The Art Inspired Gift Guide 2022
November 30, 2022
Our Holiday Gift Guide celebrates all things art from a Matisse-inspired pitcher to a Rashid Johnson baseball hat. Trust the LSSAA-approved list when shopping for the art lover in your life!
FOR THE WRITER
moglea
Retail: $24.00
Brighten up to-do lists with these sumptuous hand-painted notepads.
OTOMI NOTECARDS
(no longer available)
hyperallergic
Retail: $16.00
Celebrate the vibrant art of the Otomi people from Central Mexico with these embossed notecards!
FOR THE DECORATOR
Coming Soon Shop
Retail: $1,550.00
Elevate your home with a larger-than-life vase designed by renowned Italian architect and designer Gaetano Pesce.
The People’s Pottery Project
Retail: $52.00
Bring elegance to your home with this charming vase while also supporting the inspiring mission of the People’s Pottery Project, which employs and empowers formerly incarcerated women through job training, access to a healing community, and meaningful employment in a collective non-profit business!
Open Editions
Retail: $60.00
Discover art in the form of a distinctive towel by local San Francisco multidisciplinary artist Stephanie Syjuco.
FOR THE CHEF
Crate & Barrel
Retail: $10.00 each
Impress the architecture lover in your life with these quirky kitchen tools inspired by the designs of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Artware Editions
Retail: $200.00
Tired of searching through cookbooks for the perfect recipe? Designed by California-based artist Ed Ruscha, this apron features his own original formula for a Cactus Omelette!
FOR THE HOSTESS
Maison Matisse
Retail: $35.00
Upgrade your kitchen linens with delightful tea towels by Bharti Kher, whose art pays homage to her own daily rituals and rich Indian heritage.
Maison Matisse
Retail: €1,200.00
From a design collective begun by the family of Henri Matisse, this pitcher draws inspiration from Matisse’s 1939 painting “La Musique”.
Discover more about the inspirations behind the collection!
FOR THE KIDS
KEITH HARING CHESS SET
(no longer available)
MoMA
Retail: $55.00
Upgrade your game of chess with iconic pieces adapted from the Keith Haring works in the MoMA collection.
WAYS OF LOOKING AT ART GAME
(no longer available)
The DeYoung Giftshop
Retail: $16.99
Give the gift of art appreciation with a game that offers fresh new insight into looking at art – anything ranging from modern graffiti to Renaissance sculpture.
THE WOMEN ARTISTS FIGURINES
(no longer available)
The Guggenheim Giftshop
Retail: $56.00
Celebrate female pioneers with these artisan recreations of women artists inspired by August Savage, Louise Bourgeois, Helen Frankenthaler, and Ruth Asawa!
FAITH RINGGOLD SKATEBOARD
(no longer available)
Park Life Art + Design
Retail: $380.00
For this pair of decks, MoMA worked with Harlem native artist Faith Ringgold to reproduce her artwork Woman Freedom Now (1971), which is represented in MoMA’s collection.
FOR THE EARLY RISER
MoMA
Retail: $375.00
This cheeky Flip Clock was designed by leading contemporary artist Yoshitomo Nara and features 84 original illustrations for every hour and minute.
FOR THE CAFFEINE ADDICT
59th BIENNALE ESPRESSO SET
(no longer available)
SFMOMA
Retail: $200.00
Couldn’t make it to the Venice Biennale this year? Take home a piece of the Milk of Dreams exhibition with this espresso set designed by featured artists Giulia Cenci, Felipe Baeza, Precious Okoyomon, Aki Sasamoto, Cecilia Vicuña and Alexandra Pirici.
LACMA Giftshop
Retail: $12.00
Contemplate Barbara Kruger’s Untitled (Truth), 2013, with a cup of your morning coffee.
FOR THE FASHIONISTA
RASHID JOHNSON CAP
(no longer available)
Hauser & Wirth
Retail: $50.00
The ball cap of our dreams features an embroidered take on Rashid Johnson’s iconic ‘Anxious Man’ drawing.
General Purpose Sneaker
Retail: $345.00
The American artist Tom Sachs, of NFT Rocketship acclaim, has made a foray into footwear, collaborating with Nike on this striking sneaker.
LACMA Giftshop
Retail: $50.00
Take your grocery shopping to new heights with this limited-edition bag based on Ed Ruscha’s original painting The Amazing Earth from 1984. Every tote funds the clean-up of 20 pounds of marine plastic waste!
Artware Editions
Retail: $650.00
Enhance your nighttime routine with this limited edition silk pajama set inspired by American artist by Kehinde Wiley. Proceeds from your purchase support the artist’s residence program Black Rock Sénégal.
FOR THE HOMEBODY
Retail: $38.00
Get cozy with this large scented candle embellished with the quintessential designs of artist and activist Keith Haring.
Retail: $275.00
This holiday season, support Artadia, a dynamic non profit, with their festive throw designed by American artist and Artadia recipient Patricia Treib.
FOR THE BOOKWORM
POINT BREAK: Raymond Pettibon, Surfers and Waves
David Zwirner Books
Retail: $65.00
“All this must be either surfed or painted” – dive into the work of Raymond Pettibon’s with this robust volume dedicated to the artist’s oeuvre and legacy.
HENRY TAYLOR: B Side Exhibition Catalogue
MOCA LA
Retail: $60.00
Surveying 30 years of Henry Taylor’s work in painting, sculpture and installation, this comprehensive monograph celebrates a Los Angeles artist widely appreciated for his unique aesthetic, social vision and freewheeling experimentation.
WAYNE THIEBAUD UPDATED MONOGRAPH
SFMOMA Gift Shop
Retail: $60.00
In memory of the late American artist Wayne Thiebaud, this extensive monograph of the California artist’s work is now available in a reformatted, accessibly-priced edition.
FAITH RINGGOLD EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
The DeYoung Gift Shop
Retail: $79.95
Faith Ringgold, a critically-acclaimed proponent of postwar American art, is remembered in this volume that honors her unique methods of visual storytelling that have documented and advanced art historical, feminist, and civil rights movements for more than half a century.
ALEX KATZ EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
(no longer available)
The Guggenheim Gift Shop
Retail: $69.95
Published on the occasion of the artist’s first US career retrospective in more than 30 years, Alex Katz: Gathering offers a definitive account of Katz’s artistic project, demonstrating both its marked coherence and restless evolution.
FOR THE PHILANTHROPIST
LSSAA Supported Arts Organizations
For those hoping to contribute directly to our local arts community this holiday season, please find links below to a list of brilliant organizations with which we are involved and to which we encourage you to contribute!