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Over 310,000 visitors!
"Takashi Murakami: The 500 Arhats" now closed.
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.
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.
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!
We would like to thank all the visitors to the exhibition. Thank you!
Opening hours extended!
"Takashi Murakami" exhibition ends on March 6.
- LAST WEEKEND SPECIAL on March 4, 5 & 6
The Mori Art Museum exhibition "Takashi Murakami: The 500 Arhats" is to finally close its curtain this weekend. It is with our great excitement to announce the "LAST WEEKEND SPECIAL" where the opening hours of the exhibition are to be extended on the final three days.
"LAST WEEKEND SPECIAL"
[Special Opening Hours]
Friday, March 4 8:00-25:00
Saturday, March 5 8:00-25:00
Sunday, March 6 8:00-22:00
* Regular open hours: 10:00-22:00
* Last admission until 24:00 on March 4 & 5, 21:30 on March 6.
Having attracted over 250,000 visitors from around the world already, this exhibition provides us with the last opportunity to see the artist's 100-meter long masterpiece The 500 Arhats in Japan. This will be a golden opportunity for all to fully enjoy the world of Takashi Murakami's from earlier in the mornings until later in the evenings!
We are currently planning on presenting an exclusive, extremely rare, and also not-for-sale "Murakami" item of goods to commemorate the 300,000th visitor of the exhibition!
Visitor numbers exceed 200,000!
Only three more weeks to catch "Takashi Murakami: The 500 Arhats"!
As of February 8, an incredible 200,000 people have seen "Takashi Murakami: The 500 Arhats," which opened on October 31.
The show is actually the first major solo exhibition in Japan by Murakami in 14 years, since 2001, and people from all over Japan and elsewhere and all walks of life have been converging on the Mori Art Museum to catch the new work by this internationally-renowned artist.
![The 500 Arhats [White Tiger] (detail)](../image/exhibition_p01.jpg)
Takashi Murakami's The 500 Arhats [The White Tiger] (detail), 2012.
Installation view: "Takashi Murakami: The 500 Arhats," Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2015
Photo: Takayama Kozo
(C)2012 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Among those coming to see The 500 Arhats, a work on the themes of art, death and human limits that breaks new creative ground for Takashi Murakami, have been a large number of older people and families, groups which do not usually have much contact with contemporary art, and interest in the work has been growing daily across all demographics.
The 200,000th visitor was Kan Mayu, pictured here with her friend Watanabe Mayu. Ms. Kan told us that she had never heard of Takashi Murakami, but learned of the exhibition from a friend through social media, liked Murakami's use of color and unconventional worldview, and decided to come along and take a look for herself.
At the entrance to the exhibition, visitors encounter the "Murakami Arhat Robot" and large art objects inspired by four Chinese guardians each bearing celestial directions and taken from The 500 Arhats. The chanting Murakami Buddhist saint robot bears an uncanny resemblance to the real Murakami. The objects, based on the four guardians that feature in The 500 Arhats (Blue Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird, Black Tortoise), have a pop-art look hugely appealing to children, and are proving a favorite photo spot.
There are now just three weeks left to see "Takashi Murakami: The 500 Arhats," which may well be the last major solo exhibition of Murakami's work in Japan. Don't miss this opportunity to immerse yourself in the unique world of Murakami.
"Otoshidama Campaign," "Autograph Signing Session" and more! "Flower Cafe by Takashi Murakami" latest news!
At the "Flower Cafe by Takashi Murakami," a project in conjunction with the Mori Art Museum's current exhibition "Takashi Murakami: The 500 Arhats," various events are organized to welcome your visit. If you have not fixed your holiday plans yet, come and visit the Cafe & the exhibition!
+ "Flower Cafe by Takashi Murakami"
Appearance of Roku Roku Seijin at the "Flower Cafe by Takashi Murakami"
"Roku Roku Seijin" - characters created by Takashi Murakami specially for Roppongi Hills - will be at the Hills Café/Space to greet you all. In some range of time, they will be walking around within Roppongi Hills. Come and meet them!
* After Tuesday, December 29, 2015, balloons of all of the characters will dance in the air, and "Roku Roku Seijin Special Movie" will be on view at this special Cafe!
Date & Time: 10:45-18:00, Monday, December 28, 2015
* Day of opening [Opening hours of the Cafe: 11:00-23:00] 10:45-18:00, Saturday, January 9, 2016
* Day of Takashi Murakami Autograph Signing Session
"Otoshidama Campaign" - Visit the "Takashi Murakami: The 500 Arhats" and Cafe during your New Year's Holidays
If you visit the Mori Art Museum's "Takashi Murakami: The 500 Arhats," after January 1, 2016, and make a consumption over 1,000 yen of food and drink at Hills Café /Space, you will get a magnet, not-for-sale, "special" item. The magnet will be given to first 500 applicants only, numbered after "The 500 Arhats." Don't miss it!
Period: Friday, January 1, 2016 -
* Given to first 500 applicants only. Campaign will be closed when the number reaches to limit.
