Editor's note: this story was originally published in February 2023. Modern art is basically a con game. And by that I mean, the value of a piece of modern art is not intrinsically in the item, but in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and art collectors have their eyes on the shattered pieces of a Jeff Koons sculpture.

Imagine a nightmare set in an art gallery, only it's real. STEPHEN GAMSON: I was pointing to this Jeff Koons balloon dog sculpture and showing my friend. And just as I said that, the piece fell over, ...

Everyone — except Jeff Koons and his lawyers (maybe even his dealers) — knows the idea of trademarking the “balloon dog” is pretty ridiculous. Just to hammer home my point I thought it would be fun to ...