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“Takashi Murakami: Understanding the New Cognitive Domain” Pop-Up Shop, Gagosian, Le Bourget, 2023. Artwork © 2023 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Photo: Thomas Lannes

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Takashi Murakami: Understanding the New Cognitive Domain
Pop-Up Shop

June 10–December 22, 2023
Gagosian, Le Bourget

In conjunction with the exhibition Takashi Murakami: Understanding the New Cognitive Domain, Gagosian is presenting a pop-up shop at the Le Bourget gallery. The shop features all things Takashi Murakami, including catalogues and monographs on the artist as well as a wide selection of merchandise produced by his studio, Kaikai Kiki Co. Ltd., ranging from keychains and stickers to clothing, cushions, and skateboards. Limited-edition luxury apparel and signed editions—including a print based on the painting ZEUSMAP-X (2023), which is presented in the exhibition—are also available.

The pop-up shop is open during exhibition hours. New products will be released twice during the run of the exhibition. Forthcoming details will be announced on Gagosian’s Instagram account.

“Takashi Murakami: Understanding the New Cognitive Domain” Pop-Up Shop, Gagosian, Le Bourget, 2023. Artwork © 2023 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Photo: Thomas Lannes

Takashi Murakami’s and Benoit Pagotto’s avatars. Artwork © 2022 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved

In Conversation

Takashi Murakami and Benoit Pagotto
Moderated by Ashley Overbeek

Friday, June 9, 2023, 5:30pm
Beaux-Arts de Paris
www.beauxartsparis.fr

Join Gagosian for a conversation between Takashi Murakami and Benoit Pagotto, cofounder of RTFKT Studios and director of brand and partnerships at Nike, on the eve of the artist’s exhibition opening at Gagosian, Le Bourget. Moderated by Gagosian’s Ashley Overbeek, the discussion will center around Murakami’s progression in the NFT space since the launch of his Murakami.Flowers collection in 2022, including his ongoing collaboration with the RTFKT team and the playfulness that he brings to the digital realm. The trio will also touch on the ways artists have utilized and continue to leverage technology, such as artificial intelligence (AI), to innovate. The conversation will be conducted in English and is free to attend. 

The event has reached capacity, but will be streamed live on Gagosian’s YouTube channel.

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Takashi Murakami’s and Benoit Pagotto’s avatars. Artwork © 2022 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved

Takashi Murakami’s Flower Jet Coin NFT. Artwork ©︎ 2023 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved

Giveaway

Takashi Murakami
Flower Jet Coin NFT

Saturday, June 10, 2023, 3–6pm
Gagosian, Le Bourget

In conjunction with the opening of his exhibition Understanding the New Cognitive Domain at Gagosian, Le Bourget, Takashi Murakami is creating a special NFT gift, available for free exclusively to visitors who attend the opening reception. The Flower Jet Coin NFT—named after the jets that fly into the active airport that surrounds the gallery—will be minted on demand for anyone who enters the giveaway booth line between 3 and 6pm. The NFT may be claimed using an email address only or using an email address and self-custody wallet (MetaMask, Rainbow, Coinbase Wallet, WalletConnect), and will be limited to one per person. No advance registration is required. 

Takashi Murakami’s Flower Jet Coin NFT. Artwork ©︎ 2023 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved

Takashi Murakami, Gargantua on Your Palm, 2018 © 2018 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved

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

Jonas Wood, Flowering Lithop, 2022 © Jonas Wood

Fundraiser

Drawing Center
2022 Benefit Auction + Party

Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 6–9pm
Drawing Center, New York
drawingcenter.org

The Drawing Center’s annual Benefit Auction + Party takes place on Wednesday, September 28, with an evening of music and cocktails, and a silent auction featuring works on paper generously donated by more than eighty-five leading artists, including Takashi Murakami and Jonas Wood. Funds raised through this event provide crucial support for the Drawing Center’s ambitious roster of exhibitions, publications, education initiatives, and public programs.

