John waters interviews jeff koons biography

Los Angeles turned out in force to see John Waters interview Jeff Koons at the Orpheum theater, part of a series of conversations sponsored by The Broad. Yes, The Broad Museum is being branded with a text-driven logo reading "THE BROAD" even though, and we were reminded of this, it doesn't open for another year.

Scary stuff when a museum that doesn't yet exist can deliver two true superstars, pack the 2,000-seat capacity Orpheum theater downtown and assert its supremacy as L.A.'s institutional home of contemporary art. And Eli Broad was in the audience, as was a range of the creative class from Ed Ruscha to Mark Ryden; from curator turned dealer Paul Schimmel to a goateed Mark Mothersbaugh, along with a gaggle of L.A.

art world glitterati mixed in with lots of celeb-magnets usually spotted at B-List Hollywood parties.

John Waters and Jeff Koons, February 24, 20014. PHOTO: Eric Minh Swenson

The two giants of bad taste were introduced with matter-of-fact fanfare and got righ