Tag: Jeff Koons

Drawing the line somewhere: writing for free about art

Art Rules was a shortlived online experiment from the ICA and in 2013 I was one of many people asked for some wisdom. “Don’t plan on getting paid or laid,” I wrote. “The work is its own reward.” Well, Lucky pdf, an arts collective who are much cooler than me, wrote…

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…