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Jonas Wood, Flowering Lithop, 2022 © Jonas Wood

Left: Takashi Murakami. Right: Etsuko Price

In Conversation

Chasing the Eccentrics
Takashi Murakami in Conversation with Etsuko Price

Friday, May 20, 2022, 4:30pm
Japan House, Los Angeles
www.japanhousela.com

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Takashi Murakami: Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow, on view at the Broad, Los Angeles, from May 21 to September 25, 2022, this conversation between Takashi Murakami and Etsuko Price—who, with her husband Joe, has amassed an unparalleled collection of traditional Japanese art focused on the Edo period—will explore how traditional Japanese painting has influenced and inspired Murakami’s creative practice. Moderated by Yuko Kaifu, president of Japan House in Los Angeles, the conversation will also offer a window into the long friendship that Murakami and the Prices have developed over their passion for traditional Japanese art. The conversation will be in both Japanese and English. To attend the event in person or online, purchase tickets at eventbrite.com.

Left: Takashi Murakami. Right: Etsuko Price

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Announcements

Takashi Murakami’s transformation of the CT/PET Scan Suite at the Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC. Artwork © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Photo: Kenson Noel

Design

Takashi Murakami
RxART

In collaboration with RxART, Takashi Murakami has transformed the CT/PET Scan Suite at the Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC, by wrapping the walls and CT/PET scanner itself with a vibrant landscape featuring his signature smiling flowers. The installation has turned the once intimidating room—in which over 2,500 scans are performed each year—into an uplifting space, in an effort to alleviate the anxiety that many pediatric patients feel when they receive scans.

Takashi Murakami’s transformation of the CT/PET Scan Suite at the Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC. Artwork © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. Photo: Kenson Noel

Still from “Takashi Murakami.” Artwork © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co. Ltd. All rights reserved

Video

Takashi Murakami

In his New York City studio, Takashi Murakami discusses his three-decade-long practice, in which he blends traditional and modern art techniques to create enormous paintings with a visual power unmatched in contemporary art. This video was produced by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago in conjunction with Murakami’s major retrospective The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg, presented by the museum in 2017.

Still from “Takashi Murakami.” Artwork © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co. Ltd. All rights reserved

Still from “In Conversation: Takashi Murakami and Justin Paton”

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Takashi Murakami
Justin Paton

In this video, Takashi Murakami speaks with Justin Paton, head curator of international art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney. The pair discuss the monumental installation at the heart of the museum’s exhibition Japan Supernatural, Murakami’s melding of pop culture and fine art, and his profound interest in reimagining Japanese art history for the present day.

Still from “In Conversation: Takashi Murakami and Justin Paton”

Ed Ruscha. Photo: Sten Rosenlund

Online Exclusive

Artist Spotlight
Ed Ruscha to kick off new season of Gagosian’s online series

Launching September 16, 2020

Gagosian is unveiling a new vision for the Artist Spotlight series that will operate independently of our exhibition program. This will cement the platform’s status as a vibrant aspect of the gallery’s programming that allows artists to operate imaginatively beyond the physical exhibition format.

The second season of Artist Spotlight—a series that focuses on an individual artist for one week each month—premieres on September 16, 2020, with a new project by legendary artist Ed Ruscha. A selection of works by preeminent artists—including John Currin, Takashi Murakami, Nathaniel Mary Quinn, and Rachel Whiteread—will debut this fall. For updates, please contact the gallery at collecting@gagosian.com.

Ed Ruscha. Photo: Sten Rosenlund

Takashi Murakami and Supreme T-shirt

Support

Takashi Murakami and Supreme
COVID-19 Relief Fund T-shirt

Takashi Murakami has collaborated with the fashion brand Supreme to create an original T-shirt to raise funds for HELP USA. Over a million dollars in proceeds from the sale of the shirt have been donated to the nonprofit to support youth and families facing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Takashi Murakami and Supreme T-shirt

ComplexCon(versations)

Video

ComplexCon(versations)
Takashi Murakami and Virgil Abloh

In this episode of ComplexCon(versations), Takashi Murakami and Virgil Abloh discuss their individual interests, influences, and styles, as well as their revolutionary collaborations.

