ART DROPS: June 2 to 22
Three Artists. One Muse. Three New Interpretations.
Craig Alan, Tadaomi Kawasaki, and Renaud Delorme approach Marilyn Monroe not as a classic portrait subject, but as a cultural echo—shaped by people, energy, and objects. Three highly modern reinterpretations marking the 100th anniversary of the greatest icon. Timeless in subject, fleeting in availability: as limited, signed editions released across three brief time windows. Only from June 2 to 22—available in all LUMAS galleries and right here.
A Portrait Made of Many
From afar, Craig Alan’s Marilyn is instantly recognizable. Up close, she dissolves into hundreds of meticulously painted miniature figures.
A Portrait Made of Energy
Tadaomi Kawasaki combines spontaneous realism with centuries — old painting techniques to create a vibrant portrait that shimmers, pulses, and transforms with every angle.
A Portrait Made of Objects
Renaud Delorme gives Marilyn Monroe a new face — assembled from found objects that reflect the material culture of our time.
I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else.
– MARILYN MONROE
We wanted three artists who approach Marilyn Monroe through distinct perspectives: a painter, an artist of collective portraiture, and a sculptor of found objects. Developed independently, the works are brought together by a shared date.
LUMAS CURATORIAL TEAM
The Complete Centennial Collection
Three works. One rare opportunity.
Three contemporary editions that together write a new chapter in the story of Marilyn Monroe — forming a rare collector’s set available for this anniversary only.
Craig Alan, “Monroe Rouge”
23.9"x23.9" • Edition of 300
Tadaomi Kawasaki, “Marilyn 07”
25.4"x25.4" • Edition of 300
Renaud Delorme, “Marilyn”
23.9"x23.9" • Edition of 150
Beyond the Current ART DROPS:
Bert Stern, The Last Sitting, 1962
Six weeks before her death, Marilyn Monroe spent three days with photographer Bert Stern in a suite at the Hotel Bel-Air. The result: 2,571 photographs — the final great portraits of an icon. Stern captured something extraordinarily rare: not merely her face, but the many contradictions beneath it. Marilyn appears playful, serious, seductive, vulnerable — constantly shifting. On some photographs, she marked her own image with hairpins, lipstick, or a handwritten X across her face. Stern preserved every trace. At LUMAS, this extraordinary intimacy is reimagined as a multi-phase edition. Using lenticular technology, her expression changes as the viewer moves past the artwork — as if she continues to move before your eyes. The untouchable, brought strikingly close. To this day, The Last Sitting is regarded as a milestone in portrait photography — and as the photographic origin to which the three new works in this ART DROP respond.
The Marilyn Archive
More Encounters with the Pop Icon
Beyond the three anniversary editions, the LUMAS portfolio brings together many more encounters with Marilyn Monroe: open editions, archival works, and photographs by the legendary artists who captured her firsthand.
Each work preserves a different perspective. A different light. A different Marilyn.
