KAWS: WHAT PARTY

KAWS (American, born 1974). FAR FAR DOWN, 2016. Acrylic on canvas, 72 × 120 in. (182.9 × 304.8 cm). © KAWS. (Photo: Farzad Owrang)

For twenty-five years, Brooklyn-based artist KAWS (Brian Donnelly, American, born 1974) has bridged the worlds of art, popular culture, and commerce. Adapting the rules of cultural production and consumption in the twenty-first century, his practice both critiques and participates in consumer culture. KAWS: WHAT PARTY is a sweeping retrospective featuring more than one hundred broad-ranging works such as rarely seen graffiti drawings and notebooks, paintings and sculptures, smaller collectibles, furniture, and monumental installations of his popular COMPANION figures. The exhibition also features new pieces made uniquely for the exhibition along with his early-career altered bus-shelter advertisements.

Health and Safety

We’ve put a few new rules in place to keep our staff and visitors safe and healthy during your visit. This includes limiting building capacity through timed tickets, requiring face coverings for everyone entering the building, asking everyone to practice social distancing, and implementing stricter cleaning protocols. 

Please review the entire list of safety measures. By purchasing a ticket and visiting the Museum, you and your party are agreeing to adhere to all Museum guidelines and safety protocols. If you do not adhere to our health and safety requirements, you will not be allowed into the building and your ticket will be void. Tickets are nonrefundable.

Tickets

We strongly recommend purchasing tickets online in advance. A limited number of same-day timed tickets will be available for purchase on a first-come, first-served basis every day at the Museum. Tickets are timed in order to help control building capacity.

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Hours

The exhibition is on view Wednesdays-Sundays, 11 am–6 pm (last entry at 4:30 pm).

Note: Galleries are cleared 15 minutes prior to closing time.

*Members-only viewing hour begins at 10 am every Saturday. 

Exchanges

Like a concert or movie, tickets are nonrefundable, but can be exchanged up to 72 hours prior to the ticket date and up to one time, with no fees, by emailing [email protected] with your name and newly desired date. Exchange is based on availability and may take up to 72 hours.