Art: a collector pushes a sculpture over at an art fair – 40,000 euros in damage

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Collector pushes valuable sculpture over at art fair – 40,000 euros damage

Jeff Koons with dog. A similar work of art has now been destroyed in the United States.

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“Please do not touch” – every art fan knows this sign well enough. Only one visitor to an art fair in the USA was unfamiliar with the principle. With serious consequences: She accidentally destroyed a work of art by Jeff Koons worth tens of thousands of euros.

Jeff Koons is known and famous on the international art market for his sculptures. Above all, the sculptures, which look like balloon animals, have become a distinctive feature of the US artist. Now there is one less of them, because a collector destroyed one of the valuable “Ballooon Dogs” with her clumsy behavior at a trade fair.

According to artist Stephen Gamson, who was also present at the fair, the woman knocked on the shiny blue sculpture. While some visitors initially thought the incident was an art performance, Gamson himself has a completely different incredible theory: it seemed to him that the woman wanted to test with her knock whether the sculpture was not would trade a real balloon.

A few seconds later, the visitor could only see the result on the floor: the work of art fell from its display case due to the treatment and “smashed into a thousand pieces” there, as Gamson told a US television station – a balloon would have been on the fall almost a meter probably reacted differently.

This knowledge now has a high price: Koons’ works are generally considered expensive, the affected dog itself is estimated at around 42,000 dollars (about 40,000 euros). Luck in disguise: According to an expert in the “Miami Herald”, the visitor will probably not have to pay for the costs herself, an insurance company will pay for the damage.

Painter and sculptor Jeff Koons draws inspiration for his work from everyday objects such as balloon animals. His balloon dog is available in various sizes, from around 30 centimeters to ten meters in height.

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