The piece, a small, blue version of the artist's famous "balloon dog" series was on display during the preview event at the Art Wynwood gallery.
A number of guests initially thought the mishap was a piece of performance art or a stunt when it crashed to the ground.
I wouldn't pay that much for a car, but I'm not artistic.
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The people who pay that much aren't artistic either.
Perhaps Jeff was anti-vaxx or a Trumpist then this was morally right. Heck, he might've even been pro big oil, doubly right! Don't tell me he never used oil products.
Somebody destroyed something that looked like a balloon?
Without using a 4000000 dollar missile. Jings
In today's strange times a bag of the fragments will be worth more than the original.
Shakes the head slowly at human folly.
It just goes to show that American VIPs only pretend to like Koons because it's fashionable to do so.
Tammly - it would be interesting to find out what they think they are buying.
Anon - maybe an activist was trying to glue himself or herself to it.
Doonhamer - apparently someone has already offered to buy the bits.
James - it's the only thing to do.
Sam - maybe he knew the kind of work which would achieve that.
This nonsense demonstrates the difference between fiat - the 'dog' - and real money - gold & silver. For comparison, try smashing solid metals next time you lose £££s on ephemeral tat.
Ed - yes it is ephemeral tat - childish too. I don't know how anyone could look at it and not see it as childish.
There was a woman on Radio 4s PM yesterday warbling on about how ‘art’ is something that moves you and how therefore even accidental things can be art (or ‘happenings’ such as the shredding of the Banks painting a few years ago).
The word has come so far from its Latin origin meaning ‘skill’ or ‘craft’ that it has effectively ceased to have any meaning.
Macheath - it's as if middle class people still turn their noses up at that original meaning of art because skill and craft lack social status and also lack a certain mystique. They want the mystique and are prepared to pay for it.
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