Exhibition curated by The Andy Warhol Museum will tour Tokyo and other cities around the world through 2027

Tokyo and Pittsburgh, Apr 25, 2024 – (JCN Newswire) – Global Apparel retailer UNIQLO and The Andy Warhol Museum today revealed that UNIQLO will act as the Presenting Sponsor for the global run of KAWS + Warhol, opening May 18, 2024, at The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The exhibition features works by Andy Warhol and KAWS side-by-side and is the first to examine the dark themes present beneath the signature bright colors and pop culture references both artists are known for. UNIQLO support for the exhibition builds on the company’s years-long partnerships with both of these iconic artists. Based on the company’s long-held philosophy of Art for All, UNIQLO strives to make art more accessible to everyone.

“The concept of Art for All has long been a core part of the UNIQLO LifeWear philosophy, so we are delighted to support this monumental exhibition of works by both Andy Warhol and KAWS in reaching as many people as possible,” said Koji Yanai, Senior Executive Officer of Fast Retailing, UNIQLO’s parent company. “This exhibition holds a special meaning for The Andy Warhol Museum, celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. This is also an important year for UNIQLO as we welcome our 40th anniversary, which we are honored to welcome alongside our long-term partners and collaborators.”

The KAWS + Warhol exhibition will be on view at The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from May 18, 2024, until January 20, 2025. The exhibition will tour internationally, stopping at Tokyo in 2026. UNIQLO will act as the Presenting Sponsor for the exhibition’s entire global tour to bring this collection of iconic works closer to the lives of people around the world.

“UNIQLO has a long association with both KAWS and Andy Warhol. The Andy Warhol Museum is honored to partner with UNIQLO to bring this extraordinary exhibition to a global audience.” said Patrick Moore, director of The Andy Warhol Museum and curator of KAWS + Warhol.

Andy Warhol’s art first appeared on UNIQLO products in 2004 under license with The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and has been continuously featured on T-shirts and other products ever since. KAWS first collaborated with UT (UNIQLO T-shirt) for the Spring/Summer season of 2016 and has had collaboration collections with the brand of graphic T-shirts ever since. Past UT collections featuring these iconic artists can be viewed on the UNIQLO UT Archive website: https://www.uniqlo.com/jp/en/contents/feature/ut-archive/about/.

UNIQLO Art For All

For over a decade, UNIQLO has been committed to enhancing daily life through the appreciation of great art. The company endeavors to educate and increase public access and engagement with the most prominent art institutions in the world, including MoMA, Tate, the Louvre and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. These deep relationships with the world’s greatest museums are an expression of the UNIQLO LifeWear philosophy of Art for All.

About The Andy Warhol Museum

Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the place of Andy Warhol’s birth, The Andy Warhol Museum holds the largest collection of Warhol’s artworks and archival materials and is one of the most comprehensive single-artist museums in the world. The Warhol is one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh.

About KAWS

KAWS engages audiences beyond the museums and galleries in which he regularly exhibits. Over the last two decades, KAWS has built a successful career with work that consistently shows his formal agility as an artist, as well as his underlying wit, irreverence, and affection for our times. He has collaborated extensively with UNIQLO, including by providing designs for the PEACE FOR ALL charity project in 2022, which was a huge worldwide success.

O UNIQLO LifeWear

Oblačila, ki izhajajo iz japonskih vrednot preprostosti, kakovosti in dolgoživosti. LifeWear, zasnovan tako, da ustreza času in za ta čas, je izdelan s tako moderno eleganco, da postane gradnik sloga vsakega posameznika. Popolna srajca, ki je vedno bolj popolna. Najpreprostejši dizajn, ki skriva najbolj premišljene in moderne podrobnosti. Najboljše prileganje in tkanina, ki je cenovno ugodna in dostopna vsem. LifeWear so oblačila, ki se nenehno inovirajo in prinašajo več topline, več lahkosti, boljši dizajn in boljše udobje v življenja ljudi.

O UNIQLO in Fast Retailing

UNIQLO je blagovna znamka Fast Retailing Co., Ltd., vodilnega japonskega maloprodajnega holdinga z globalnim sedežem v Tokiu na Japonskem. UNIQLO je največja od osmih blagovnih znamk v skupini Fast Retailing Group, ostale pa so GU, Theory, PLST, Comptoir des Cotonniers, Princesse tam.tam, J Brand in Helmut Lang. Z globalno prodajo v višini približno 2.77 bilijona jenov za proračunsko leto 2023, ki se konča 31. avgusta 2023 (18.92 milijarde ameriških dolarjev, izračunano v jenih po tečaju 2023 dolar = 1 jena ob koncu avgusta 146.2), je Fast Retailing ena največjih maloprodajnih prodajalcev oblačil na svetu. podjetij, UNIQLO pa je vodilni specializirani trgovec na drobno na Japonskem.

UNIQLO nadaljuje z odpiranjem velikih trgovin v nekaterih najpomembnejših svetovnih mestih in lokacijah, kot del svojih stalnih prizadevanj za utrjevanje statusa globalne blagovne znamke. Danes ima podjetje skupno več kot 2,400 trgovin UNIQLO po vsem svetu, vključno z Japonsko, Azijo, Evropo in Severno Ameriko. Skupno število trgovin v blagovnih znamkah Fast Retailing je zdaj blizu 3,600.

S korporativno izjavo, ki se zavzema za spreminjanje oblačil, spreminjanje konvencionalne modrosti in spreminjanje sveta, je Fast Retailing posvečen ustvarjanju odličnih oblačil z novo in edinstveno vrednostjo, ki obogatijo življenja ljudi povsod. Za več informacij o UNIQLO in Fast Retailing obiščite www.uniqlo.com in www.fastretailing.com.

Za medijska vprašanja se obrnite na:
Fast Retailing Global Corporate PR pri [e-pošta zaščitena] 

• Distribucija vsebine in PR s pomočjo SEO. Okrepite se še danes.
• PlatoData.Network Vertical Generative Ai. Opolnomočite se. Dostopite tukaj.
• PlatoAiStream. Web3 Intelligence. Razširjeno znanje. Dostopite tukaj.
• PlatoESG. Ogljik, CleanTech, Energija, Okolje, sončna energija, Ravnanje z odpadki. Dostopite tukaj.
• PlatoHealth. Obveščanje o biotehnologiji in kliničnih preskušanjih. Dostopite tukaj.
• vir: https://www.jcnnewswire.com/pressrelease/90458/3/