A LUMAS CENTENARY DROP • 1ST–26TH JUNE 2026
A ONCE IN A CENTURY OPPORTUNITY
Three contemporary artistic interpretations invite collectors to become part of a story that continues to captivate the world to this day. Premiering worldwide on June 1st – 100 years after Marilyn Monroe’s birth. Signed, limited, and a rare opportunity to preserve a remarkable moment in her enduring legacy forever.
THREE ARTISTS, THREE RELEASE WINDOWS: JUNE 1–22
Displayed across 19 galleries worldwide
She is considered the most photographed person of the 20th century – and more than 50 years after her untimely death, her fascination remains undiminished. To mark this centennial milestone, three radically different interpretations of her legendary final photoshoot are being released – created by artists who deliberately refused to paint the obvious portrait.
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 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
„Marilyn 07“ by Tadaomi Kawasaki
Available for a limited time only: June 2–15
Marilyn Monroe – in color. An icon rendered through four centuries of painterly tradition.
Kawasaki begins every painting with a layer of yellow – his signature, the energy beneath the image itself. From there, he builds the face using thick impasto textures, combining Pop Art sensibilities with the expressive brushwork of Van Gogh and the visual expertise he developed as a matte painter on Oscar-winning film productions.
The palette is loud because her life was loud. Stand before the work and she meets your gaze. Walk past it and she becomes someone else entirely.
A century of Marilyn. A completely new way of seeing her.
Hand-signed and limited edition of 300. 60x60cm
Available in two finishes: elegantly mounted under acrylic glass for €€299,
or encapsulated in a Floater Frame for €399.
We wanted three artists who approach Marilyn Monroe through distinct pespectives: 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“
60x60cm • Edition of 300
Tadaomi Kawasaki, „Marilyn 07“
60x60cm • Edition of 300
Renaud Delorme, „Marilyn“
60x60cm • Edition of 150
€1697
The complete set
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.
