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KAWS will be making the 11th stop on his global KAWS:HOLIDAY tour. Produced in collaboration with Hong Kong creative studio, AllRightsReserved, the Brooklyn-based artist took to Instagram to tease a series of trailers of one of his massive COMPANION figures lying on the ground during the night as a glowing moon lay in its lap. Amongst his myriad collaborations, which have included cereal box illustrations and figures with General Mills and skin packs with Fortnite, KAWS' partnership with AllRightsReserved has proved to be the most impactful — both in terms of their ongoing slate of sculptural releases and the massive installations they tour across the world under the HOLIDAY moniker.The first KAWS:HOLIDAY launched in Seokchon Lake, Seoul in 2018 and has since made stops in Hong Kong, Mt. F...

Pace Gallery’s latest film showcases Lee Kun-Yong’s recent performance of 'Snail’s Gallop' in their New York space, where his solo exhibition runs until August 18. A towering figure in the 1970s Korean avant-garde movement, Lee delves into his career, revealing his distinctive approach to art-making. "The artist's body can also become a medium," he says, underscoring his philosophy.'Snail’s Gallop' highlights Lee’s large-scale paintings, performance work, and archival materials from his prolific career. It’s Lee’s first solo exhibition in New York and his debut at Pace’s flagship gallery. Having joined Pace’s roster in 2022, Lee made his mark in the 1970s, during a time when South Korea wrestled with authoritarianism and censorship. A founding member of the Space and Time group, Lee is hai...

A Spanish man found himself in handcuffs in Madrid, all because of a botched attempt to sell a fake Leonardo da Vinci painting, as reported by The Guardian. His downfall began two years ago when French customs agents near the Italian border in Modane caught wind of something fishy: an expired export license. The man was on his way to offload the counterfeit Leonardo for €1.3 million EUR (approx. $1.4 million USD) to a buyer in Milan. The expired license was legit, but its date raised red flags. French authorities seized the artwork, which depicted Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, an Italian military commander. The case was then passed to Spain’s Policía Nacional in 2022, leading to the man’s arrest on smuggling charges. Experts at the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid later confirmed the painting’...

Banksy has seemingly wrapped up his week-long, fan-dubbed 'London Zoo' series with two final surprises over the weekend. On Saturday, a wild cat stretched across an abandoned billboard in Cricklewood, and on Sunday, a police box in London’s financial district transformed into a tank of bloodthirsty piranhas. Finally, the elusive artist revealed the meaning behind these works as explained in a new report by Artnet.Each day last week, Banksy dropped a new black silhouette of an animal in various locations across London. A goat appeared in Richmond on Monday, two elephants in Chelsea on Tuesday, three monkeys on a Brick Lane overpass on Wednesday, a howling wolf on a satellite dish in Peckham on Thursday, and two hungry pelicans perched atop a fish bar in Walthamstow on Friday. View this post...

Christie’s is set to auction the photography collection of Trevor Traina, former U.S. ambassador to Austria, on October 3 in New York. The sale features works from postwar and contemporary masters like Diane Arbus, William Eggleston, Robert Frank, Nan Goldin, and Cindy Sherman, with estimates reaching up to $2.8 million. Eggleston’s Greenwood, Mississippi (Red Ceiling) 1973 alone could fetch up to $300,000 USD.Traina, a San Francisco native and tech entrepreneur, started his career as a brand manager at Seagram’s before shifting to the art world, where he advised San Francisco’s Fine Arts Museums and UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. Nominated as ambassador by Donald Trump, Traina's collection traces the evolution of photography from documentary roots to a recognized contemporary art ...