Tag: Guggenheim Bilbao

Jeff Koons, Michael Jackson and Bubbles (1988)

It’s the hair on the chimp. It’s as tousled as that of a Greek god. It’s as gilded as that of a Catholic saint. But it renders Bubbles more human than even Michael himself could have hoped for. Growing up in the 1980s, the name and existence of this pet…

Eduardo Chillida, From Within (1953)

It hangs like a chandelier designed to throw shade. You cannot walk beneath it without speculating on your own death. And it’s made of iron, technology of another age. The view’s not so great from this angle, but the form echoes a swastika. And that would be a treacherous swastika…