Jeff Koons’s Dog Pool Panty

The Telegraph’s Alastair Sooke reports on Jeff Koons’s Hulk Elvis and Popeye shows at London’s Gagosian Galleries. Read about the artist’s 85 assistants, the purity of his intent, and a quasi-awkward “payback” moment between Koons and BritArt superstar Damien Hist.

“A Great deal of [Koons’s] work,” Sooke writes, “evokes innocence – but at the same time feels saturated with sex.” That’s certainly true for the Dog Pool Panty (above) –- a painted aluminium cast of a kiddie wading pool topped with a sexy lingerie photo. Shows run until July 27.