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CJ Hendry Prepares JuJu World After Flower Market Draws Massive Crowds in Singapore

The artist’s ticketed JuJu exhibition follows a free pop-up that spawned viral scenes of grabbing and resale and raises fresh questions about AI-designed art and commodification.

Overview

  • Hendry spoke to reporters on Friday confirming JuJu World will open at IMBA Theatre on June 20 and run through July 18 with paid admission and on-site merchandise.
  • Her free Flower Market pop-up, held June 10–15 at the same venue, drew roughly 60,000 visitors and produced viral clips of frantic grabbing and long queues.
  • Hendry acknowledged resale and scalping after the Flower Market and said she accepts that ‘hype comes with the territory’ when events are widely accessible.
  • She said JuJu was developed with ChatGPT and other AI tools across some 30 to 40 iterations and that the character was partly conceived as a response to the Labubu collectible phenomenon.
  • JuJu World will sell blind-box small plushies (S$39), large plush toys (S$99) and other branded items while testing how pop-up art, toys and ticketing convert audience access into secondary-market demand.