Jeff Koons

‘There’s a raw energy’: Hydra, artists’ haven, still casts its spell

The Greek island has attracted poets, writers and musicians for over 8o years, from Henry Miller to Leonard Cohen and Jeff Koons

Helena Smith in Hydra

07, Aug, 2022 @2:31 PM

Jeff Koons painted white with flowers in his hair: Martin Schoeller’s best photograph

‘I had four hours with him. I also took five coloured sheep along to the shoot, as well as some helium balloons with his face on them. But this simple image was stronger’

Interview by Graeme Green

13, Jul, 2022 @2:18 PM

Dismissed and derided when they stood, it’s time to reassess the twin towers | Rowan Moore

Twenty years after their destruction, we can finally see Yamasaki’s landmark pillars in all their glory

Rowan Moore

11, Sep, 2021 @4:30 PM

Guggenheim Bilbao asks for €100,000 to restore Jeff Koons’ Puppy

Museum launches crowdfunding campaign to repair structure of US artist’s 12.4-metre west highland terrier

Stephen Burgen in Barcelona

12, Jul, 2021 @12:28 PM

Stella McCartney launches A-Z sustainability manifesto

Project aims to find meaning in age of greenwashing in collaboration with artists such as Jeff Koons

Hannah Marriott

08, Oct, 2020 @4:59 PM

'Our lives depend on it': how artists are working to help Joe Biden

A new auction of works, from artists including Shepard Fairey and Jeff Koons, is part of an initiative to help elect a Democrat president

Nadja Sayej

06, Oct, 2020 @8:10 AM

What Comes After Farce? by Hal Foster review – oppositional art in the age of Trump

Long known for his optimism, the renowned art critic now faces the question: how to belittle a political elite that cannot be embarrassed?

Oliver Eagleton

14, May, 2020 @8:00 AM

Jeff Koons at the Ashmolean review – a master of deflection

From his shiny silver Rabbit to his shiny pink Balloon Venus, Jeff Koons has excelled at being just as vacuous as he wants to be

Laura Cumming

10, Feb, 2019 @9:00 AM

Diane Arbus hits her stride and tomorrow happens in 1956 – the week in art

George Shaw tells the story of modern Britain, Arbus keep it uneasy and the Whitechapel Gallery revisits its classic 1956 exhibition – all in our weekly dispatch

Jonathan Jones

08, Feb, 2019 @3:52 PM

Jeff Koons review – haemorrhoid horrors from the artist who's too expensive to fail

The balloon sculptures are excessive and the blownup ballerinas would have delighted Göring. But there are a few signs of the promise Koons showed before he embraced Banality

Adrian Searle

06, Feb, 2019 @3:33 PM

'Wow, $91m!' – Jeff Koons on blowup dogs, record prices and his row with Paris

On the eve of a surprise Oxford show, the artist gives us a tour of his vast studio – and talks about inflatable metaphors and the controversy over his giant tulips

Hadley Freeman

04, Feb, 2019 @5:00 PM

Koons apes the old masters and robots invade Edinburgh – the week in art

Koons heads to Oxford, Tracey Emin shows new work in London and the V&A debuts a sumptuous survey of Christian Dior