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Jeff Koons with a bag from his Masters Collection collaboration with Louis Vuitton.

Jeff Koons Makes Old Masters This Spring’s Must-Have Accessories Trend

The Masters Collection features recognizable works by Da Vinci, Fragonard, Rubens, Titian and Van Gogh all printed on leather bags, scarfs and keychains.
By Alanna Martinez
Detail from Gazing Ball: Manet Luncheon on the Grass (Courtesy Gagosian Gallery)

Jeff Koons’ Masterpiece Theatre at Gagosian

Each painting comes with its own blue blown-glass “gazing ball,” balanced on an aluminum shelf affixed to the canvas, that allows a simultaneous exaggerated view of the paintings, the viewer, the room. (It’s Duchampian, noted Mr. Koons.)
By Robin Cembalest
Jeff Koons, with a Jeff Koons Hermes Birkin Bag, which is now a Jeff Koons Readymade work called Birkin Bag (Shelf). (Courtesy Patrick McMullan)

Jeff Koons Brings Birkin Bags and Gazing Balls to the Project Perpetual Auction

Last night upon walking into The Four Seasons, it seemed as though Aby Rosen had found a suitable replacement for the giant Picasso that he ordered be taken down after a half century. There, placed on eight daises, were eight Birkin Bags, the pricy Hermès arm weights illuminated as if they were art.
By Nate Freeman

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