“When this thing fell to the ground, it was like how a car accident draws a huge crowd on the highway,” said Stephen Gamson, a Wynwood-based artist and art collector.
“Bowl with Eggs” by Jeff Koons was one of the most popular works at the Art Basel VIP opening day at the Miami Beach Convention Center.
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.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.
Thankfully for her, there was no “if you break it, you buy it” policy at the booth. Bénédicte Caluch, an art advisor withThe 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.The Koons sculpture at the Bel-Air Fine Art booth before it was broken.Banksy’s artwork was shredded.Gamson and Caluch both said they had never seen an artwork break at a fair before.
“I find value in it even when it’s broken,” Gamson said. “To me, it’s the story. It makes the art even more interesting.”, in partnership with Journalism Funding Partners, as part of an independent journalism fellowship program. The Miami Herald maintains full editorial control of this work.
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