© MURAKAMI | MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Exhibition Credits

is made possible by endowment support from the Sydney Irmas Exhibition Endowment.

The exhibition and publication are made possible by generous support from Maria and Bill Bell.

Major support is provided by Blum & Poe, Los Angeles. Generous additional support is provided by Steven and Alexandra Cohen; Kathi and Gary Cypres; Gagosian Gallery; Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris and Miami; The Norton Family Foundation; Dallas Price-Van Breda; Janet and Tom Unterman; Ruth and Jacob Bloom; Marianne Boesky; David Teiger; The MOCA Contemporaries; The Japan Foundation; and the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation.

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Gala Credits

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Web Site Credits

Concept and design by Bret Nicely, web generalist. Exhibition and event video by Peter West. Video editing by John Campbell. Motion graphics by Austin Wallender. Editorial assistance by Cristin Donahue, writer/editor.

Welcome to © MURAKAMI. Featuring more than 90 works in various media spanning the early 1990s to the present, this international traveling retrospective is an unprecedented opportunity to survey the depth and breadth of Takashi Murakami's entire career.

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Exhibition Tour, Part 1
Join Takashi Murakami as he discusses Miss ko² (1997), My Lonesome Cowboy (1998), and more.

Exhibition Tour, Part 2
Join Takashi Murakami as he discusses And Then, And Then And Then And Then And Then And Then (blue) (1996), and 727 (1996).

Exhibition Tour, Part 3
Join Takashi Murakami as he discusses DOB in the Strange Forest (1999), The Castle of Tin Tin (1998), and more.

Exhibition Tour, Part 4
Join Takashi Murakami as he discusses Signboard TAKASHI (1992-2007), and Inochi (2004).

Exhibition Tour, Part 5
Join Takashi Murakami as he discusses S.M.P.ko² (1997-2007), Mr. DOB and DOB's March (1995).

Exhibition Tour, Part 6
Join Takashi Murakami as he discusses Oval Buddha (2007), Gero Tan (2002), and the kaikai kiki merchandise room.

Exhibition Tour, Part 7
Join Takashi Murakami as he discusses Reverse Double Helix (2003-2005), Tan Tan Bo (2001), and more.

Exhibition Tour, Part 8
Join Takashi Murakami as he discusses Flower Matango (b) (2001-2006), Jellyfish Eyes (2001), and more.

Marc Jacobs
artistic director for Louis Vuitton, discusses his collaboration with Takashi Murakami.

kaikai & kiki
A special preview of part one of Takashi Murakami’s new animated film.