Looking for last-minute inspiration for a truly unique Halloween costume? Don’t worry—we’ve got you covered! Check out our top 5 list of the most daring, eerie, and original costume ideas, all inspired by the edgy world of contemporary art.

 

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Simon Lehner, I love you like an image, Kunstpalais Erlangen, 2023

Photo: I love you like an image, Solo exhibition at Kunstpalais Erlangen, 2023. Courtesy: Simon Lehner.

Nothing says creepy as much as Simon Lehner’s nose rubbing sculpture I love you like an image.

 

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Jordan Wolfson “Female Figure”, 2014

Photo: Courtesy Jordan Wolfson Studio, David Zwirner and Sadie Coles HQ, London

“Female figure is the tension between subjective and objective, titillation and repulsion. It’s my interpretation of (my) own masculinity. It’s also about violence and questions of (my) sexuality. I thought about the idea of myself as an author of fiction, wherein what the sculpture says is true, isn’t true—isn’t me. But of course, it is true and it is me”, says Wolfson.

 

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Zsuzsi Ujj: First Booklet (Photo Box Set), 2023

Photo: Bridal studies, 1986- 2023. Courtesy the artist and acb Gallery Budapest

Zsuzsi Ujj offers a rendition of the perfect skeleton costume.

 

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Marina Abramović, Artist Portrait with a Candle (A) (from the series “With Eyes Closed I See Happiness”), 2012

Timeless serenity and mysticism brought to you by Marina Abramovic and Galerie Krinzinger.

 

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Patrick Fabian Panetta, Jeepers Creeper, 2023 

Photo: Patrick Fabian Panetta, Jeepers Creepers -The Creeper Takes Darry Scene, modified and resized jpg from the artist’s archive, epson ultra chrome HDX-inkjet print on fabric, 185 cm x 135 cm archived in 2005 / reprinted in 2023

Go the classical horror route with Patrick Fabian Panetta at EXILE.