{"id":306668,"date":"2026-07-27T16:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T16:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/306668\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T16:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T16:06:07","slug":"yankees-and-dodgers-collab-with-brooklyn-based-artist-kaws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/306668\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees and Dodgers collab with Brooklyn-based artist KAWS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photo courtesy of KAWS\/MLB<\/p>\n

Complex and Fanatics Fest announced a collaboration with Brooklyn-based artist \u2018KAWS\u2019 on New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers merchandise, which has off\u201cKAWS, the Brooklyn-based artist whose multidisciplinary practice spans painting, sculpture, and design, has built a body of work that moves seamlessly between fine art and global culture,\u201d Complex said in its July 8 press release. \u201cKnown for his reimagining of familiar characters and his precise, graphic visual language, KAWS continues to shape how contemporary audiences engage with art.\u201d<\/p>\n

The collaboration comes after two of Major League Baseball\u2019s most successful franchises completed a three-game series in the Bronx earlier this month\n<\/p>\n

The limited-edition merchandise made its in-person debut at Fanatics Fest and the Yankees Stadium team stores. It will later be released at Dodger Stadium team stores on July 31.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe collection spans Nike jerseys, T-shirts, hoodies, and Nike fitted and snapback caps, each incorporating KAWS\u2019 reinterpretation of official team marks with his ubiquitous \u2018XX\u2019,\u201d Complex said. \u201cThe collection also includes a range of baseball sporting goods, with his signature COMPANION character appearing across Rawlings baseballs, as well as Marucci bats.\u201d<\/p>\n

A limited run of Topps trading cards will also be released with reinterpretations of Yankees and Dodgers symbols with his signature \u201cXX\u201d on each card design. Limited KAWS autographed cards are included.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cTimed to one of baseball\u2019s most storied rivalries, the collection brings KAWS\u2019 distinctive visual language to the diamond, reimagining classic Dodgers and Yankees iconography through his signature \u201cXX\u201d motif and COMPANION character,\u201d Complex said. \u201cThe result is a crossover moment at the intersection of sport, art, and pop culture, where legacy franchises are reframed through one of the most influential artists of this generation.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Merchandise will be available via Complex.com and the Complex App, Fanatics.com, MLBShop.com, the MLB Flagship store in NYC, Nike.com, Nike brick and mortar stores, and select Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees team stores.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo courtesy of KAWS\/MLB Complex and Fanatics Fest announced a collaboration with Brooklyn-based artist \u2018KAWS\u2019 on New York…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,93281,20,9,24,63,319,16301],"class_list":["post-306668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-fanatics-fest","tag-mlb","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-sports","tag-yankees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}