With the lunar touchdown of the Odysseus spacecraft on Thursday, the world’s most expensive living artist has now earned a new,
space-age superlative: His creation is now the first “authorized” work of art on the moon.
Jeff Koons poses with his moon-bound artwork. - From Jeff Koons/Instagram
So what is Koons exhibiting on the lonely lunar surface? Contained in the aforementioned box are 125 mini-sculptures of the moon, measuring about one inch in diameter. Called “Moon Phases,”
they show 62 phases of the moon as seen from Earth, 62 phases visible from other viewpoints in space, and one lunar eclipse.
Each sculpture is inscribed with the name of a groundbreaking figure in human history, including Aristotle, David Bowie, Leonardo da Vinci, Gandhi, Billie Holiday, Gabriel García Márquez,
Andy Warhol and Virginia Woolf. (The full list can be seen on the project’s website.)
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