Takashi Murakami

Revisiting Childhood Fables

Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Fairytale, Illustration, Video, Takashi Murakami, Fumi Nakamura, Design, Brooklyn Art, Japanese Art, Female Artists, Slidepollajax, Thinkspace Gallery, Arts News

Fumi Nakamura's drawings contain all of the elements of a fairytale except the narrative flow itself. The drawings invoke the traditional characters w...

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Takashi Murakami's Ego Is Larger Than Life

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Massara | Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Murakami Art, Video, Otaku, Anime, Takashi Murakami, Al Riwaq Exhibition Hall, Ego, Japan, Qatar, Japanese Art, Arts News

Who would have thought otaku culture would make it to the Middle East? Takashi Murakami's latest exhibition, aptly titled "Ego," opens today in Do...

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Singapore Art Museum Spotlights Local Artists and Global Collectors (VIDEOS)

VernissageTV | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Art, Singapore, Contemporary Art, Artists, Museum, Art Collectors, Emerging Artists, Li Hui, Art News, Lee Yong Baek, Takashi Murakami, Art Scene, Asia, Video, Arts News

The Singapore Art Museum currently presents two exhibitions that complement each other well. One shows contemporary Asian art from private collections around the world, the other has its focus on the young generation of artists living and working in Singapore.

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Artist Spotlight: René Garcia, Jr.

Jessica Hoppe | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Project One Gallery, Rene Garcia Jr., Latino Art, Takashi Murakami, Latino Artists, San Francisco-California, Yoshitomo Nara, Art Basel, Ralph Lauren, Latino Voices News

René, a renowned artist and founding member of the Project One Gallery in San Francisco, seeks to create art that is fun and accessible to all.

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PHOTOS: The Art World's Greatest Party

Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Natalie Portman, Debbie Harry, Moca, Takashi Murakami, Kanye West, Marina Abramovic, Ellen Degeneres, Douglas Aitken, Ed Ruscha, Lady GaGa, Moca Gala, Damien Hirst, Prada, James Franco, Devendra Banhart, Arts News

Imagine a party with previous guests including Brangelina, Jeff Koons, Vera Wang, James Franco, Ed Ruscha, Miuccia Prada, Devendra Banhart and John Ba...

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Tim Burton Will Build Macy's Parade Float

Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Macy's, Takashi Murakami Thanksgiving Day Parade, Holidays, Holiday Season, Takashi Murakami, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Parade, Thanksgiving, Albert Lamorisse, Tim Burton, Tim Burton Director, New York City, New York, The Red Balloon, Arts News

We might associate director Tim Burton's macabre characters and gothic aesthetic more with Halloween than with Thanksgiving, but Burton's upcoming con...

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Damien Hirst's Fish Sell For $2.8 million

www.bloomberg.com | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Art, Fine Art, Takashi Murakami, Where Will It End, Sculpture, Fiac, Damien Hirst Fish, Damien Hirst, Sculpture Art, FIAC Paris, Damien Hirst Auction, Arts News

A sculpture of 100 fish by Damien Hirst was snapped up with a price tag of $2.8 million. A Takashi Murakami painting of a Chinese lion dog and two wor...

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Sarkozy Accused of Cronyism After Versailles Appointment

Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Jeff Koons, Maurizio Cattelan, Art, Takashi Murakami, France, Xavier Darcos, Palace of Versailles, Versailles, Contemporary Art, President Sarkozy, Le Journal Des Arts, French Culture, UK Arts, Jean-Jacques Aillagon, Nicolas Sarkozy, Arts News

As one of France's foremost tourist attractions, the Palace of Versailles is subject to careful scrutiny; it comes as no surprise that French Presiden...

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WATCH: When Great Artists Collaborate

Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Kanye West, Salvador Dali, Lady GaGa, Louis Vuitton, William Burroughs, Music Videos, Artist Duos, Tim Burton, Pt Anderson, Sonic Youth, Alfred Hitchcock, Jeremy Blake, Video, Takashi Murakami, Artist Collaborations, Video Art, Danny Elfman, Arts News

You know the saying: they go together like peanut butter and jelly... spaghetti and meatballs... Christian Louboutin and David Lynch. When two big bra...

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WATCH: Hip-Hop Artist's Project For Japan's Recovery

Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Tokyo Art, Japan Earthquake, Takashi Murakami, Likten Magazine, Pharrell, Japan Earthquake Relief, World Art, Nerd, Pharrell Williams, Japan Tsunami Relief, Japan, Williams, Japanese Art, Chim Pom, Arts News

Earlier this month hip-hop artist Pharrell Williams teamed up with footwear company Palladium Bootsto compile individuals' stories from post-earthquak...

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Famous Paintings On Naked Bodies

flavorwire.com | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Andy Warhol, Famous Paintings, Nude, Takashi Murakami, Warhol, Flavor Wire, Flavorwire, Van Gogh, Picasso, Damien Hirst, Famous Artsts, Murakami, Nude Model, Arts News

For his latest visual trick, Switzerland-born, New York- and Zurich-based artist Olaf Breuning has transformed a group of nude gals and fellas into ...

