Halloween is upon us! It is a time for trick-or-treating, costume parties, pumpkin carving—and, of course, spooky art. To mark the occasion, we at Artnet Gallery Network have scoured thousands of artworks to find the spookiest, scariest, most spine-chilling pieces available. Inspired by the uncanny and the macabre, the works below feature a hair-raising cast of creepy creatures from spiders and witches to monsters and skeletons.
To keep the Halloween theme going, browse Artnet Gallery Network for hundreds more other artworks that inspire the fright and terror of All Hallows’ Eve.
Deming King Harriman
Isolation Art: Masks II (2021)
Deep Space Gallery
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Deming King Harriman, Isolation Art: Masks II (2021). Courtesy of Deep Space Gallery, Jersey City.
Daniel Frasnay, Marionette (1950). Courtesy of Galerie Julian Sander, Cologne.
Megan Dominescu
Live, love latte (2021)
Anca Poterasu Gallery
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Megan Dominescu, Live, love latte (2021). Courtesy of Anca Poterasu Gallery, Bucharest.
Christian Jankowski
Neue Malerei – Ensor (2018)
Galería Pelaires
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Christian Jankowski, Neue Malerei – Ensor (2018). Courtesy of Galería Pelaires, Palma de Mallorca.
Louise Bourgeois
Untitled (Spider and Snake) (2003)
Composition Gallery
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Louise Bourgeois, Untitled (Spider and Snake) (2003). Courtesy of Composition Gallery, Tbilisi.
Stikki Peaches
Salma Hayek “Frida Kahlo” (2022)
Taglialatella Galleries
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Stikki Peaches, Salma Hayek “Frida Kahlo” (2022). Courtesy of Taglialatella Galleries, New York, Paris, Palm Beach, Toronto.
Andy Warhol
Myths: The Witch II.261 (1981)
Hamilton-Selway Fine Art.
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Andy Warhol, Myths: The Witch II.261 (1981). Courtesy of Hamilton-Selway Fine Art, West Hollywood.
Robert Combas
VERT ORANGÈ PLEIN DE SECRETS, À GLEUR DE PEAU ET D’HERBE VERTE (2021)
Galerie Laurent Strouk
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Robert Combas, VERT ORANGÈ PLEIN DE SECRETS, À FLEUR DE PEAU ET D’HERBE VERTE (2021). Courtesy of Galerie Laurent Strouk, Paris.
Francis Bacon
Portrait of Michel Leiris (1978)
Van der Vorst – Art
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Francis Bacon, Portrait of Michel Leiris (1978). Courtesy of Van der Vorst – Art, Zeist.
Peter Hujar
Ethyl Eichelberger as Nefertiti (III) (1979)
Fraenkel Gallery
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Peter Hujar, Ethyl Eichelberger as Nefertiti (III) (1979). Courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco.