“AMERICA TOO”
Join us for an exclusive look at the installation and opening reception of Murakami & Abloh: “AMERICA TOO”.
In Conversation
Future History: Takashi Murakami and Virgil Abloh
Following their artistic collaboration in London, Takashi Murakami and Virgil Abloh, the recently appointed Louis Vuitton menswear designer, spoke with Derek Blasberg about how they met, their admiration for each other, and the power of collaboration to educate and impassion new audiences.
Fairs, Events & Announcements
Art Fair
West Bund Art & Design 2023
November 9–12, 2023, booth A102
West Bund Art Center, Shanghai
www.westbundshanghai.com
Gagosian is pleased to participate in West Bund Art & Design with an extensive group presentation. The gallery will exhibit works by Harold Ancart, Georg Baselitz, Glenn Brown, Urs Fischer, Katharina Grosse, Hao Liang, Damien Hirst, Thomas Houseago, Alex Israel, Jia Aili, Anish Kapoor, Yayoi Kusama, Takashi Murakami, Takashi Murakami & Virgil Abloh, Albert Oehlen, Nam June Paik, Ed Ruscha, Alexandria Smith, Spencer Sweeney, Cameron Welch, Jonas Wood, and Zeng Fanzhi.
Gagosian’s booth at West Bund Art & Design 2023. Artwork, left to right: © Zeng Fanzhi; © Katharina Grosse and VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany 2023; © Spencer Sweeney; © Yayoi Kusama. Photo: Alessandro Wang
Fundraiser
Artist Plate Project 2022
Coalition for the Homeless
Launching May 22, 2023, 10am edt
Limited-edition bone china plates produced by Prospect and featuring artwork by more than forty artists—including Virgil Abloh, Derrick Adams, Harold Ancart, Georg Baselitz, Amoako Boafo, Mark Grotjahn, Takashi Murakami, Albert Oehlen, Ed Ruscha, Anna Weyant, and Jonas Wood—will be sold through Artware Editions to raise funds for the Coalition’s lifesaving programs. The funds raised by the sale of the plates will provide food, crisis services, housing, and other critical aid to thousands of people experiencing homelessness and instability. The purchase of one plate can feed one hundred homeless and hungry New Yorkers.
Takashi Murakami, Gargantua on Your Palm, 2018 © 2018 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved
Art Fair
ART021 Shanghai 2021
November 13–14, 2021, booth C02
Shanghai Exhibition Center
www.art021.org
Gagosian is pleased to participate in ART021 Shanghai 2021. The gallery will feature works by artists including Georg Baselitz, Dan Colen, Edmund de Waal, Roe Ethridge, Urs Fischer, Katharina Grosse, Simon Hantaï, Damien Hirst, Jia Aili, Harmony Korine, Takashi Murakami (as an individual artist and in collaboration with Virgil Abloh), Rudolf Stingel, Spencer Sweeney, and Tatiana Trouvé.
To receive a pdf with detailed information on the works, please contact the gallery at inquire@gagosian.com.
Georg Baselitz, No, ja, 2020 © Georg Baselitz. Photo: Jochen Littkemann
Museum Exhibitions
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Virgil Abloh
“Figures of Speech”
July 1, 2022–January 29, 2023
Brooklyn Museum, New York
www.brooklynmuseum.org
Virgil Abloh pioneered a practice that cuts across mediums and connects visual artists, musicians, graphic designers, fashion designers, and architects. This exhibition, which originated at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, offers an in-depth look at defining highlights of Abloh’s career and includes a program of cross-disciplinary offerings that mirror the artist’s range of interests. The Brooklyn Museum presentation, which includes never-before-seen objects from Abloh’s archive and a social sculpture drawing on his background in architecture, is organized by Gagosian director Antwaun Sargent.
Installation view, Virgil Abloh: “Figures of Speech”, Brooklyn Museum, New York, July 1, 2022–January 29, 2023. Artwork ©︎ Virgil Abloh
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Virgil Abloh
“Figures of Speech”
June 10–September 29, 2019
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
mcachicago.org
Virgil Abloh pioneers a practice that cuts across medium and connects visual artists, musicians, graphic designers, fashion designers, and architects. This exhibition offers an in-depth look at defining highlights of Abloh’s career and includes a program of cross-disciplinary offerings that mirror the artist’s range of interests.
Virgil Abloh, Color Gradient Chairs, 2018 © Virgil Abloh
Press
Takashi Murakami & Virgil Abloh on the Surprises of Collaboration by Matthew Bedard
Flaunt
November 6, 2018
Online
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“Collaborating Is Evidence of Being Human”: Virgil Abloh and Takashi Murakami Join Forces for Gagosian Show by Annie Armstrong
Artnews
October 22, 2018
Online
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Virgil Abloh and Takashi Murakami Chat with AD about Their Gagosian Collaboration by Katherine McGrath
Architectural Digest
October 16, 2018
Online
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