey Deitch, MOCA, Rob Pruitt
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Monday, March 8th, 2010
By JRS

In 1985, when billionaire Greek industrialist Dakis Joannou bought the first piece of his now world-renowned contemporary art collection—a basketball signed by Dr. Jay submerged in a tank of water and simply titled “Equilibrium”—it started two chain reactions. One, Mr. Koons would never have to worry about people buying his work again, as Jonnau has been very successful in buying up most of it for his monolithic museum in Athens. Secondly, Joannou would be very adept in helping to solidify emerging artists and future greats (Terrence Koh, Cindy Sherman, Takashi Murakami), as well as helping to shape the very nature of collecting. (more…)
Tags: Charles Ray, cindy sherman, Dakis Joannou, Dan Altmejd, Dan Colen, Dash Snow, Ed Paschke, Jeff Koons, Maurizio Cattelan, Paul McCarthy, Paula Jones, Rob Pruitt, Stanley Kubrick, Takashi Murakami, Terence Koh, Tony Shafrazi, Urs Fischer
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
By Kiša Lala

François Pinault with the architect Tadao Ando on the Grand Canal. Photo: Graziano Arici
At the entrance to the city of Venice, parting the waters between the Giudecca and the Grand Canal like a ship’s prow, is the Dogana di Mare, the Sea Custom House from 1677. The Dogana was the port of entry policing the lucrative trade from the Silk Road of exotic cargo from the Orient and a beacon of medieval power, like the Lighthouse of ancient Alexandria. Long neglected, this crumbling decaying watchtower reclaimed attention when it was sought by the Guggenheim Foundation,which with Zaha Hadid as architect, coveted its premises to host its own collection. But in the end, Venice favoured François Pinault’s plans, who, having dropped the Île Seguin project on the Seine, was looking for a second home for his private collections, already installed in the Palazzo Grassi across the canal. (more…)
Tags: Alison M. Gingeras, Bourgeois Bust, Chapman Brothers, Charles Ray, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Francesco Bonami, François Pinault, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Jeff Koons, Kisa Lala, Maurizio Cattelan, Maurzio Catellan, Palazzo Grassi, Paul McCarthy, Punta della Dogana, Tadao Ando
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
By JRS

A self portrait of the one and only Michelle du Bois
This Friday night marks the opening of Zoe Crosher’s latest chapter in the ongoing saga of Michelle du Bois, the American-born escort who worked her way across the Pacific Rim in the 70s and 80s. It still remains a mystery as to how exactly Crosher obtained these photographs—and she’s not telling, though it is speculated that du Bois herself bequeathed the massive archive to her fellow shutterbug. (more…)
Tags: Jeff Koons, Leslie Grant, Michelle du Bois, New Museum, Zoe Crosher
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
By JRS
Nothing could stop Art Basel from having another successful year in Miami. Not a recession, not adverse conditions—though heavy rain and flooding destroyed a few works of art—could keep the droves of people from returning to south Florida and jamming the aisles of all participating spaces and the streets of the Design District.
What felt like most of Miami—and New York, LA, and Europe’s art communities—flocked mostly to the Miami Convention Center in search of fine art and design. The more adventurous patrons made their way across the causeway and back to the mainland.
Comparing SCOPE to Art Basel at the Convention Center is like comparing the Uptown and Downtown scenes in New York; they’re total opposites. For those who have never been, Art Basel is made up of several different parts: Art Basel, SCOPE, Pulse, Art Asia, and the bevy of neighborhood galleries that fling open their doors during the week and curate exhibitions of their own. Truth be told, these are often the most interesting shows to experience, as they have no preconceptions and are akin to Dash’s old shows at Deitch circa 2005: completely uninhibited.

New York Street Artist Judith Supine's Newest Work
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Tags: Art Asia, Art Basel, Art Whino, Barry McGee, Basquiat, Charcoal Gallery, Deitch, Gagosian, Jeff Koons, Jeffrey Deitch, Judith Supine, Larry Gagosian, Liao Yibai, Miami, Mike Weiss, Pulse, Richard Prince, SCOPE, Shepard Fairey, Warhol
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Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
By JRS

"Untitled" by Urs Fischer, Marguerite de Ponty 2009. Mixed mediums.
There’s something to be said about an artist who doesn’t take himself too seriously, whose whimsical approach to his art can shine forth and resonate in those who know little about his previous work, connecting them to the piece as much as the adept patron.
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Tags: Dakis Joannou, Gabriel Orozco, Jeff Koons, Marguerite de Ponty, Massimiliano Gioni, New Museum, Roni Horn, Urs Fischer
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
By JRS

The Pruitt Award Is an empty champagne bottle surrounded by plastic ice, which is also a fully functioning lamp.
Was the art world ready for its Oscar moment? Regardless of that answer, the first annual Art Awards presented by Rob Pruitt took place last night in the Guggenheim’s rotunda. (more…)
Tags: Connie Butler, Cynthia Plaster Caster, Delusional Downtown Divas, Guggenheim, James Franco, Jeff Koons, Jeffrey Deitch, Jerry Saltz, Joan Jonas, Jonath, Julianne Moore, Kanye West, Kasper König, Kylie Minogue, Manzoni, Martin Kippenberger, Mary Heilmann, Museum of Modern Art, Picasso, Rob Pruitt, Ryan Trecartin
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