Solo show
KAWS HOLIDAY: SAN FRANCISCO
11 Nov 2025 — 7 Jan 2026 at SFMOMA
· San Francisco
The thirty-six-foot-tall (11m) inflatable sculpture on SFMOMA's rooftop is the fourteenth iteration of KAWS's HOLIDAY project. Launched in 2018, HOLIDAY brings the artist's popular characters at monumental scale to some of the world's most iconic sites, from the foot of Mount Fuji to ancient temples in Indonesia to the skies of Melbourne.
As a young artist, KAWS (Brian Donnelly, born 1974, Jersey City, NJ) established himself as a graffiti writer, tagging the urban landscape. With HOLIDAY, the artist again imagines the city as his canvas. Here, his COMPANION character sits atop the terraced rooftop of SFMOMA's Mario Botta–designed building. Is he resting, enjoying the skyline, or just hanging out?
HOLIDAY: SAN FRANCISCO is presented as part of KAWS: FAMILY, the artist's first major West Coast museum exhibition, on view at SFMOMA from November 15, 2025, through May 3, 2026.
Note: This installation will be deflated under certain weather conditions.
As a young artist, KAWS (Brian Donnelly, born 1974, Jersey City, NJ) established himself as a graffiti writer, tagging the urban landscape. With HOLIDAY, the artist again imagines the city as his canvas. Here, his COMPANION character sits atop the terraced rooftop of SFMOMA's Mario Botta–designed building. Is he resting, enjoying the skyline, or just hanging out?
HOLIDAY: SAN FRANCISCO is presented as part of KAWS: FAMILY, the artist's first major West Coast museum exhibition, on view at SFMOMA from November 15, 2025, through May 3, 2026.
Note: This installation will be deflated under certain weather conditions.
About the artist
KAWS
1974
Brian Donnelly, known professionally as KAWS, is an American artist and designer. His work includes repeated use of a cast of figurative characters and motifs, some dating back to the beginning of his career in the 1990s, initially painted in 2D and later realized in 3D. Some of his characters are…
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SFMOMA
· San Francisco
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is a modern and contemporary art museum and nonprofit organization located in San Francisco, California. SFMOMA was the first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th-century art, and has built an internationally recognized collection with over…
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