Jeff Koons will return to Gagosian subsequent month with “Porcelain Collection,” his first solo present on the gallery since 2018’s “Easyfun-Ethereal” and his first main exhibition in New York in seven years. Opening November 13 at 541 West twenty fourth Avenue, the present marks Koons’s first devoted presentation of his “Porcelain” works—new and up to date sculptures and work that hint the continuity of magnificence and mythology throughout centuries.
Koons was amongst Gagosian’s marquee artists for almost 20 years earlier than leaving that gallery, and David Zwirner, in 2021 to affix Pace. His transfer to Tempo was framed on the time as a bid to focus on new work and production models, however no full-scale New York exhibition adopted. After three years with Tempo Koons rejoined Gagosian in 2025, debuting new work at Frieze New York this previous Might.
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Koons’s time at Tempo was temporary and reportedly turbulent. In 2024, Artnet Information columnist Kenny Schachter wrote {that a} new physique of porcelain-inspired sculptures—formidable even by Koons’s requirements—pushed the gallery into uncomfortable financial territory. Tempo had, in response to Schachter, introduced on outdoors traders and sunk tens of hundreds of thousands into fabrication earlier than the undertaking stalled over value overruns. When funding dried up, Koons left the gallery quickly after.
His vital and industrial standing has cooled lately. Though Rabbit (1986) nonetheless holds the file for the costliest work bought by a dwelling artist, his gross sales have slowed, and public consideration has waned. Nonetheless, Artnet Information reported final 12 months that a number of well-connected collectors and sellers have been quietly working to assist revive his market.
The “Porcelain” sculptures, modeled on 18th- to early-Twentieth-century collectible figurines, depict mythological figures like Diana and Venus alongside animals and lovers in mirror-polished chrome steel coated with clear colour. The accompanying oil work merge landscapes, gestural brushwork, and metallic leafing with engravings by Agostino Carracci, Marcantonio Raimondi, and Johann Sadeler.
“The Porcelain Collection is in dialogue with artwork from historic instances via historical past to this second,” Koons stated in a press release.
