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Previous Sales 134

Christie's
Mushroom Painting #4
Mushroom Painting #4, 2000
Bought In
May 2026
Christie's
A Sketch of Anywhere Door (Dokodemo Door) and an Excellent Day
A Sketch of Anywhere Door (Dokodemo Door) and an Excellent Day, 2019
HK$5,715,000 ($732k USD)
Mar 2026
Christie's
Flower of Joy - Violet
Flower of Joy - Violet, 2007
Bought In
Mar 2026
Christie's
Miss Ko² (Project Ko²)
Miss Ko² (Project Ko²), 1997
$2,759,000
Nov 2025
Christie's
Untitled (In Collaboration with MADSAKI)
Untitled (In Collaboration with MADSAKI), 2017
HK$1,651,000 ($211k USD)
Sep 2025
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 2019
HK$952,500 ($122k USD)
Sep 2025
Christie's
The Double Helix, Reversal
The Double Helix, Reversal, 2001
HK$8,890,000 ($1.1M USD)
Sep 2025
Christie's
Doraemon: Time with Friends
Doraemon: Time with Friends, 2019
HK$1,134,000 ($145k USD)
Mar 2025
Christie's
Monogramouflage
Monogramouflage, 2008
HK$882,000 ($113k USD)
Mar 2025
Sotheby's
Takashi Murakami 村上隆 | Flower: Soul to Soul 花：靈魂之交
Takashi Murakami 村上隆 | Flower: Soul to Soul 花：靈魂之交, 2018
Unknown
Jan 2025
Christie's
Panda & Panda Cubs
Panda & Panda Cubs, 2015
HK$3,276,000 ($419k USD)
Nov 2024
Christie's
DOB Jump
DOB Jump, 1999
€189,000 ($208k USD)
Oct 2024
Christie's
Ensō: Earthly Desire
Ensō: Earthly Desire, 2015
£113,400 ($150k USD)
Oct 2024
Christie's
Me and Kaikai and Kiki
Me and Kaikai and Kiki, 2009
HK$3,528,000 ($452k USD)
Sep 2024
Christie's
Time Machine
Time Machine, 2019
HK$2,394,000 ($306k USD)
Nov 2023
Christie's
Pom & Me
Pom & Me, 2013
HK$882,000 ($113k USD)
Nov 2023
Christie's
And Then x 6 (Vermilion: The Superflat Method)
And Then x 6 (Vermilion: The Superflat Method), 2013
Bought In
Nov 2023
Christie's
Thank You for the Wonderful Destiny
Thank You for the Wonderful Destiny, 2020
Bought In
Nov 2023
Sotheby's
Study for Small Mushroom Painting #6
Study for Small Mushroom Painting #6, 2000
$14,000
Sep 2023
Sotheby's
A Chimney
A Chimney, 2000
Unknown
Jun 2023
Christie's
And then, and then, and then, and then and then / Super Blue DOB
And then, and then, and then, and then and then / Super Blue DOB, 2006
HK$3,150,000 ($403k USD)
May 2023
Sotheby's
Eka Danpi ("Eka's Amputation") - Red Daruma
Eka Danpi ("Eka's Amputation") - Red Daruma, 2007
$82,550
May 2023
Christie's
Time Bokan - Pink
Time Bokan - Pink, 2001
$756,000
May 2023
Christie's
Kōrin: Tranquility
Kōrin: Tranquility, 2015
$630,000
May 2023
Christie's
I open wide my eyes but see no scenery. I fix my gaze upon my heart.
I open wide my eyes but see no scenery. I fix my gaze upon my heart., 2007
$529,200
May 2023

Upcoming Auctions 2

Los Angeles Modern Auctions
Plush Flowerball
Plush Flowerball
Est. $2,000–$3,000
Jun 25, 2026
Mainichi Auctions
Untitled
Untitled, 2024
Estimate on request
Jun 27, 2026

