Jeff Koons' "Untitled (Girl wih Dolphin and Monkey)" was commissioned by the Whitney Museum of American Art in 2006. It features a young brunette pinup girl straddling an inflatable dolphin while kissing an inflatable monkey. No one is entirely sure where exactly this idea came from, but it's a perfect image of sexy, silly kitsch. The photo is one of an edition of 25 and is still hung at the Whitney in New York.  

One of the largest tourist draws to New York City has been the newly developed High Line, and artist Jeff Koons has proposed hanging a massive steam locomotive over it dangling from a crane. The sculpture would be a replica 1943 Baldwin 2900 steam locomotive titled “Train.”

One of the largest tourist draws to New York City has been the newly developed High Line, and artist Jeff Koons has proposed hanging a massive steam locomotive over it dangling from a crane.  The sculpture would be a replica 1943 Baldwin 2900 steam locomotive titled “Train.”

This should be an interesting film: Skin, where director Ryan Hope has made a stylistic production to examine tattoo art and culture as "high art." The film "tests the boundaries of art and the human body," and gathers interviews with Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons and Raymond Pettibon about to look at the evolving genre.

We received a nice message today from Takashi Murakami's Kaikai Kiki Co in advance of their benefit auction with Christie's for the victims of Japan’s Tohoku-Pacific Earthquake. The benefit will include artists such as Damien Hirst, KAWS, Jeff Koons, Mr., Murakami, Yoshitomo Nara, Gabriel Orozco, Aya Takano, Luc Tuymans, and many others.