$42k Balloon Dog Sculpture Pops After Museum Leaves Within Reach of Clumsy Woman
A dainty sculpture by artist Jeff Koons meant to look like a blue balloon dog is now a whole lot of pieces after it was knocked off its pedestal and promptly shattered. The incident took place at Art Wynwood in Miami…
A dainty sculpture by artist Jeff Koons meant to look like a blue balloon dog is now a whole lot of pieces after it was knocked off its pedestal and promptly shattered.
The incident took place at Art Wynwood in Miami during a VIP reception on Feb. 16. according to The New York Times.
Koons sculpts pieces of all sizes to look like dogs made out of balloons. The piece on display was titled “Balloon Dog (Blue)” and was valued at about $42,000, according to CNN.
It was about 16 inches tall and 19 inches long and had been sitting atop a large, transparent rectangle, according to the Times.
Until it was no longer there.
“Before I knew it, they were picking up the Jeff Koons pieces in a dustpan with a broom,” Art collector Stephen Gamson told the Times.
The aftermath of the accident was “kind of like a car accident on the highway, where people start looking and then there’s traffic and then it becomes this big thing,” Gamson said.