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Kaws: Along the Way

Brian Donnelly, aka Kaws, brings his cartoony hybrid-human characters to PMQ through the Hong Kong Contemporary Art Foundation (HOCA) for Art Basel. No stranger to the city or Asia, Donnelly was the first artist to exhibit in Perrotin's Hong Kong space in 2012. Along the Way will display a selection of 37 works, ranging from larger-than-life outdoor sculptures to his most recent paintings, as well as early pieces. The exhibition will take over both indoor and outdoor spaces of PMQ, with the 5.5-metre-tall sculpture Along the Way (2015) greeting visitors in the courtyard. The towering pair of Companion figures, with their arms around each other in a gentle embrace, are expected to bring contemporary art and design closer to the public as well; the exhibition marks the global debut of this sculpture. Other exhibition highlights include iconic pieces such as New Morning (2012), an eight-feet-tall pink Accomplice sculpture and two pieces from the artist's You series. (March 23–April 17)