Art
Jeff Koons on the Roof
- When
Apr 22, 2008 – Oct 26, 2008
Tuesdays–Thursdays (9:30am–5:30pm)
Fridays–Saturdays (9:30am–9pm)
Sundays (9:30am–5:30pm)
- Where
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1000 Fifth Ave at 82nd St, 212.535.7710) Directions: Main Building: Take the 4, 5, or 6 train to 86th Street and walk to Fifth Avenue; OR take the M1, M2, M3, or M4 bus along Fifth Avenue. The Cloisters: Take the A train to 190th Street and walk, or transfer to the M4 bus and ride north one stop.
- 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).
