Jeff Koons' Retrospective at the Whitney Museum Was Tagged With Graffiti Again

During the closing event for the exhibition, a man pulled out a can of spraypaint and tagged a wall on the fourth floor.

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During the "36 Hours of Koons" closing event for Jeff Koons' retrospective at the Whitney Museum, a man wearing Timbs and a matching jacket whipped out some spraypaint and tagged the fourth-floor wall behind the Hanging Heart sculpture. The vandal, who was identified by the New York Times as 33-year-old Christopher Johnson, was arrested on Sunday for criminal mischief, making graffiti, possession of a graffiti instrument and criminal nuisance.

According to ANIMAL, Johnson tried to spell the word "PRICELESS" as a shout out to the PPP graffiti crew but misspelled the tag.

 

Social media photos from visitors to the exhibition show Johnson tagging the wall then leaving the area. He reported "struggled with museum security guards" before being taken into custody. One security guard hit visitors with the Kanye shrug and said that it happened while he was on his break.

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The retrospective was first vandalized back in August by a performance artist who chose blood over paint to get his message across. No art was damaged in either incident.

[via New York Times]

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