Jeff Koons's Louvre exhibition canceled over funding issues
A planned exhibition of Jeff Koons's large-scale balloon sculptures at the Louvre has been canceled due to insufficient funding. The show was scheduled to open in January 2015 and would have displayed works in the museum's 19th century galleries. This cancellation follows Koons's 2008 exhibition at Versailles and coincides with his major retrospective at the Centre Pompidou, which runs through 27 April 2015. The Art Newspaper reported the news on 11 February 2015.
Key facts
- Jeff Koons planned a major exhibition at the Louvre
- The exhibition was scheduled to open in January 2015
- The show was canceled due to 'lack of funding'
- The exhibition would have featured large-scale balloon sculptures
- Works were to be displayed in the Louvre's 19th century galleries
- Koons exhibited at Versailles in 2008
- Koons has a retrospective at the Centre Pompidou through 27 April 2015
- The Art Newspaper reported the cancellation on 11 February 2015
Entities
Artists
- Jeff Koons
Institutions
- Louvre
- Centre Pompidou
- The Art Newspaper
Locations
- Paris
- France
- Versailles