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Museum Exhibitions

Installation view, Takashi Murakami: Unfamiliar People—Swelling of Monsterized Human Ego, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, September 15, 2023–February 12, 2024. Artwork © 2023 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Photo: Josh White

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Takashi Murakami
Unfamiliar People—Swelling of Monsterized Human Ego

September 15, 2023–February 12, 2024
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
exhibitions.asianart.org

In this exhibition of work by Takashi Murakami the artist uses monsters as a central motif to address the complicated nature of the world around us. The show includes large-scale paintings and sculptures and several newly created works that respond to the impact of the global pandemic and a shift toward virtual interaction. Paintings of distorted figures reflect the swelling egos of individuals relentlessly promoting themselves on social media, while works recording the artist’s creation of NFTs, including avatars, look with optimism toward a digitally liberated future.

Installation view, Takashi Murakami: Unfamiliar People—Swelling of Monsterized Human Ego, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, September 15, 2023–February 12, 2024. Artwork © 2023 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Photo: Josh White

Installation view, Takashi Murakami: MurakamiZombie, Busan Museum of Art, South Korea, January 26–April 16, 2023. Artwork © 2023 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Photo: Josh White

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Takashi Murakami
MurakamiZombie

January 26–April 16, 2023
Busan Museum of Art, South Korea
art.busan.go.kr

This large-scale retrospective features paintings, sculptures, installations, and video art by Takashi Murakami, including some of the artist’s earliest pieces which have never before been shown publicly. This is the fourth exhibition in the series Lee Ufan and His Friends, in which international artists respond to Ufan’s practice. The works on view deploys a “zombie aesthetic” emblematic of the collective anxiety of the contemporary world and increasingly prevalent throughout pop culture. 

Installation view, Takashi Murakami: MurakamiZombie, Busan Museum of Art, South Korea, January 26–April 16, 2023. Artwork © 2023 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Photo: Josh White

Installation view, Takashi Murakami: Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow, The Broad, Los Angeles, May 21–September 25, 2022. Artwork © 2022 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Photo: Joshua White

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Takashi Murakami
Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow

May 21–September 25, 2022
The Broad, Los Angeles
www.thebroad.org

This exhibition, which includes all of Takashi Murakami’s works in the Broad collection as well as key loans, features eighteen works created throughout his career and new immersive environments developed in tandem with the artist and his studio, Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. In these works, spanning sculpture, painting, wallpaper, and immersive installations, the artist explores subject matter such as globalization, postwar Japan, pop culture, and religious iconography.

Installation view, Takashi Murakami: Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow, The Broad, Los Angeles, May 21–September 25, 2022. Artwork © 2022 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Photo: Joshua White

Jennifer Guidi, Seeking Hearts (Black MT, Pink Sand, Pink CS, Pink Ground), 2021 © Jennifer Guidi. Photo: Brica Wilcox

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Artists Inspired by Music
Interscope Reimagined

January 30–February 13, 2022
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
www.lacma.org

To mark the thirtieth anniversary of Interscope Records, the company invited artists to select albums and songs from Interscope’s groundbreaking catalogue and fostered exchanges between artists and musicians to generate resonant pairings. The exhibition, which includes more than fifty works, brings an intergenerational group of visual artists into dialogue with iconic musicians from the last three decades, providing a fresh perspective on influential music for the present moment. Work by John Currin, Jennifer Guidi, Damien Hirst, Titus Kaphar, Takashi Murakami, Richard Prince, Ed Ruscha, and Anna Weyant is included.

Jennifer Guidi, Seeking Hearts (Black MT, Pink Sand, Pink CS, Pink Ground), 2021 © Jennifer Guidi. Photo: Brica Wilcox

Takashi Murakami, Miss Ko², 1996–2011 © 2011 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved

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Takashi Murakami in
Stars: Six Contemporary Artists from Japan to the World

July 31, 2020–January 3, 2021
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
www.mori.art.museum

Presenting six artists whose careers propelled them beyond the confines of Japan, earning them acclaim around the world, this exhibition traces their journeys, from their earliest to latest works, and explores how each artist’s practice has been evaluated within the global context. Work by Takashi Murakami is included.

Takashi Murakami, Miss Ko², 1996–2011 © 2011 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved

Takashi Murakami, Open Your Hands Wide, Embrace Happiness!, 2010 © 2010 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved

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Happy!

