Art fair visitor breaks $42,000 Jeff Koons balloon dog sculpture

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Shiny blue sculpture shattered into thousands of pieces, with some collectors believing it was a stunt

Photograph: Nicolas Tucat/AFP/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Nicolas Tucat/AFP/Getty ImagesA collector visiting a contemporary art fair accidentally knocked over a small glass sculpture by the renowned artistThe shiny blue sculpture, one of Koons’ famous “balloon dog” series, was valued at $42,000 .

A bystander took a video as gallery employees swept up the glass shards. “I can’t believe somebody would knock that over,” a voice is heard to say on the footage.

 

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balloons aren't popular right now, who knows? maybe paranoia?

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