American artist Jeff Koons, who is best known for his reproductions of banal objects, has had a monumental year. In addition to a major installation (which closed last month) at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York, Koons is the subject of a retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art -- the institution’s final exhibit before moving to its new location in the Meatpacking District. The exhibition has been so popular, that the Whitney will stay open for 36 hours before the landmark retrospective closes on October 19. After its run at the Whitney, the Koons retrospective will head to the Centre Pompidou in Paris, where it will coincide with a display of works at the Musée du Louvre that will include examples of the artist’s “Balloon Rabbit,” “Balloon Swan,” and “Balloon Monkey” sculptures.

Beyond the museum world, the Koons craze is now spilling into New York’s fall auction season.