Art Show Visitor Shatters Jeff Koons ‘Balloon Dog’ Sculpture Worth $42,000: ‘Very, Very Sorry’

Florida Guest at a Florida Hotel Art Show One of the sculptures was knocked off its pedestal and shattered beyond repair.

Art Wynwood witnesses at the annual event Miami One female art collector declared that she had destroyed an entire collection. “Balloon Dog” Jeff Koons, artist. He caused the statue to fall and then break into hundreds of pieces. The porcelain sculpture measures 16 inches by 19 inches and was worth $42,000.

It took place during the fair’s V.I.P. Preview night for art collectors, and industry insiders

“The collector never intended to break the sculpture, in fact she never touched it with her hands,” the gallery’s district manager, Cédric Boero Submitted CNN. “It was the opening cocktail, lots of people were on our booth, she gave unintentionally a little kick in the pedestal, which was enough to cause the sculpture to fall down.”

“This kind of thing unfortunately happens, that is why the artwork was covered by insurance,” He went on.

During this time, an eyewitness Submitted According to the New York Times, the woman touched the statue with her finger. 

Stephen Gamson, local artist and collector, said to the publication that he thought the accident had been a natural disaster. “performance” at first. “Before I knew it, they were picking up the Jeff Koons pieces in a dustpan with a broom,” He went on. 

“When this thing fell to the ground, it was like how a car accident draws a huge crowd on the highway,” Gamson stated.

“Life just stopped for 15 minutes with everyone around,” Boero Submitted The incident was reported by the NYT. He said that the woman who shatter the piece was “very, very sorry” “just wanted to disappear.”

Koons is a York resident and is well-known for his balloon sculptures. He has 799 variations. These sculptures are a range of sizes, from 10 inches to more than 10 feet high. According to the artist’s statement, he is planning to send one his sculptures to Mars next.

A sculpture by Koons will be called “2019” “Rabbit” Christie’s New York was able to sell this item for $91,000,000 in 1986. This was the highest-selling art piece at auction by a living artist.  

The artist Sold “Balloon Dog (Orange)” For $58.4 Million in 2013.

One collector asked the gallery owner whether they could buy the broken pieces. However, at the time the NYT published the story, that offer hadn’t been accepted. In the meantime, the broken pieces of sculpture are being kept in a box until insurance reviews are completed.