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Flower #10342; Pilot Goggles
Flower #10342; Pilot Goggles
$225,000
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Manabia Fine Arts · 1stDibs
Longing for Zao Wou-Ki's Flower Painting Limited edition by Takashi Murakami
Longing for Zao Wou-Ki's Flower Painting Limited edition by Takashi Murakami
$2,500
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Paintings: $148K medianSculpture/objects: $109K medianPhotographs: $4.2K medianWorks on paper: $4.9K medianPosters/ephemera: $2.4K medianEditioned prints: $4.0K medianUnclassified lots: $2.4K medianBooks/portfolios: $832 median
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Education1

Tokyo University of the Arts (Geidai)
Tokyo, Japan
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Publications12

Exhibition Catalog 7

Post Human
Phaidon Press · 2024
Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg Author
Rizzoli · 2017
Murakami Author
Skira · 2012
̧Murakami Author
Rizzoli · 2007
Little Boy Author
Yale University Press · 2005
The Japanese experience--inevitable Author
Hatje Cantz · 2003
Takashi Murakami
Abrams · 2000

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Ballroom Marfa: The First Twenty Years
Phaidon Press · 2024
RxART: The Artists and Projects Transforming Health Care Spaces
Phaidon Press · 2024
The Art Book (Mini Format)
Phaidon Press · 2024
Contemporary Painting (World of Art)
Thames & Hudson · 2021
Rainbow Dreams: Color and Light in Contemporary Art
Phaidon Press
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Art Gallery of NSW

Takashi Murakami: Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow

Takashi Murakami

Art Gallery Rd, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

Dec 5, 2026

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Recent News20

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Cleveland Museum of Art hits 80% of $600 million goal for its future
The Cleveland Museum of Art announced it has raised $480 million since 2023 toward a $600 million fundraising campaign, reaching 80% of its goal. The …
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The best museums in Tokyo for art, history, and culture
This article presents a curated guide to the best museums in Tokyo, covering institutions dedicated to art, history, and culture. It highlights key ve…
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Takashi Murakami × Doraemon
The article announces a collaboration between Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami and the iconic manga and anime character Doraemon, as repo…
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How the Louis Vuitton Monogram Predicted Logomania
The article traces the 130-year history of the Louis Vuitton monogram, designed in 1896 by Georges Vuitton as a tribute to his father Louis. It detail…
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Applications open for the 8th edition of the Future Generation Art Prize
The PinchukArtCentre has officially opened applications for the 8th edition of the Future Generation Art Prize, a biannual global initiative establish…
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Christie's presents Beyond Ordinary - Then. Now. Next. Works from the Zabludowicz Collection
Christie's has announced a major two-part auction titled 'Beyond Ordinary - Then. Now. Next.', featuring 106 lots from the renowned Zabludowicz Collec…
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Collectors Anita and Poju Zabludowicz, longtime fixtures on the ARTnews Top 200 Collectors list, are selling £15 million ($20.1 million) worth of art …
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Keith Haring and Louis Vuitton collaboration launches at the Frick Collection.
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You Can’t Drive It; You Can Only Look At It: A Conversation with Heidi Vaughan
Houston gallerist, secondary market art broker, and fine art appraiser Heidi Vaughan discusses her gallery Heidi Vaughan Fine Art (HVFA), the recent o…
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韓国国立現代美術館 果川館で「Road movie: Art between Korea and Japan since 1945」が開幕
The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) in Gwacheon, South Korea, opened "Road movie: Art between Korea and Japan since 1945" on May…
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Megadealer Larry Gagosian Is the Subject of Unauthorized Documentary In the Works from Director Barry Avrich
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Wen Wu: The Body Thinks in Colour
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MMCA exhibition explores 80 years of artistic exchanges between Korea, Japan
The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) in Korea, in collaboration with the Yokohama Museum of Art, has organized "Art between Korea…
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Color them talented: Teen artists offered big scholarship money
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Past Exhibitions18

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#4,270 Martin Lawrence Galleries

Takashi Murakami Exhibition in Woodfield Mall

Takashi Murakami

5 Woodfield Mall, Schaumburg, IL 60173, USA

Mar 21, 2026 — Mar 21, 2026

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Takashi Murakami

Takashi Murakami

Art Gallery Rd, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

Jan 1, 2026

Major exhibition Art Gallery of NSW: Naala Badu building Takashi Murakami Opens 5 December 2026 Charges apply