Where to apply: Hills Café /Space (2F, Hillside, Roppongi Hills) , 11:00-23:00
How to apply: Indicate two items noted below at the counter of Hills Café /Space
In Commemoration of Publication of "Takashi Murakami: The 500 Arhats" Exhibition Catalogue Takashi Murakami Autograph Signing Session - limited to 200 persons only -
Photo: Okazumi Chika
To commemorate the publication of the exhibition catalogue of "Takashi Murakami: The 500 Arhats," we will hold a Signing Session by Takashi Murakami, limited to 200 persons. Roku Roku Seijin, the characters produced by Takashi Murakami for Roppongi Hills will also appear to set up the excitement of the event. Don't miss this rare opportunity!
Date & Time: 15:00- , Saturday, January 9, 2016
* Number tickets to entitle the visitors to join in the session will be handed out from 10 a.m. on the day.
* Time of the Roku Roku Seijins' appearance: 10:45-18:00
Where to get the number ticket: Hills Café /Space (2F, Hillside, Roppongi Hills)
* Signing will be applied to the catalogues purchased on the same day only.
* Please bring your number ticket when joining the session.
Experience "The 500 Arhats" in 4K Movie
During the opening period of the Cafe, Takashi Murakami's large-scale painting "The 500 Arhats" will be shown in the 4K digital movie. Using the controlling device, you could change your perspectives freely and enjoy the astonishing world of the work created by Murakami.
"Roppongi Hills Sale 2016" by Takashi Murakami!
"Roppongi Hills Sale 2016" is features Takashi Murakami's signature "Flowers." The entire Roppongi Hills will be filled with flowers this winter.
Website: here
"Flower Cafe by Takashi Murakami"
Open for a limited time only at Roppongi Hills!
Takashi Murakami's signature flowers "grow wild" at the "Flower Cafe by Takashi Murakami," open in Roppongi Hills from December 28 through January 31, 2016. Flowers bloom in full glory on the floor, walls, tables and... while the Roku Roku Seijin – characters created by Takashi Murakami specially for Roppongi Hills – dance through the air as balloons. The flower also appears as latte art, branded into burger buns, in the form of a cake roll, and on other items on the cafe's original menu, and together with the Roku Roku Seijin on a host of kawaii novelties
Perhaps the best part of this wonderous and wonderful worldview, however, is the way the smiling faces on these flowers, blossoming in mid-winter in all their glory, invariably bring smiles to the faces of everyone who visits. Along with the exhibition, see, eat, drink, hear and experience Takashi Murakami all over Roppongi Hills.
Period: Saturday, December 28, 2015 – Sunday, January 31, 2016
Hours: 11:00–23:00
Venue: Hills Café/Space
Website: http://www.roppongihills.com/events/2015/12/hcs_ohana_cafe/
Special Collaboration "Flower" Menu
Merchandise (TBC)
Roppongi Hills A/D Gallery "
Takashi Murakami: FLOWER-FLOWER-FLOWER"
From January 1 through February 14, see Murakami's giant flower ball, flower sofa, and more, on display – and on sale – at "Takashi Murakami: FLOWER-FLOWER-FLOWER" in the Roppongi Hills A/D Gallery.
Among the works on view will be Takashi Murakami's iconic flower ball, Gigantic Plush Flower, 2 meters in diameter, and a sofa covered from end-to-end in Murakami's flowers. Don't miss this charming space, overflowing with Pop Murakami flower power.
Period: Monday, January 1 – Sunday, February 14, 2016
Hours: 12:00–20:00
Venue: Roppongi Hills A/D Gallery (Art & Design Store, West Walk 3F) * Admission: Free
Further information: http://www.macmuseumshop.com
Inquiries: +81-(0)3-6406-6875
Takashi Murakami's Superflat Collection―From Shōhaku and Rosanjin to Anselm Kiefer at Yokohama Museum of Art
This exhibition will unveil Takashi Murakami's Private Collection for the first large scale public showing, varying from old Japanese and Asian artifacts, antiques, pottery, folk and crafts to contemporary art. It will also shed light on his own childhood experiences as well as elements and factors that influenced him as a young artist. It will cast questions to the existing contexts of art, while attempting to analyze sources of aesthetics and mechanisms of value creation.
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
Ticket Discount Campaign
Show your ticket from "Takashi Murakami's Superflat Collection - From Shohaku and Rosanjin to Anselm Kiefer" at Yokohama Museum of Art (tickets include pair tickets, advance tickets, tickets sold at the Yokohama Museum of Art's ticket counter) at the Mori Art Museum's ticket counter and receive a ¥200 discount (Adult) to "Takashi Murakami: The 500 Arhats" exhibition and vice versa. You will receive a ¥200 discount (Adult) at the "Takashi Murakami's Superflat Collection" showing the ticket of "Takashi Murakami: The 500 Arhats."
Takashi Murakami's Superflat Collection
Photo: Hirao Kentaro
"200th Anniversary of the Artist's Birth: Kano Kazunobu's Five Hundred Arhats" at Zojoji Treasures Gallery
The entirety of Five Hundred Arhats, a monumental work by the late Edo-period painter Kano Kazunobu, which in fact inspired Takashi Murakami to produce his The 500 Arhats, is currently displayed in rotating sections. A special exhibition on Five Hundred Arhats has been held to coincide with the Mori Art Museum's "Takashi Murakami: The 500 Arhats" exhibition.
Period: October 7 (Wed) - December 27 (Sun), 2015 [first term] / 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/treasure/500rakanz.html
Kano Kazunobu Five Hundred Arhats
Installation view: Zojoji Treasures Gallery, Tokyo
Photo: Taira Takeshi
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