Check out original art by D*Face, Audrey Kawasaki and Gary Baseman featuring some people’s favorite cartoon cat that is not actually a cat, sort of. The first ever Hello Kitty retrospective opens the Japanese American Museum tomorrow in Los Angeles. Aside from vintage merch and fan crap, the exhibit features a ten foot tall “Kittypatra” statue by Simone Legno of Tokidoki and a robot thing. Holy hell. “Hello Kitty Retrospective,” Oct 11 – Apr 26, Japanese American Museum, Los Angeles (Images: Cool Hunting, ArtNet)
