Overview

• Gagosian announced it will once again represent Jeff Koons, formalizing his return to the gallery.
• At Frieze New York in May, Gagosian showed three “Hulk Elvis” sculptures from Koons’s collection and sold Hulk (Tubas) for an undisclosed price.
• Artnet’s Kenny Schachter has reported that Koons’s split with Pace followed funding strains on a Meissen-inspired series backed by outside investors estimated at $50 million to $100 million.
• Koons’s auction totals fell from $111 million in 2019 to $29.8 million in 2024, though Rabbit (1986) continues to hold the living-artist auction record at $91.1 million.
• Gagosian previously mounted 13 solo exhibitions of Koons across Beverly Hills, London, Hong Kong, and New York, reflecting a long-standing relationship.