Last night, Chris and I were lucky enough to go to the Met to attend a social gathering with Bloomberg and Jeff Koons. If you recognize the name but you’re not sure from where, maybe it’s because you saw his name and artwork on Google; his chrome tulips were on the homepage:

Google launched iGoogle Artist Themes yesterday and had his tulips on display (his tulips weren’t on display at the Met rooftop because they’re too large for the space). Google is also showing some of the artwork from their 70 collaborators this weekend in the meatpacking district - you can find more info here. (I’m not sure if anything by Jeff Koons will be there…but I’m going to check it out anyway!).

The Bloomberg/Met event was fun and we were able to see Koons’ work and listen to him explain his amazing stainless steel sculptures that are currently being shown in the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden. Here are the three sculptures on display:

Who doesn’t love a balloon dog?!:

The detailed creases made me want to touch it to make sure it wasn’t an actual balloon.

Sacred Heart:

Coloring book:

Coloring book is supposed to be a sloppily colored-in illustration of Piglet - cute, right?

The exhibit runs through October 26th and is worth checking out - if you don’t want to see the art, at least check out the amazing view of Central Park and the Manhattan skyline!

Yesterday, Chris and I went to the Olafur Eliasson’s exhibit at the MoMA:

Part of the exhibit is in Queens (at P.S. 1), but we didn’t have a chance to go - we’re definitely going soon because we’ve heard it’s equally interesting there. Here are some of my favorite pictures from yesterday’s visit:

A fan, suspended from the ceiling, floats just above people’s touch:

I forgot this was part of the exhibit and leaned against it:

The artist installed intense orange lights down two halls:

Jumping around a room that changed colors:

Over the weekend, Chris and I went to the Takashi Murakami show at the Brooklyn Museum:

Murakami has been called Japan’s Andy Warhol, has worked with Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton, and his team illustrated Kanye West’s music video, “Good Morning.” He also owns a company called Kaikai Kiki, which is a collaboration of young artists that do similar work (Kaikai and Kiki are the names of two of his cartoon characters). We went to Murakami’s show at the Gagosian last year, but the Brooklyn Museum’s is much more comprehensive:

There’s a video of Kaikai and Kiki that was so cute (it’s about watermelon seeds, poop, and spaceships). Here’s a youtube video of Kaikai and Kiki (although it’s not the Watermelon video).

There’s also a funny video about a kid robot named Inochi (the 57 second video sums up adolescence for boys.)

The exhibit runs through July and is definitely worth checking out!

Over the weekend, I went to the Guggenheim Museum to see Cai Guo-Qiang’s exhibit, I Want to Believe. Here are some shots:

It was my first time at the Guggenheim, but I thought the exhibit was interesting. Thanks to Ariel for getting us free passes! The exhibit is going on through May 28th (a day before my 24th birthday!)

On Saturday, hundreds of people gathered in Union Square to participate in a huge pillow fight on INTERNATIONAL PILLOW FIGHT DAY! Chris and I were on our way to lunch, but stopped by to watch the shenanigans: