Jeff Koons’s Split-Rocker Permanently Installed at LACMA’s New David Geffen Galleries
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has permanently installed Jeff Koons’s monumental sculpture Split-Rocker (2000) in the public space surrounding the new David Geffen Galleries. The thirty-seven-foot-tall living sculpture, featuring over 45,000 flowering plants, was unveiled alongside the gallery opening on April 19, 2026. The work utilizes an internal irrigation system and drought-tolerant flora specifically selected for the Southern California climate.
- Artists: Jeff Koons
- People: David Geffen
- Galleries: Gagosian
- Museums: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA
- Locations: Los Angeles
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