From the streets of New York, this is how KAWS artist Brian Donnelly built a global legacy that now includes Thailand.

His other favourite artist in the IP “goods economy” is Hong Kong sculptor Michael Lau Kin-man, who started making figurines ...

May arrives not with a bang, but a sigh – the kind that follows weeks of blistering heat. There’s rain, finally, though only just enough to soften the pavements and slow the city’s pulse. What remains ...

Brian Donnelly has taken his art to Arkansas to get more eyes on his work ... I am telling Brian Donnelly (AKA KAWS) over Zoom about my recent encounter with a watch collector who wrongly assumed ...

KAWS’ work often includes cartoonish subversions of pop culture figures with oversized features and X-ed out eyes. It has led him to a prominent place in the art world: famed auction house Christie’s ...

Celebrated figures like Swizz Beatz and Pharrell ... Kaws often creates his sculptures in the same pose: hiding their eyes with their hands. Kaws works with different material: fiberglass ...

The artist known as KAWS in London, 2022 ... revealing that her derriere has eyes), an “outsider” like Henry Darger (three complex tableaux from his famously incomprehensible narrative ...

The new figure is a reinterpretation of the character ... with white knee-high socks and black patent leather shoes. KAWS' signature designs can be seen on the X-crossed eyes of the figurine and the ...

Ahead of the release of the second season of wildly popular Netflix series Squid Game, the artist KAWS unveiled a new figurine that mashes up elements of his famous “Companion” with elements ...

The New York artist has conquered the world with his collectible vinyl toys and larger-than-life sculptures, one of which recently arrived in Shanghai. You know the ones: with their X-ed out eyes and ...

His Mickey Mouse-inspired Companion figures – cast vinyl, wood, or bronze sculptures with crossed-out eyes and crossbones through their heads – are some of the most salable artworks in the world. KAWS ...

U.S. artist Kaws (real name Brian Donnelly) has featured his “Companion” character in numerous collaborations with streetwear and fashion brands alike. With its odd name and x’ed-out eyes ...