Takashi Murakami has received the 66th Minister of Education Award for Fine Arts!
Details here (in Japanese language only)
The exhibition “Takashi Murakami: The 500 Arhats,” open for 128 days since October 31, finally closed its curtain yesterday, March 6.
It is with great pleasure and excitement that we announce over 310,000 visitors came to view the show.
To mark the “grand finale” of the exhibition, the artist Takashi Murakami was on site and greeted the visitors on March 6 as well.
Installation view: “Takashi Murakami: The 500 Arhats,” Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2015
Photo: Takayama Kozo
© 2012 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Since it was the first major solo exhibition in Japan by Murakami in 14 years, not only people from all over Japan, but all over the world have visited the museum to see this epoch-making show of Murakami's.
On the eve the show close, March 5, the number of visitors exceeded 300,000.
The 300,000th visitor was Tanaka family from Shinagawa, Tokyo and was given special, not-for-sale Murakami item from Ms. Kasahara Chiaki, producer of Kaikai Kiki.
From the left, Mrs. Tanaka Marina (Age 29), Tanaka Kiko (9 months), Mr. Tanaka Junpei (Age 31) and the presenter Kasahara Chiaki.
© Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Also, there was another surprise awaiting us by Murakami in the evening of the very last day of the exhibition.
Murakami arrived at the Museum to hold an Autograph Signing Session for those who purchased original goods at the Museum Shop. He even took pictures together with fans!
© Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
We would like to thank all the visitors to the exhibition. Thank you!
Two related exhibitions, “Takashi Murakami's Superflat Collection - From Shohaku and Rosanjin to Anselm Kiefer” at the Yokohama Museum of Art and “200th Anniversary of the Artist's Birth: Kano Kazunobu's Five Hundred Arhats” at Zojoji Treasures Gallery are still ongoing.
Don't miss them!
■“Takashi Murakami's Superflat Collection - From Shohaku and Rosanjin to Anselm Kiefer”
Period: January 30 (Sat) - April 3 (Sun), 2016
Venue: Yokohama Museum of Art (3-4-1 Minato-mirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama)
Details: http://yokohama.art.museum/eng
“200th Anniversary of the Artist's Birth: Kano Kazunobu's Five Hundred Arhats”
Period: January 1 (Fri) - March 13 (Sun), 2016 [second term]
Venue: Zojoji Treasures Gallery (B1, Main Hall, Zojoji Temple, 4-7-35 Shiba-koen, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Details: http://www.zojoji.or.jp/takara/event/
As well, kindly note that “Takashi Murakami: The 500 Arhats” Exhibition Catalogue is now sold out.
Any new information and latest updates will be posted on the Museum Shop Website. Sorry for the inconvenience.
■Details of catalogue here: http://www.mori.art.museum/contents/tm500/goods.html#goods_s06
■Mori Art Museum Shop Website:
http://www.mori.art.museum/eng/shop/museumshop.html
■Relevant Information
・“Takashi Murakami: The 500 Arhats”
Saturday, October 31, 2015 - Sunday, March 6, 2016
・“Takashi Murakami: The 500 Arhats” Works of Murakami
（1）The 500 Arhats--“Blue Dragon” and “White Tiger”
（2）The 500 Arhats--“Black Tortoise” and “Vermilion Bird”
（3）Making The 500 Arhats
（4）New painting series
（5）The Birth Cry of a Universe
（6）Mr. DOB, Tan Tan Bo, Gero Tan
（7）Bonus! Murakami Arhat Robot
