Celebrities
The painting was even circling among celebrities. Justin Bieber, years before the work had been shredded at an auction, got a tattoo of the ‘Girl with Balloon’ on his arm. After he did that, it only helped secure the image spot in pop culture and among other celebrities and regular people.
Celebrities, like it or not, are very influential and if one of them gets a tattoo, needless to say, the masses will try to copy that style. So Justin Bieber, being the mega-celebrity that he was, spread the influence of the image just about to every four corners of the earth.