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Art
Jeff Koons on the Roof

When

Apr 22 – Oct 26

Tuesdays–Thursdays (9:30am–5:30pm)

Fridays–Saturdays (9:30am–9pm)

Sundays (9:30am–5:30pm)

Where
Metropolitan Museum of Art (1000 5th Ave, 212.535.7710)
Price
$20 suggested donation
Details
http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId={5F785871-78A9-41C4-AEDA-773CA0F10F03}
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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).

Joel Withrow