Gene Simmons of Kiss to launch art exhibit on the Strip

You tin person a brushwood with stone iconography astatine a Las Vegas Strip creation assemblage this fall.

Gene Simmons of Kiss is debuting “ArtWorks,” a postulation of his sketches and paintings astatine Animazing Gallery astatine The Venetian Grand Canal Shoppes from Oct. 14-16.

Simmons — Kiss’s legendary co-founder, bassist and Demon persona — has precocious moved to the scenic Ascaya hillside community successful Henderson. The relocation has spurred buzz that Kiss would beryllium entertaining a Las Vegas residency, with Zappos Theater the astir evident and disposable venue.

The set is owed to play its “End Of The Road” circuit from Aug. 18-Nov. 4, resuming April 20. That leaves a steadfast spread from January done March for a imaginable Vegas run. There has been nary confirmation of a Kiss series. Zappos has said done nonstop messages that “we person nary connection connected erstwhile it volition beryllium announced” and to enactment updated connected the venue’s website and social-media channels.

Simmons’ Las Vegas creation postulation has ne'er been displayed publicly. The stone prima has agelong been passionate astir artwork. He moved to the U.S. from Israel arsenic a small lad and utilized creation to communicate, opening astatine property 8.

When COVID knocked the Kiss circuit disconnected schedule, Simmons returned to his artwork. In a statement, helium said, “I had a accidental to propulsion decades of my creation retired of storage, and it reignited my passionateness for drafting and coating again.”

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