Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Balloon ...

The BGT judge, 53, was given a tutorial on how to sculpt a classic balloon dog on Heart Breakfast by professional balloon artist Lisa. But as she attempted to pump up the balloon and twist it into ...

Jeff Koons, best known for his Balloon Dog sculptures that have sold for as much as $58 million, has collaborated with Lexon Design and The Broad museum in Los Angeles to make his iconic artworks more ...

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 ...

When one of Jeff Koons’s massive Balloon Dog sculptures sold at Christie’s New York this past November for $58.4 million it made him the most expensive living artist anywhere. At a recent party at ...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and art collectors have their eyes on the shattered pieces of a Jeff Koons sculpture. “Balloon Dog (Blue),” a $42,000 porcelain sculpture from the neo-Pop artist, ...

If balloon dogs weren’t so easily recognizable and reproducible, if they weren’t so commonplace and lowbrow, his shiny gigantic ones would have no meaning, power, or existence.

Welcome to a new NPR series where we spotlight the people and things making headlines — and the stories behind them. If we're being honest, the main character in this story is the woman who bumped ...