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American | 1974

KAWS is an American Postwar & Contemporary sculptor who was born in 1974. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Brooklyn Museum of Art in New York. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Opera Gallery, Dubai 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. In the past 12 months, his paintings have averaged 47,738 USD, while his works on paper have sold for an average of 8,855 USD.KAWS has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for Art Asia Pacific in September 2025.

Artist's alternative names: Brian Donnelly, Kaws

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Featured for Sale

KACHAMUKKU (Black)

By KAWS

Pinto Gallery

Untitled (Limited Edition KAWS x MOCAD) (K1943 )

By KAWS

Hamilton Selway Fine Art

No One's Home ,2019

By KAWS

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At Auction

Notable Lots

UNTITLED (FATAL GROUP) ,2004

By KAWS

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ALONG THE WAY ,2013

By KAWS

KURF (HOT DOG) ,2008

By KAWS

+52%

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Upcoming Lots

Zonder titel (Kawsbob for the Aldrich - KAWS

Zonder titel (Kawsbob for the Aldrich ,2011

By KAWS

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Zonder titel (Kawsbob for the Aldrich ,2011

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Kaws Style BFF Toy Sculpture ,2017

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Recent Auction Results

The Promise

By KAWS

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THE PROMISE

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Holiday Thailand- Black

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Current Exhibitions

Painter / Model

Skarstedt, New York (Chelsea)

Chelsea | New York | USA

30 Oct, 2025 - 20 Dec, 2025

Breaking the Mold: Brooklyn Museum at 200

Brooklyn Museum of Art

Brooklyn | New York | USA

28 Feb, 2025 - 22 Feb, 2026

CUTE

Kunsthal Rotterdam

Rotterdam | Netherlands

05 Jul, 2025 - 23 Nov, 2025

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Articles

KAWS' 鈥淭HE MESSAGE鈥� Lands at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence

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

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

鈥� ..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... 鈥�
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Cooper Cole Gallery

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

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

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