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Art Gallery of New South Wales

Takashi Murakami

Takashi Murakami

Art Gallery Rd, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

Jan 1, 2026

Major exhibition Art Gallery of NSW: Naala Badu building Takashi Murakami Opens 5 December 2026 Charges apply

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#289 Manabia Fine Arts

Takashi Murakami: Superflat Universes (1997–2025)

Takashi Murakami

19501 Biscayne Blvd #2057, Aventura, FL 33180, USA

Oct 10, 2025 — Oct 29, 2025

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#3,856 Takeda Art Co.

Collection Exhibition Takashi Murakami

Takashi Murakami

Sep 19, 2025 — Dec 5, 2025

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#1 Gagosian

Takashi Murakami Seoul, Kawaii Summer Vacation

Takashi Murakami

16 Bukchon-ro 5ga-gil, Hwa-dong, Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea

Sep 2, 2025 — Oct 11, 2025

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#1 Gagosian

Takashi Murakami JAPONISME → Cognitive Revolution: Learning from Hiroshige

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555 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

May 8, 2025 — Jul 11, 2025

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#90 Guy Hepner

Takashi Murakami Tokyo Calling

Takashi Murakami

521 w 26th Street

Dec 4, 2024 — Jan 16, 2025

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#1,048 Nahmad Contemporary

TAKASHI MURAKAMI

Takashi Murakami

Promenade 7, 3780 Gstaad, Switzerland

Feb 14, 2024 — Mar 20, 2024

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#1 Gagosian

Takashi Murakami: Understanding the New Cognitive Domain

Takashi Murakami

555 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Jun 10, 2023 — Sep 8, 2023

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#11 Perrotin

Takashi MURAKAMI

Takashi MURAKAMI

76 Rue de Turenne, 75003 Paris, France

Nov 25, 2022 — Jan 28, 2023

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Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

TAKASHI MURAKAMI: THE OCTOPUS EATS ITS OWN LEG

Takashi Murakami

3200 Darnell St, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA

Jun 10, 2018 — Sep 16, 2018

TAKASHI MURAKAMI: THE OCTOPUS EATS ITS OWN LEG Jun 10, 2018 - Sep 16, 2018 Known for his collaborations with pop icons and fashion house Louis Vuitton, and f...

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Vancouver Art Gallery

Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg

Takashi Murakami

750 Hornby St, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2H7, Canada

Jan 1, 2018

Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg February 3–May 6, 2018 Learn More

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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Takashi Murakami: Lineage of Eccentrics

Takashi Murakami

465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA

Oct 18, 2017 — Apr 1, 2018

Takashi Murakami — October 18, 2017 – April 1, 2018

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#118 Marianne Boesky Gallery

Takashi Murakami

Takashi Murakami

507 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Apr 11, 2003 — May 10, 2003

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#118 Marianne Boesky Gallery

Mushroom

TAKASHI MURAKAMI

507 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Mar 17, 2001 — Apr 14, 2001

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#4,270 Martin Lawrence Galleries

