Takashi Murakami

Art Apr 7, 2019

Art Basel Hong Kong: All the fun of the international art fair

by John L. Tran

As Hong Kong continues to rise as a hub of Asian contemporary art, Art Basel Hong Kong introduces a clutch of Japanese artists with plenty to say.

Music | Sound Off Mar 28, 2019

Hip-hop's anime crush is beautiful

by Dylan Foley

Takashi Murakami's work on Billie Eilish's new video for "You Should See Me in a Crown" is the latest example of Western music's ongoing love affair with Japanese anime. And while it may seem obvious — American kids who like anime and grow up ...

Art | Heisei Icons Mar 13, 2019

Takashi Murakami: The face of Japanese contemporary art abroad, underappreciated at home

by Andrew Lee

In Tokyo alone, Murakami’s commercial work can be seen in the official mascots for the Roppongi Hills complex and Tokyo MX TV station.

National Oct 26, 2018

Yayoi Kusama and Takashi Murakami consider legal action against fake exhibitions in China

Exhibitions of works passed off as those by renowned Japanese artists Yayoi Kusama and Takashi Murakami have been held in China recently, and the two artists are considering legal action to seek criminal charges, their lawyers have said. According to Yoshifumi Onodera, Kusama's lawyer, such ...

Art Feb 16, 2016

Takashi Murakami collects more than just his thoughts

by John L. Tran

"Takashi Murakami's Superflat Collection" is an exhibition of other people's work, amassed as the result of one man's phenomenally successful artistic career. It's evidence that Murakami must have done something right, or wrong, depending on your view of culture. He's sometimes portrayed as a ...

Art / Openings Outside Tokyo Jan 19, 2016

'Takashi Murakami's Superflat Collection: From Shohaku and Rosanjin to Anselm Kiefer'

by Melynie Yoneda

Jan. 30-April 3 After a successful homecoming exhibition at the end of last year, contemporary artist Takashi Murakami is now unveiling his private collection of works at the Yokohama Museum of Art. Dubbed "Takahashi Murakami's Superflat Collection," these works include historical Japanese and Asian artifacts, ...

Art Nov 19, 2015

Takashi Murakami's reluctant homecoming

by Andrew Lee

Ebisu Yokocho has never looked so fabulous. It's the night before Halloween and costumed women with talon-like nails and feathered eyelashes snake their way through a boisterous crowd crammed into this narrow alley of food stalls and bars. The smell of booze and grilled ...

Art / Openings In Tokyo Nov 3, 2015

'Takashi Murakami: The 500 Arhats'

by Daisuke Kikuchi

Oct. 31-March 6 The Mori Art Museum is holding a special solo exhibition of contemporary artist Takashi Murakami. It has been 14 years since Murakami's last large-scale exhibition in Japan, though he has been continually internationally praised, working on giant installations at prestigious venues, such ...

National / Social Issues Jan 10, 2015

Murakami joins U.N.-sponsored event to school Asian children

Takashi Murakami joins UNICEF, soccer club FC Barcelona and the Reach Out To Asia campaign to educate children in Bangladesh, Indonesia and Nepal.

Art Sep 18, 2014

Blum & Poe gets closer to its artists

by Edan Corkill

Some people just can't help liking Japan. That's the message one gets from the effervescent Tim Blum and his only slightly more taciturn partner Jeff Poe, co-owners of the Los Angeles-based Blum & Poe art gallery, which this week takes the bold step of opening ...

Film Apr 26, 2013

Murakami's 'Jellyfish Eyes' blends kawaii and creepy into a postquake critique

by Kaori Shoji

In the West he's been referred to as "the other Murakami." To those in Japan, the difference is so prominent that very few would ever confuse artist-cum-filmmaker Takashi Murakami with novelist Haruki Murakami.