Miami, destroys a Jeff Koons work: he wanted to check it wasn't a balloon

Incident at Miami’s Art Wynwood fair, which opened Friday and runs through today: a woman inadvertently destroyed a work by Jeff Koons. It was a specimen of his famous porcelain Balloon dog, which was on display at the Bel-Air Fine Art - Contemporary Art Galleries booth. Incredible the dynamics, according to the testimony of artist Stephen Gamson who witnessed the event and told Fox News: the sculpture was destroyed by a woman who wanted to make sure it was not really a balloon. The woman therefore allegedly gave the sculpture a few jabs, but it then fell, ending up in a thousand pieces. The whole thing happened on Thursday, during the preview of the fair reserved, as happens in almost all art fairs around the world, for so-called “VIPs.”

The sculpture had a value of $42,000: the damage will be covered by insurance, as the gallery made known. The Miami Herald newspaper also published a video showing the now-destroyed work and the public watching in curiosity, with someone wondering if that shattered pile is not an installation, and a man commenting “this is the most popular booth in the entire fair.” A gallery attendant pulls the audience away, and eventually an attendant is also seen using a broom and dustpan to remove the debris from Jeff Koons’ now former Balloon dog. Sad end for the American artist’s dog.

Miami, destroys a Jeff Koons work: he wanted to check it wasn't a balloon

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