Uhhhh, banksy prints of that edition size go for a little more than that.

This image I’m sorry to say is just plain boring? Shame as I like some of his colourful more abstract stuff. Zero for effort

But never on primary…

It's a joke at this point where Kaws is the only one laughing. This also shouldn't be in Art For Sale area. #UAAPolice

The reason banksy prints are worth so much is 20 years ago no one cared. Of the 600 prob 400-500 were damaged or taped to walls etc. there are prob 100-200 of each at most still in good shape. They are much larger in many cases and banksy wasn’t on lazy cash grab missions.

Here 600 flippers will buy this boring repeat. 600 will be kept mint and I bet 6 months from now they are $5000 or less.

Something cool and new like his older prints...... right !

What bs is that?
When you have Invader selling a print 1500€ (immediately 15k on marketplace) Kaws selling this 5000$?! With a 600 print run? Hahaha people are crazy, really crazy. Enjoy!

I barely even looked at the new piece closely. I have lost interest in Kaws prints. His releases just feel like cash grab after cash grab.

I do like his paintings and his installation pieces, but prints? Nah. Nevermore.

What Happened to KAWS?

www.mutualart.com/Article/What-Happened-to-KAWS-/2F769897240D7526?

Was about to post that on here too - really interesting.  Well, he still seems to be mainstream, if nothing else.

He's doing a Fortnite collab so every chance.

Available in the Athlone Tesco.

He's really a merchandising genius and provides something for every segment of the market. $25 t-shirts at Uniqlo, $200 vinyl companion, $5k basic screenprint from his website, $65k print portfolio from Pace Prints, $400k+ for paintings, $800k+ for sculptures. For those balking at the price, you cannot find a signed Kaws screenprint on Ebay for under $5k, AND you already have people on Ebay trying to flip this one for $10k.

Just for the sake of argument, that recent Mutual Art article is terribly misleading, and I could point to the same exact indicators as representing strength in his market. His market reaching auction highs in 2019 were largely due to Nigo selling The Kaws Album for $14.7M. What else happened in 2019? Kaws signed with Skarstedt Gallery, a prestigious blue chip gallery. Part of protecting an artist's market is A) placing the works in museums and important collections and B) making sure their work doesn't come up for auction, oftentimes buying it back, conducting private sales, or ideally making sure it doesn't go to flippers in the first place.

Looking at the statistics in the article, they say 80% of the works sold at auction in 2021 sold for less that $10,000. Do you think you could find an original painting under $10k? A drawing? Not even a mass produced 4-foot companion. That statement shows that they are including the abundance of "Urban Collectables" auctions that have sold hundreds of his vinyl companions in their data set. If you ask me, the fact that people aren't panic selling and bringing choice works to auction is an indicator of strength. Despite his commercial appeal, has any artist had as many museum shows in the past 5 years? As consistent as the vision is, to the point where it feels like same shit different day, doing an AR x Fortnight exhibition in Serpentine Gallery is kinda huge following all of the talk about the Metaverse over this past year.

Not even a huge fan of the work, but I can appreciate the strategy. Just my two cents, giving credit where credit's due.

It’s next to the kia ora