Woman accidentally breaks $42,000 Jeff Koons sculpture at Art Wynwood in Miami

Don’t touch the art, people. That cute little balloon dog just might be a $42,000 porcelain sculpture.

A woman attending Art Wynwood, a contemporary art fair in downtown Miami, accidentally broke a pricey sculpture by world-famous artist Jeff Koons Thursday night. The shiny, electric blue sculpture was on display at Bel-Air Fine Art’s booth during the fair’s VIP Preview event.



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Gamson, a Koons fan, was walking around Art Wynwood with a friend when he spotted the blue balloon dog sculpture sitting on an acrylic stand.

“It was really the star of this booth,” he said.

As soon as he pointed out the sculpture to his friend, Gamson said he saw an older woman tap the sculpture, immediately knocking it off the pedestal. The artwork loudly shattered into pieces, shocking everyone nearby and attracting a horde of people.

Though he doesn’t know for certain, Gamson said he assumes that the woman tapped the sculpture because she was curious if it was a real balloon. It was not.

Thankfully for her, there was no “if you break it, you buy it” policy at the booth. Bénédicte Caluch, an art advisor with Bel-Air Fine Art, said the artwork was covered by insurance. No hard feelings.

The woman was an art collector who did not mean to break the piece, Caluch said. Art fair staff quickly swept up the pieces, and nobody was hurt. Though it was a shame that the sculpture shattered, she said the gallery took it in stride.

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