KAWS

American | 1974

KAWS is an American Postwar & Contemporary sculptor who was born in 1974. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Perrotin, Paris (8 Av Matignon) have featured KAWS's work in the past.KAWS's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 1 USD to 14,773,468 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2008 the record price for this artist at auction is 14,773,468 USD for THE KAWS ALBUM, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong in 2019. KAWS has been featured in articles for HYPEBEAST, FAD Magazine and Observer. The most recent article is In Sotheby’s Hong Kong Sales, a Story of Flips That Didn’t written for ARTnews in April 2024.

Artist's alternative names: Brian Donnelly, Kaws

UNTITLED (KIMPSONS #1), 2004

acrylic on canvas

274.5 by 244 cm. 107⅞ by 96 in.

KURF (HOT DOG), 2008

acrylic on canvas

68 by 68 in. 172.7 by 172.7 cm

GRRR!, 2008

acrylic on canvas

68 1/8 x 68 in. (173 x 172.7 cm.)

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At Auction

Upcoming Lots

Chum vs Astroboy

By KAWS

Mallet Japan

Companion vs Pikachu

By KAWS

Mallet Japan

Jalouse, 2007-2010

By KAWS

FauveParis

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Available Artworks

National Gallery of Victoria exhibition 2019-20 in Melbourne Australia

By KAWS

Adam Partridge Auctioneers & Valuers

Companion Flayed

By KAWS

Adam Partridge Auctioneers & Valuers

Gone

By KAWS

Wright

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Recent Auction Results

National Gallery of Victoria exhibition 2019-20 in Melbourne Australia

By KAWS

Adam Partridge Auctioneers & Valuers

Companion Flayed

By KAWS

Adam Partridge Auctioneers & Valuers

UNTITLED (HTLD7

By KAWS

-5%

below mid-estimate

Phillips London

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Past Exhibitions

A Selection of Post-war and Contemporary Art

Sotheby's Palm Beach

Palm Beach | Florida | USA

Mar 15,2024 - Apr 14,2024

KAWS: Family

AGO, Art Gallery of Ontario

Toronto | Ontario | Canada

Sep 27,2023 - Mar 31,2024

Portraits Go Pop!

Lévy Gorvy Dayan, Hong Kong

Central | Hong Kong | Hong Kong

Jan 18,2024 - Mar 08,2024

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Articles

In Sotheby’s Hong Kong Sales, a Story of Flips That Didn’t

ARTnews 11/04/2024

Following a successful Art Basel Hong Kong, Sotheby’s unveiled a new format for its annual Hong Kong sales, combining modern and contemporary in a single evening sale, and pairing it with the Asia debut of its ultra-contemporary The Now sale.

Early KAWS Painting Apparently Owned by Fashion Mogul Marc Eckō to Hit the Auction Block at Sotheby’s

ARTnews 04/04/2024

Fashion designer and entrepreneur Marc Eckō appears to be selling a piece by KAWS, slated to hit the auction block with an estimate between $3 to $5 million Hong Kong dollars (approximately $380,000 – $640,000) as part of the Now Evening Auction at Sotheby’s Hong Kong on April 5.

Early KAWS Painting Apparently Owned By Fashion Mogul Marc Eckō to Hit the Auction Block at Sotheby’s

ARTnews 04/04/2024

Fashion designer and entrepreneur Marc Eckō appears to be selling a piece by KAWS.

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Coverage

“ ..Brian views his work as a way to settle his own selfish whims, while exploring art and art culture through representational painting... ”
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Cooper Cole Gallery

“ ..Brian embraced his current mode of creation through frustration and destructive behavior... ”
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Cooper Cole Gallery

“ ..These aspects in conjunction with a need to breathe new life into his 'otherwise stagnant' figurative practice led Brian to the actual 'spoiling' of paintings through the obliteration of elements... ”
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Cooper Cole Gallery

“ ..It was these two books that set Brian searching for a way to apply that type of selfish cruelty to his primarily visual medium... ”
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Cooper Cole Gallery

“ ..Accordingly, each piece sees Donnelly painting figures with exquisite technique before taking a figurative hammer, blowtorch, rope or rake to the canvas... ”
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Stephanie Chefas Projects