Martin Lawrence Galleries presents: Takashi Murakami at Woodfield Mall

Takashi Murakami

5 Woodfield Mall, Schaumburg, IL 60173, USA

Sep 20, 2025

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Saatchi Gallery

FLOWERS – FLORA IN CONTEMPORARY ART & CULTURE

Cristina Alcantara, Pedro Almodóvar, Nobuyoshi Araki, Nick Archer, Gillian Ayres, Jessica Backhaus, Mandy Barker, Brendan Barry, Susan Beech, Valérie Belin, Andy Bettles, Elizabeth Blackadder, John Blakemore, Jean Baptiste Bosschaert, Faye Bridgwater, Orlanda Broom, Olga Cafiero, Ann Carrington, Rob & Nick Carter, Miguel Chevalier, Philip Colbert, Lottie Cole, Stephanie Comilang, Sharon Core, Michael Craig-Martin, Reuben Dangoor, Lia Darjes, William Darrell, Tom de Houwer, Richard de Tscharner, Elspeth Diederix, Jim Dine, Nathalie Djurberg & Hans Berg, Ron van Dongen, Xuebing Du, Elaine Duigenan, Pamela Ellis Hawkes, Ruud van Empel, Joanna Epstein, Mary Fedden, Robert Frank, Anne von Freyburg, Erwan Frotin, Adam Fuss, Matthieu Gafsou, Kate Gibb, Grace Gillespie, Sky Glabush, Daniel Gordon, Maro Gorky, Roberto Greco, Jo Grogan, Anna Halm Schudel, Joanna Ham, Rose Electra Harris, Dan Hays, George Henry, Realf Heygate, Damien Hirst, Aimée Hoving, Gary Hume, Florence Hutchings, Mila Ilingina, Yinka Ilori, Michelle Jung, Nadav Kander, Heath Kane, Sandra Kantanen, Neil Kellerhouse, Rob Kesseler, Nick Knight, Kior Ko, Jan Sebastian Koch, Irene Küng, Yayoi Kusama, Wole Lagunju, Caroline Larsen, Rebecca Louise Law, David Lebe, Laura Letinsky, Kathrin Linkersdorff, Brigitte Lustenberger, Mari Mahr, Martin Maloney, Ann Mandelbaum, Tony Matelli, Margaret Mellis, Sophie Mess, Ally McIntyre, Anastasija Michailova, Andrew Millar, Banita Mistry, Carmen Mitrotta, Abelardo Morell, William Morris, Alphonse Mucha, Vik Muniz, Galina Munroe, Takashi Murakami, Winifred Nicholson, Jesse Pollock, Janet Pulcho, Stormy Pyeatte, Marc Quinn, Dan Rawlings, Marcel Rickli, Catriona Robertson, Almudena Romero, Paul Rousteau, Andrew Salgado, Frederick Sander, Viviane Sassen, Thirza Schaap, Helene Schmitz, Martin Schoeller, Megan Seiter, Amy Shelton, Ann Shelton, David Shrigley, Niki Simpson, Chieska Smith, Leonard Soldier Iheagwam, Rudolf Steiner, Holly Stevenson, Florent Stosskopf, Daniel The Gardener, Rebecca Thomas, Mimei Thompson, Miriam Tölke, Robert Walker, Tim Walker, Tom Wesselmann, Vivienne Westwood, Jo Whaley, Jess Wilson, Emma Witter, Kasia Wozniak, Nadirah Zakariya, Christina Zimpel, Victoria Zschommler, Andrew Zuckerman, Irene Kung, Leonard 'Soldier' Iheagwam

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Art Fair Appearances8

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Frieze Los Angeles — Los Angeles
2026
Frieze Los Angeles — Los Angeles
2025
Frieze New York — New York
2025
Frieze Seoul — Seoul
2025
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2024
Frieze New York — New York
2023
EXPO CHICAGO — Chicago
2022
TEFAF Maastricht — Maastricht
2020
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Recent Activity20

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Takashi Murakami: Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow
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Best Exhibitions Starting in June 2026
May 29, 2026
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Collectors Anita and Poju Zabludowicz to Sell $20.1 M. in Art at Christie’s
May 27, 2026
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Keith Haring and Louis Vuitton collaboration launches at the Frick Collection.
May 21, 2026
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May 18, 2026
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May 15, 2026
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May 15, 2026
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May 14, 2026
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May 13, 2026
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May 13, 2026
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May 7, 2026
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Verdy 'I Believe in Me' Exhibition at LOTTE Museum of Art Seoul
May 7, 2026
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Les meilleures expos du moment à voir à Paris
May 5, 2026
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How to watch the 'Costume Art' Met Gala red carpet
May 4, 2026
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Met Gala guests from Beyoncé to Nicole Kidman set to flaunt fashion as art
May 4, 2026
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Andy Warhol | Cow II.11A (1971) | For Sale
May 3, 2026
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