Overview
Working with seductive commercial materials (such as the high-chromium stainless steel of his unique large-scale Balloon Dogs, or his vinyl inflatables), Koons turns banal objects into icons of high art. Famous for creating large Balloon Dogs in Blue, Magenta, Red, Orange, and Yellow, Koons produces sculpture that seems to defy gravity and appear weightless. His “Orange Balloon Dog” sold at Christie’s in November 2013 for a record high of $58.4 million, becoming the most expensive work of art by a living artist ever sold at auction.
Museums and Public Collections
Arken Museum of Modern Art, Denmark
Art Institute of Chicago
Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Norway
Broad Art Foundation
Chateau de Versailles, France
Daimler Chrysler Collection, Berlin
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
Groninger Museum, Netherlands
Guggenheim, Berlin
Guggenheim, Bilbao
Guggenheim, New York
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, Texas
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
Palazzo Grassi, Venice
Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, Saint Louis, Missouri
Rubell Family Collection, Miami, Florida
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art, Amsterdam
Tate Gallery, London
Walker Art Center, Minnesota
Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State University
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York