After being asked two years ago through an email if he would like have one of his figures included in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Kaws aka Brian Donnelly, will officially have a 40 feet long, 34 feet wide and 30 feet tall balloon of his figure “Companion” in this years parade.  The Brooklyn-based artist, who grew up watching the parade from his hometown in Jersey City, was quoted ““It was more important than the holiday itself.  To have my character in a lineup with Snoopy and Kermit is a real dream.”

Doyle NYC's "Young Artists/Young Collectors" auction takes place is this week on Wednesday, May 9, 2012. See a preview of works for sale here by artists COOP, KAWS, Swoon, Futura 2000, and CRASH after the jump . . .

Doyle New York auction house hosts a special preview this Wednesday, May 2, 2012, in anticipation of next week's "Young Artists/Young Collectors" art auction May 9. The entire auction will be on display this week for fans and prospective buyers alike to admire and co-mingle among a wide range of paintings and sculpture from around the world by some of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries' most prominent artists.

  Kaws discusses his motivation with utilizing advertising spaces for high profile property, instead of an anti-advertisement agenda.  He also goes over the representation of his toy designs.  Directed by Matt Black.  

The good folks over at 12oz Prophet swung by The Standard in New York today to catch the installation process of Brian Donnelly’s, aka Kaws, new piece “Passing Through”. The statue was previously in Harbour City, China and then Aldrich Contemporary Museum in Connecticut. If you live or visit New York, make sure to stop by The Standard hotel’s front plaza and see it in person.

New York artist Kaws is showing new work at Art Hong Kong with Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, on display until May 29, 2011.  These new pieces radiate off the wall with their vibrant color palettes.  

Located in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, the Casa Son Vida is a progressive project involving the construction of six high-end villas.  The project comes from tec Architecture in collaboration with Amsterdam-based Marcel Wanders Studio, responsible for designing the interiors of the building.  A group of artists were invited to decorate the interior and exterior of the building. We noticed in one of the photos a Kaws sculpture occupying one of the dining rooms.

This is a two-way street of good decisions: the Museum of Modern Art and Kanye West have teamed up for pop-superstar Mr. West to play perform at their annual Party in the Garden benefit taking place on May 10, 2011 in the MoMA's Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden.