Bearbricks: museum editions

When the licence comes from a museum

Museum editions differ from ordinary artist collaborations in who sits on the other side of the table. Medicom Toy isn’t negotiating with a label but with an institution, and the institution has a say in which work is used and how.

You can see it in the figures. The choices tend to be more restrained, closer to the original, without the liberties a streetwear collaboration would take as a matter of course.

In practice that also means these runs often accompany an exhibition, sometimes sell only through the museum shop, and stop being generally available once it closes. Related work without a museum attached is under Bearbricks with motifs from modern artists.