Violet Hudson

Has the bubble burst?

Vast sums still slosh around in unregulated ‘free ports’, and one Qatari museum’s budget is said to run to $1billion per annum

issue 03 February 2018

  • The Orange Balloon Dog: Bubbles, Turmoil and Avarice in the Contemporary Art Market

    Don Thompson

    Aurum, pp. 128

I always suspected I disliked Jeff Koons, until I saw one of his monumental pieces at Frieze London a few years ago. Then it was confirmed. Cynicism seemed to ooze out of every millimetre of his vast, shiny sculpture. It was vividly apparent that this artwork wasn’t about beauty or transcendence or emotion.

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