Railing 2,799 Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 A $42,000 limited edition blue porcelain balloon dog sculpture by world-famous artist Jeff Koons has been smashed by an art collector in downtown Miami. The shiny, electric blue sculpture was on display at the Bel-Air Fine Art's booth during the Art Wynwood contemporary art fair on Thursday. Art enthusiast Stephen Gamson said that he pointed out the sculpture to a friend when he saw an older woman tap the sculpture, knocking it off the pedestal and loudly shattering into pieces. Gamson said that he believes the woman had tapped the sculpture because she was curious to see if it was a real balloon, learning the hard way, that it was not. Source Spoiler apologies for the slightly clickbaity title Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AURAOFSHEISSE 6,517 Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 The woman tapping it “Hands on your knees, I’m Angelina Jolie” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 Gaga after being asked about Act II Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipper 13,114 Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 How hard did the woman "tap" the sculpture for it to be knocked off the platform and then shatter? And will the woman pay for this or is this under the museum's/art gallery's accidental insurance? I don't think $42k is that big if you take into account the cost of an accidental health insurance if someone slipped in their art gallery and sues them. 🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶🩶 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
REALITY 80,176 Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 Welp, ACT II is now cancelled 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔪𝔬𝔫𝔰𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔱𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔴𝔞𝔶 𝔦𝔱𝔰 𝔪𝔞𝔰𝔨 𝔞𝔫𝔡...𝔦𝔱𝔰 𝔣𝔞𝔠𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔢. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horny Chicken 10,945 Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
COOOK 76,406 Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 I swear just last night I accidentally broke mine and had to throw it away... those things are extremely sensible- although mine was red and was actually a piggy bank Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rat Boy 43,847 Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 11 minutes ago, Railing said: he believes the woman had tapped the sculpture because she was curious to see if it was a real balloon, learning the hard way, that it was not. "****ing rat" - @Dynamite Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purrrrrr 18,133 Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 if it falls that easily from being 'tapped' why was it exposed to being touched Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanxjensen 134 Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 How was it not secured in place & protected? Someone could literally walk out with one.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bylukapekic 1,081 Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 I thought it was Gaga’s one www.lukapekic.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fame 4,288 Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 "...has been smashed by an art collector...an older woman tap[ped] the sculpture, knocking it off the pedestal and loudly shattering into pieces." I REALLY doubt an actual art collector (at a Koons exhibit no less) would just tap on a sculpture like a freaking monkey. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebeldeFaith 5,759 Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 Get another one from AliExpress or Wish. Can I vanish into a cheeseburger pizza? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicaSkas 24,042 Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 This is terrible. I just saw that on display with @PartySick and @SamanthaC Do YOU own the 4' by 6' Perfect Illusion promo Poster? Will pay you for it. Pic: http://i.imgur.com/UWuzumk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rat Boy 43,847 Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, ChicaSkas said: This is terrible. I just saw that on display with @PartySick and @SamanthaC Was @PartySick the one who "tapped" it? "****ing rat" - @Dynamite Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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