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
7 x 4.25 x 1.5″
Approximately 275 sheets per pad
moglea
Retail: $24.00
Brighten up to-do lists with these sumptuous hand-painted notepads.
12 embossed cards & envelopes (4 designs, 3 of each), 4.75 x 6,125 inches.
hyperallergic
Retail: $16.00
Celebrate the vibrant art of the Otomi people from Central Mexico with these embossed notecards!
FOR THE DECORATOR
As each piece is uniquely handcrafted, subtle differences in form and color are to be expected and celebrated. Approx. 27 x 15 inches
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.
100% ceramic stoneware, 9.5H x 10.5W x 7D inches. Made in USA.
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!
100% Cotton Made in USA by Open Editions
Bath Towel 30″ x 60″ $60 | Set of two hand towels 16″x28″ $64
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
Epicurean x Frank Lloyd Wright Chef Series Paddle Tool. 13.5″Wx0.36″H
Richlite ® resin-infused recycled paper
Suitable for use with non-stick cookware
Will not warp, chip or crack
Heat-resistant to 350°F
Dishwasher-safe
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.
Screenprint on 100% cotton, 28 x 26.5 in., edition of 200.
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
Bharti Kher, The Intermediaries, 2016. Clay. Various small figures, various sizes
100% Linen Cotton, Made in Great Britain, 2017
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.
The Octave pitcher belongs to a series of earthenware table pieces designed by Marta Bakowski, in collaboration with Maison Matisse. Although designed to hold both water and wine, it can also be used as a vase!
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
Fine bone china, edition of 250.
MoMA
Retail: $55.00
Upgrade your game of chess with iconic pieces adapted from the Keith Haring works in the MoMA collection.
Contains 51 cards, packaged in a sturdy cardboard box.
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.
Hand-chiseled from Urapán wood on an electric lathe, these classic wooden peg dolls are finished with USA-made non-toxic water-based paints. Made from sustainably-harvested trees, each doll is carefully hand-drawn and hand-painted from start to finish.
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!
Made from 7-ply Canadian maple wood, each board in the Faith Ringgold Woman Freedom Now Skateboard Diptych measures 31h x 8w x 0.5″d.
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
Designed by Yoshitomo Nara (4.15 h x 7.65 w x 3 inches)
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
Each artist involved by the Curator Cecilia Alemani has transformed the iconic shape of the illy cup into a window of their own imagination.
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.
Mug developed from Barbara Kruger’s Untitled (Truth), 2013, from the exhibition THINKING OF YOU. I MEAN ME. I MEAN YOU.
LACMA Giftshop
Retail: $12.00
Contemplate Barbara Kruger’s Untitled (Truth), 2013, with a cup of your morning coffee.
FOR THE FASHIONISTA
Created exclusively for Rashid Johnson’s show at Hauser & Wirth Menorca. Heavy brushed beige cotton twill and embroidered in the UK.
Hauser & Wirth
Retail: $50.00
The ball cap of our dreams features an embroidered take on Rashid Johnson’s iconic ‘Anxious Man’ drawing.
Sole: Rubber 100%, Outer: Suede 100%, Fabric 100% Lining: Fabric 100%
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.
Created from ~5 intercepted plastic bottles. Made with Ocean Plastic® by Parley and funds Parley’s cleanup network in 28 countries and counting
Bag dimensions: 43cm x 39cm, folds into pocket-sized pouch
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!
The paintings chosen by Wiley for this design are Marechal Floriano Peixoto II (2009); Benediter Brkou (2011); Besler’s Florilegium, Shoe Salesman (2012); and Dogon Couple II (2013).
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
In a porcelain pot and scented by Givaudan fig. Made in France.
Retail: $38.00
Get cozy with this large scented candle embellished with the quintessential designs of artist and activist Keith Haring.
Recycled Cotton Throw Blanket, 50” x 60” in.
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
By Raymond Pettibon, Jamie Brisick and Brian Lukacher; contributions by Stephanie Gilmore and Emily Erickson & published David Zwirner Books, June 7, 2022 (192 pages)
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.
Published for the exhibition Henry Taylor: B Side at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, November 6, 2022–April 30, 2023.
Published by MOCA and DelMonico Books, 2022, Hardcover with 240 pages, 11 ¼ x 9 ¼ x 1 inches
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.
The most comprehensive monograph to date on Wayne Thiebaud, this book spans his career from the 1950s to the present; Thiebaud selected the featured works himself.
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.
Edited by Massimiliano Gioni & Gary Carrion-Murayari
Essays by Amiri Baraka, Diedrick Brackens, LeRonn P. Brooks, Julia Bryan-Wilson, Jordan Casteel, Bridget R. Cooks, Mark Godfrey, Lucy R. Lippard, Tschabalala Self, Michele Wallace, and Zoé Whitley.
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.
Edited with text by Katherine Brinson. Text by Levi Prombaum, David Breslin, Jennifer Y. Chuong, Katie Kitamura, Ewa Lajer-Burcharth, Kevin Lotery, Prudence Peiffer.
ALEX KATZ EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
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!
