Overview

• The gallery formally accessioned the 2.7-metre-tall yellow stainless-steel sculpture during its official unveiling on August 6
• Collectors Steve and Kylie Shelley, who had lent the work since 2018, donated it in late 2024 so it could remain on permanent public display
• Independent advisors have valued the gift at approximately $20 million, making it one of the NGA’s most valuable donations
• The unveiling coincided with Koons’s visit under the National Gallery’s American Friends visiting creatives program
• This marks the NGA’s first acquisition from Koons’s “Antiquity” series as part of its broader effort to bolster modern and contemporary holdings