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Jeff Koons: MOCA from Oscar Boyson on Vimeo.

The Museum of Contemporary Art recently released this new mini-documentary on artist Jeff Koons. The 8-miniute doc, which is narrated by Scarlett Johansson, covers Koons’ early days as an artist, his most controversial moments, and what his plans are for the future. Watch it above.

Ron English is notorious for his sociopolitically-charged artwork that blends mainstream cartoons with art history visuals in a series of paintings, sculptures and billboards. However, it’s no secret that the acclaimed pop-surrealist is also completely fascinated with creating vinyl art toys. In 2005, English began creating various versions of his iconic characters such as “Ronnnie Rabbbit,” “MC Supersized” from his Cereal Killers series, “Mousemask Murphy,” as well as collaborative figures such as “Astronaut Star Skull” with Chris Brown. His most recent creation is “Charlie Grinn” inspired by Charles Schultz’s renowned...