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The 30 Harshest Artist-On-Artist Insults In History

flavorwire.com | Posted 10.29.2011

Read More: Andy Warhol, Funny, Artist Insults, Art, Takashi Murakami, Salvador Dali, Funny Videos, Leonardo Da Vinci, Flavorwire, Jasper Johns, UK Arts, Arts News

Our recent author-on-author, filmmaker-on-filmmaker and musician-on-musician insults have proved that creative folk are only human, and occasionally e...

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Street Art, Orgies & Car Crashes: The Work Of Miss Bugs

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 09.19.2011

A stunningly horrendous car crash. A windshield smashed in by a wooden stump. A shard of white light cutting sharply through a smoke cloud which rises...

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Murakami Erects Erotic Show In London

Evelyne Politanoff | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Life-Size Sculptures, Takashi Murakami, Erotic Show, Gagosian Gallery London, Kuroda Seiki, Sculpture, Meiki Period, Japan, Murakami, Gagosian, Nsfw, Sexy, Art Exhibitions, Gagosian Gallery, UK Arts, Arts News

Takashi Murakami's latest group of paintings explores his complex ambivalence to the legacy of cosmopolitan painter Kuroda Seiki, who brought Western-...

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Highlights This Week: Michelangelo, GIFs & Gitmo

Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Guantanamo Art, Video, Takashi Murakami, Highlights This Week, Ice Cube, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Michelangelo, Sean Connery, Drugs, Ice Cube Rareink, Painting, Arts News

There's never a dull moment here on HuffPost Arts. This week Sean Connery's nude painting made headlines, paintings gave a view within the walls of Gu...

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WATCH: Takashi Murakami Thinks His Art Is Overpriced

Bloomberg | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Video, Art, Takashi Murakami, United Kingdom, Louis Vuitton, Bloomberg News, UK Arts, London, Interview, Art Exhibitions, Larry Gagosian, Arts News

Takashi Murakami's sexually charged exhibit at the Gagosian Gallery in London is filled with towering sculptures of erotic school girls and male and f...

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PLAN ForYourArt: July 7-13

Bettina Korek | Posted 09.05.2011

The Hammer courtyard turns electric in July for an ongoing series of free concerts featuring emerging bands. KCRW DJ Dan Wilcox will spin between sets by Graffiti6 and East Conference Champions.

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Takashi Murakami Doodles For Google

csmonitor.com | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Google, Internet, Art, Guggenheim Bilbao, Takashi Murakami, Moca, Kanye West, Louis Vuitton, Japanese Art, Technology, Google Doodle, Arts News

Japanese hipster-turned-multimillionaire artist Takashi Murakami’s trademark psychedelic flower faces, narcotized eyes, and menacing mouths have bee...

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Here Comes The Sun

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Takashi Murakami Google, First Day of Summer, Summer Solstice, Takashi Murakami Google Doodle, Takashi Murakami First Day of Summer, Takashi Murakami, Google Summer Solstice, Takashi Murakami First Day of Winter, Takashi Murakami Google Logo, Murakami Google, Summer Solstice Google Doodle, Good News, Takashi Murakami Winter Solstice, First Day of Winter, Technology News

Let the sunshine in! June 21 is the first day of summer (in the Northern Hemisphere), and Google is commemorating it with a bright logo by contempo...

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Happy Anniversary, HuffPost Arts!

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Kimberly Brooks, Huffpost Arts, Arianna Huffington, Huffpost Aol, Aol, Black Swan, Takashi Murakami, First Person Artist, Arts News

Today marks the first year since we launched HuffPost Arts. What a long way we've come.

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Art World Raises Awareness & Money For Japan Earthquake Relief

ARTINFO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Art, Japan Earthquake, Japan, Asia, Artinfo, Japan Earthquake 2011, Japan Tsunami 2011, Hello Kitty, Kawaii, Taiko, Artists, Takashi Murakami, Exhibitions, New York, Asia Week, Arts News

While Japan struggles to recover from the devastating effects of the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, artists and arts organizations around the wor...

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Murakami Cancels GEISAI#15 In The Wake Of Earthquake

The Huffington Post | Jessica Menda | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tohoku, Support, Takehiko Inoue, Twitter, Japan Earthquake 2011, Earthquake, Artists, Statement, Geisai, Sushio, Tokyo, Japan Earthquake, Takashi Murakami, Event, Efforts, newday_geisai, Japan, Art Festival, Geisai#15, Arts News

Following the tragic events that resulted from the earthquake on March 11, 2011 in Japan, artist Takashi Murakami issued a statement cancelling GEISAI...

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King or Queen for a Day: Luxury Accommodations at Versailles

ARTINFO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jeff Koons, Hotels, Art, Takashi Murakami, France, Versailles, Contemporary Art, Boutique Hotel, Arts News

For anyone who's ever fantasized about the opulent life of French royalty in the Old Regime -- minus the Revolutionary bloodletting -- Jean-Jacques Ai...

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Highlights & Milestones: HuffPost Arts Celebrates 2010

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 05.25.2011

It's hard to believe we launched HuffPost Arts less than six months ago.

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Christmas of Cool: The Peter Norton Family Christmas Art Project

Gordy Grundy | Posted 05.25.2011

The Peter Norton Family Christmas Art Project is the epitome of cool. Beyond the beauty, the process and its production benefits many people in very interesting ways.

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