Ｊ・クーンズ氏作品、来場者が倒し粉々に 米マイアミ

【マイアミＡＦＰ＝時事】米マイアミのアートフェアで、米アーティスト、ジェフ・クーンズ氏のガラス彫刻を来場者がうっかり倒し、粉々になる出来事があった。（写真はジェフ・クーンズ氏と「バルーン・ドッグ」作品の一つ）
　粉々になったのは「バルーン・ドッグ」シリーズの青い小型サイズの作品。４万２０００ドル（約５６０万円）相当の価値がある。
　芸術地区ウィンウッドで行われていたＶＩＰ向け内覧会での出来事で、中にはパフォーマンスアートや演出だと思った人もいた。クーンズ氏は会場にはいなかった。
　作品のスポンサーであるベルエア・ファインアートは地元紙マイアミ・ヘラルドに、来場者の女性は作品を壊すつもりはなかったとし、保険で補償されると述べた。
　クーンズ氏の作品はオークションで９１００万ドル（約１２２億円）の値が付くこともある。
　「バルーン・ドッグ」シリーズは３０センチ弱から３メートルを超えるものまで大きさはさまざまで、鮮やかな色をしている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/02/20-12:51）

A collector visiting a contemporary art fair accidentally toppled over a small glass sculpture by renowned artist Jeff Koons, shattering it to pieces.
The shiny blue sculpture, one of Koons' famous balloon dog series, was valued at $42,000.
The mishap occurred during a VIP preview at Art Wynwood in Miami, and some collectors thought it was performance art or a staged stunt.
The sculpture sat alone on an acrylic base emblazoned with Koons's surname.
I saw this woman was there, and she was tapping (the sculpture), and then the thing fell over and shattered into thousands of pieces, artist Stephen Gamson told a Fox News affiliate in Miami.
Gamson told reporters he thought the woman tapped on the artwork to see if it was a real balloon.
A bystander took a video as gallery employees swept up the glass shards.
I can't believe somebody would knock that over, a voice is heard to say on the video.
Benedicte Caluch, an art advisor with Bel-Air Fine Art, which sponsored the Koons piece, told the Miami Herald that the woman did not mean to break the piece and that insurance would cover the damage.
Koons, who was not present, is an American painter and sculptor who draws inspiration from everyday objects, including balloon animals. His works challenge notions of what is fine art, even as they have auctioned for as high as $91 million.
His balloon dog sculptures vary in size, from less than a foot (30 centimeters) in height to over 10-feet (three-meters) tall, and come in vivid colors.