✨ Art Girl Fax - KAWS, Beeple & a Harbour Parade✨

Your weekly art world cheat sheet

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Cordelia Noe
September 26, 2025

A WEEKLY WRAP UP OF ART, FASHION AND POP CULTURE

Welcome to the Friday Art Girl Fax newsletter, where we explore the intersection of art, fashion, and pop culture.

After a week of deadlines, meetings, and studio visits, this is what you deserve: fresh highlights, unexpected gems, and the stories shaping the week.

Hugs and stay sane, 
The Girls

🚤 HONG KONG’S FLOATING TOY SPECTACLE

Hong Kong is going big on 25 October with the world’s first floating toy parade. Picture Doraemon, Sesame Street, LABUBU and KAWS sailing through Victoria Harbour, plus pop-ups, games and toy zones courtesy of @arr.allrightsreserved.

🧢 KAWS LEVELS UP AT UNIQLO

Speaking of KAWS, he’s levelling up at UNIQLO with a brand-new creative role, curating collaborators and shaping fresh concepts way beyond tees, as the Japanese brand’s first Artist in Residence.

🚽 BEEPLE’S BATHROOM BREAKTHROUGH

Meanwhile, Beeple is breaking boundaries (again). His latest “canvas”? A designer public bathroom inside Nanjing’s Deji Plaza. Complete with immersive art and a tie-in to his ongoing Deji Art Museum show Tales from a Synthetic Future.

📊 ARTNET’S MARKET PULSE

And for a quick art-market reality check, Artnet’s Margaret Carrigan (@reallifemaggie) breaks down mid-2025 auction stats—hint: the market’s tough but not without bright sparks.

🌋 ARC’TERYX & CAI GUO-QIANG APOLOGISE

Arc’teryx has issued an official apology after backlash to a Cai Guo-Qiang commission in Tibet’s Gyantse area. The Rising Dragon firework piece raised ecological concerns. The brand is now accelerating environmental protection and cultural projects, while Cai works with third-party experts to assess the artwork’s environmental impact.

Art, toys, loos, and numbers—all in a week’s work. 🛳️🎨

💥 PARTNER SPOTLIGHT - DESTE FOUNDATION💥

Jeff Koons showing at DESTE Project Space in Hydra 

Powered by collector Dakis Joannou

We are thrilled to team up with the DESTE Foundation for this Art Girl Fax issue. Founded by collector Dakis Joannou in 1983, DESTE Foundation is a non-profit institution based in Athens dedicated to exploring contemporary art and culture. With its innovative exhibitions and collaborations, DESTE continues to challenge and expand the boundaries of artistic expression – a must-visit on your next trip to Athens. Also, don’t miss "Andra Ursuța: Apocalypse Now and Then" at the DESTE Foundation Project Space, the iconic former slaughterhouse on Hydra - up until 31 October 2025.

✨ EVENTS ON OUR RADAR THIS WEEK

Discover the can’t-miss art events worldwide that TheArtGorgeous team are itching to see!

  • 🌸 Lokal Gallery — BLOOM, Helsinki, Finland

  • 🌿 Calder Gardens Opening — Philadelphia, USA

  • 🎭 Marie Antoinette Style — V&A Museum, London

  • 🕊 Lee Bul: From 1998 to Now — Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul

🛒 WHAT TAG LOVES THIS SEPTEMBER

September 1st is basically New Year for art girls, forget January, this is when the season really starts. Summer tans are fading, inboxes are overflowing, Frieze whispers are getting louder, and the pumpkin-spiced lattes are calling. Here’s what we’re arming ourselves with to survive and thrive in the gallery crawl.

🤝 COLLABORATE WITH US

Want to share your upcoming events, exciting news, or suggest a product for our “What TAG Loves” section? Get in touch via [email protected] and we can’t wait to take it from here.

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