October 27, 2019–July 5, 2020
NSU Art Museum, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
nsuartmuseum.org

Happy! presents contemporary works produced by artists who aim to engage the viewer emotionally. In their works, as in life, sorrow and happiness are intertwined. The exhibition follows a multigenerational trajectory from the mid-twentieth century to today. Work by Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami, Richard Prince, and Andy Warhol is included.

Takashi Murakami, Open Your Hands Wide, Embrace Happiness!, 2010 © 2010 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved

Takashi Murakami, Tan Tan Bo, 2001 © 2001 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved

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Murakami por Murakami

December 4, 2019–March 15, 2020
Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo
www.institutotomieohtake.org.br

This exhibition, which is a regrouping of Murakami by Murakami, previously on view at the Astrup Fearnley Museet in Oslo, focuses on Takashi Murakami’s renowned artworks, but also presents aspects of his activities as a collector, gallerist, businessperson, and activist. In the past twenty years, the artist has been extremely visible on the international art scene, but he has also taken an active role within the Japanese art world, redefining the position of the artist in society.

Takashi Murakami, Tan Tan Bo, 2001 © 2001 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved

Installation view, Japan Supernatural, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia, November 2, 2019–March 8, 2020. Artwork © 2020 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved

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Takashi Murakami in
Japan Supernatural

November 2, 2019–March 8, 2020
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia
www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au

This exhibition features large-scale installations and classic Japanese cinema and animation alongside miniature carvings, humorous paintings, and the vibrant ukiyo-e woodblock prints that define the tradition of the supernatural in Japanese art. Centered on a monumental installation of painting and sculpture by Takashi Murakami, the show also explores Japanese artists of the past, including Katsushika Hokusai, as well as contemporary artists.

Installation view, Japan Supernatural, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia, November 2, 2019–March 8, 2020. Artwork © 2020 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved

Jeff Koons, Gazing Ball (da Vinci Mona Lisa), 2016, Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation © Jeff Koons

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POP Power from Warhol to Koons
Masterworks from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation

September 28, 2019–March 8, 2020
Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia
www.taubmanmuseum.org

POP Power celebrates a perennial movement that revels in the new and the now, the celebrity and the commodity, and art made accessible for the masses. Work by Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Roy Lichtenstein, Takashi Murakami, Richard Prince, and Andy Warhol is included.

Jeff Koons, Gazing Ball (da Vinci Mona Lisa), 2016, Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation © Jeff Koons

Installation view, Murakami vs Murakami, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong, June 1–September 1, 2019. Artwork © 2019 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Photo: Guillaume Ziccarelli

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Murakami vs Murakami

June 1–September 1, 2019
Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong
www.taikwun.hk

This comprehensive survey features more than sixty paintings and sculptures in an immersive setting that showcases the intriguing paradoxes embodied in the diverse work and life of Takashi Murakami.

Installation view, Murakami vs Murakami, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong, June 1–September 1, 2019. Artwork © 2019 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Photo: Guillaume Ziccarelli

Takashi Murakami, Klein’s Pot A, 1994–97 © 2018 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Photo: Yoshitaka Uchida

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Takashi Murakami
The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg

June 10–September 16, 2018
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas
www.themodern.org

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth will present a major retrospective of Takashi Murakami’s paintings, featuring fifty works that span three decades of his career, from the artist’s earliest mature works to his recent, monumentally scaled paintings. This exhibition originated at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and traveled from the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Takashi Murakami, Klein’s Pot A, 1994–97 © 2018 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Photo: Yoshitaka Uchida

Takashi Murakami, a.k.a Gero Tan: Noah’s Ark, 2016 © 2018 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved

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In Tune with the World

April 11–August 27, 2018
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris
www.fondationlouisvuitton.fr

In Tune with the World aims to reflect on today’s questions about one’s place in the universe and the bonds that tie humans to their surrounding environment. The exhibition highlights the interconnections between humans, animals, plants, and even inanimate objects. Work by Alberto Giacometti, Yves Klein, and Takashi Murakami is included.

Takashi Murakami, a.k.a Gero Tan: Noah’s Ark, 2016 © 2018 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved

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