7 Creative Gifts for Valentine’s Day

Artsy Specialist
Jan 29, 2018 7:31PM

Discover the perfect piece that will make your partner smile this Valentine’s day—from Tracey Emin’s romantic notes to René Magritte’s surrealist lovers. Or, declare your companionship with a playful set of Companions by the street artist KAWS.

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Neon Notes by Tracey Emin

Five years ago, these love notes were exhibited across New York’s Time Square for Valentine’s Day, sharing the artist’s deeply personal sentiments of love and longing with the public.

$1,230-$2,400

Tracey Emin
My Heart Is With You Always, 2015
MSP Modern
Tracey Emin
You Loved Me Like A Distant Star (signed), 2016
MSP Modern


Lovers by René Magritte

Masks, veils, and lovers are popular motifs in Magritte’s surrealist paintings and prints—and the result is mysteriously romantic.

$1,100

René Magritte
Les Amants (The Lovers), 2010
Art Lithographies
René Magritte
La Valse Hésitation (The Hesitation Waltz), 2010
Art Lithographies


Endless Sunsets by Jessica Nugent

Share an everlasting sunset with these technicolor photographs, which are perfect for brightening up a blank wall.

$150-$1,250

Jessica Nugent
Endless Summer No2, 2017
ArtStar
Jessica Nugent
Endless Summer No3, 2017
ArtStar
Jessica Nugent
Endless Summer No1, 2017
ArtStar


Companions by KAWS

For those you love inside and out, give a pair of KAWS’s sought-after Companions, which crashed the Museum of Modern Art’s website when they were first released.

$355-$400

KAWS
COMPANION BLUSH (OPEN EDITION), 2017
Marcel Katz
KAWS
SMALL LIE BLACK, 2017
Marcel Katz
KAWS
COMPANION BLUSH (FLAYED) (OPEN EDITION), 2017
Marcel Katz


Erotic Prints by Gustav Klimt

The Viennese master, who famously painted The Kiss (1907), is also celebrated for his sensual prints of female nudes.

$3,500

Gustav Klimt
Seated Nude [Fünfundzwanzig Handzeichnungen], 1919
Jason Jacques Gallery
Gustav Klimt
Study for "Water Serpents II" [Fünfundzwanzig Handzeichnungen], 1919
Jason Jacques Gallery


Iconic Hearts by Jim Dine

A self-described romantic artist, Dine is best known for his heart motifs, which he began painting at the height of the Pop Art movement in the 1960s.

$7,500-$14,000


Kisses around the World by Elliott Erwitt

Traveling from California to Paris, this legendary photographer captured spontaneous romance around the world.

$5,000-$8,500

Elliott Erwitt
Valencia, Spain (dancing couple), 1952
Holden Luntz Gallery
Elliott Erwitt
California, Santa Monica, Kiss, 1955
A Gallery for Fine Photography
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