Art Jeff Koons on the Roof
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- Jeff Koons, Sacred Heart (Red/Gold), Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art
It's difficult to reconcile the Jeff Koons of topiary puppies, pool floaties, ornamental hearts, and oversized choo-choo trains with the man who once scandalized the art world with Made in Heaven, in which the artist did the nasty with his porn-star/politician ex-wife Ilona Staller (aka Cicciolina). But that's Koons: the same megalomaniac who insists on labeling "banal" that which his patrons find so extraordinary. This summer, on the heels of such stellar artists as Lichtenstein and Cai-Guo Qiang, Koons vacations on the roof of the Metropolitan with three mammoth sculptures worthy of the season: Balloon Dog (Yellow), Coloring Book, and Sacred Heart (Red/Gold).
Note: Prove yourself more polite than those Angelenos, and refrain from touching the sculptures.
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Apr 22 – Oct 26
Tuesdays–Thursdays (9:30am–5:30pm)
Fridays–Saturdays (9:30am–9pm)
Sundays (9:30am–5:30pm)
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Metropolitan Museum of Art (1000 5th Ave)
212.535.7710
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