Public Installation
Jeff Koons
Seated Ballerina
May 12–July 17, 2017
Rockefeller Center, New York
www.rockefellercenter.com
Known for his quest to inspire and preserve the same sense of wonder that marks the perceptions of children, Jeff Koons has returned for a third time to Rockefeller Center’s famed public art plinth—this time, to mount a 45-foot- tall, inflatable-nylon sculpture of a porcelain figurine, which will remain up until July 5. The piece, called Seated Ballerina and sponsored by Kiehl’s, was made to support and raise awareness of children’s issues for ICMEC (International Center for Missing and Exploited Children), whose mission Koons has supported for decades.
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Jeff Koons, Seated Ballerina, 2017 © Jeff Koons. Photo: om Powel Imaging
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Jeff Koons
Martin Kemp
Wednesday, May 8, 2019, 6–7:15pm
Sheldonian Theatre, University of Oxford, England
www.torch.ox.ac.uk
Jeff Koons will speak with Martin Kemp, emeritus professor of art history at the University of Oxford, England, about the inspiration behind the artist’s bold and provocative works, and what role they play in the world of contemporary art more broadly.
Jeff Koons. Photo: David Fisher
Artist Talk
Jeff Koons
Tuesday, June 5, 2018, 5:30pm
New York Institute of Technology
www.americansforthearts.org
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Photo: Branislav Jankic
Anniversary Release
Jeff Koons
Puppy (Vase)
Wednesday, May 30, 2018, 5–7pm
Gagosian Shop, New York
www.gagosian.com/shop
Gagosian Shop will unveil one hundred editions of Jeff Koons’s Puppy (Vase) (1998), available for sale. Koons will be in attendance to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of one of his most popular early editions. Combining Koons’s interest in domestic objects, classical beauty, and childlike joy, Puppy (Vase) is a glazed porcelain vase in the shape of a small white Highland terrier, its wiry hair expertly articulated. The editions were produced in 1998, only a few years after the completion of Puppy (1992), Koons’s monumental topiary sculpture that is permanently installed at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. To attend the free event, RSVP to puppyvase@gagosian.com.
Puppy (Vase) is also available at the Gagosian Shop and on Artsy.
Jeff Koons, Puppy (Vase), 1998 © Jeff Koons
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