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Jeff Koons’s Winter Bears Sells for $7.6 M. at Christie’s, Highest Price Ever Achieved for an Artwork in a Mid-Season Sale
If the $7.6 million paid for a four-foot-tall set of smiling wooden bears has anything to do with it, the price point for the mid-season sales at the major auction houses might be about to go up. Last Thursday, Christie’s sold Jeff Koons’s 1988 sculpture Winter Bears (1988) with a pre-sale estimate of $3.8 million–$5 read more
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Jeff Koons Says He ‘Did Not Have a Relationship’ with Jeffrey Epstein After Appearing in Files
After correspondence between Jeff Koons and Jeffrey Epstein‘s representatives emerged last month via a newly released set of files, the artist distanced himself from the convicted sex offender. Among those files is an email from Koons to Epstein’s assistant, confirming his presence at a dinner held at Epstein’s house, as ARTnews previously reported. Other documents read more
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When Jeff Koons Met Epstein
Daily Newsletter New revelations from the Epstein files, a hilarious protest against Melania’s doc, the problem with archival art, our monthly crossword, and more. Another batch of the Epstein files is out, and unsurprisingly, the art world makes an appearance. Jeff Koons confirmed that he attended a dinner party at the convicted sex trafficker’s Upper read more
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Jeff Koons Attended Dinner Party at Jeffrey Epstein’s House
Artist Jeff Koons attended a dinner party organized by Jeffrey Epstein in 2013, years after the financier was first convicted of soliciting sex from a minor, according to emails released by the Department of Justice (DOJ) last week. In 2013, Epstein specifically requested that Koons attend a September 4 dinner party at his Upper East read more
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