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Jeff Koons’ Made in Heaven is the Public’s Best-Kept Secret

The Beginning of Jeff Koons’ Art Controversy It all began in 1989, when via an invitation by the Whitney Museum, and guest curator Marvin Heiferman, Jeff Koons created a piece focused on media for a billboard for the exhibition “Image World: Art and Media Culture.” Koons’ billboard promoted a fictional film named Made in Heaven. […]

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Duct-Taped Banana by Maurizio Cattelan Sells for $6.2 Million at Sotheby’s Auction

Banana Ductape

Introduction A banana taped to a wall is again shaking up the art world, fetching a staggering $6.2 million at a New York Sotheby’s auction. Named Comedian, the tongue-in-cheek piece by the Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan is a touchstone of the insanity, and genius, of modern art. Debuting at Art Basel Miami Beach in

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