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Jeff Koons: New Paintings and Sculpture - Opening Reception

Where: Gagosian Gallery Who was there: Guests included Jeff Koons, Larry Gagosian, Justine Koons, Maria Bell, Bill Bell, Michaela de Pury, Petra Nemcova, Julian Schnabel, Stella Schnabel, Rachel Feinstein, Lisa Marie Fernandez, Prabal Gurung, Dan Colen, Noot Saaer, Sandy Brant, Lauren Hutton, Helen Marden, Ingrid Sischy, Nicole Miller, Sandy Brant, Lauren Hutton, Helen Marden, Laurence Chandler, Harif Guzman, Amanda Brown,Simon de Pury, Michaela de Pury, Adam Cohen, and Michelle Hellman Cohen. Other details: Art appreciators and pop culture purveyors came together last night at Chelsea's Gagosian gallery for the opening of the new Jeff Koons exhibition. Spread throughout four rooms of the massive space, Koons's kitschy paintings featuring blow-up dolphins, graffitti-vandalized greek sculptures, and comic book references lined the walls while his vivid, hyper-glossy balloon animal sculptures took the main stage. Somewhere between the security guards urging viewers not to photograph the work and a giant red monkey balloon figure, there emerged a female figure clothed only in body paint. Needless to say the "no photos" effort was useless after that. [Photo: Jeff Koons, Larry Gagosian via BFA] [Jeff Koons, Julian Schnabel via @frenchdisko71] [Photo via Guest of a Guest]