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Pop artist Jeff Koons at the 'Vanity Fair' kickoff for the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.

Jeff Koons retrospective debuts in Switzerland

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf
Pop artist Jeff Koons at the 'Vanity Fair' kickoff for the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
Pop artist Jeff Koons at the ‘Vanity Fair’ kickoff for the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.

BASEL, Switzerland (AFP) – Celebrated U.S. pop artist Jeff Koons made his Swiss debut on Friday with the launch of an exhibition of some of his most famous works including his Balloon Dog.

The Fondation Beyeler is hosting the show spanning the career of New York-based Koons, 57, and including about 50 pieces, among them a sculpture of the late Michael Jackson with his pet chimp, Bubbles.

The exhibition, which runs from May 13 to Sept. 2, is divided into three categories: “The New,” “Banality” and “Celebration.”