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Yes, It Exists: Tchotchkes And Their Fucked Up Thoughts

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If you’ve ever walked past your bookshelf and felt, just felt, that your bobblehead was giving you the side-eye, you’re not paranoid — you’re perceptive. In her hilarious new release, Tchotchkes and Their F*cked-Up Thoughts (The Collective Book Studio, $15.95), Elisabeth Saake confirms what many of us suspected all along: our collectibles have opinions, and most of them are deeply unhinged.
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Modern Art Monday Presents: Jeff Koons, Bluebird Planter

Koons Bluebird Planter
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As part of the gallery’s anniversary of 25 Years in business, David Zwirner on 20th Street is currently hosting an exhibit of works by a selection of the major artists it represents. Being a major Jeff Koons fan, my favorite piece in the show is Bluebird Planter: a piece from Koons‘ Banality series (2010 – 2016) created in the artists signature mirror-polished stainless steel, with a transparent color coating, and a space on top of the sculpture for live flowering plants.

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