Halloween is just right around the corner and it’s likely that most New Yorkers haven’t found time in their busy schedules to get themselves a costume. Aside from being pricey, most costumes are far from original, so you might find yourself searching frantically at the last minute for that wig you wore a year ago or squeezing into that “Thing 1” shirt you got at Disneyland, that for some reason still fits.

 

Maybe you’re not THAT desperate for a costume, and you’ve managed to find a “sexy fire(wo)man” suit that shows off enough skin to get you pneumonia. If you are trying to get a Rescue Squad together, we can assure you that you will encounter a truck-load of other sexy firefighters. So if your intent was to be original, this might not be the best bet.

 

If you really want to stand out this Halloween, we suggest you try one of these amazing artsy avant-garments:

 

1.Yayoi Kusama & The Obliteration Room

Image courtesy of Kristina Lopez
Image courtesy of Kristina Adduci

 

 

2. Roy Lichtenstein’s, Blonde Waiting 1964

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Image courtesy of girloncanvas.com

 

 

3. Jeff Koons’ Balloon Dog & René Magritte’s The Son of Man

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Image courtesy of Kristina Adduci

 

 

4. Edward Munch’s, The Scream

 

 

5. Banksy’s Flower Thrower and The Girl With The Balloon

Image courtesy of Kristina Lopez
Image courtesy of Kristina Adduci

 

 

6. Sandro Botticelli’s, The Birth of Venus

photo // courtesy of Zimbio

 

 

7. Edgar Degas’,  Little Dancer

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Image courtesy of Artnet.com

 

 

8. Damien Hirst’s For the Love of GodThe Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living (i.e. Shark) 

Image courtesy of Kristina Lopez
Image courtesy of Kristina Adduci

 

 

9. Salvador Dalí

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Image courtesy of DailyMail.co.uk

 

 

10. Gustav Klimt’s, The Kiss

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