Murakami’s Flowerball (3D) 2002 – to be shown at Brooklyn Museum via ArtDaily.org
©Murakami (See Murakami), which has garnered much hype leading up to its debut, April 5th, will feature in addition to ©Murakami, a fully operational Louis Vuitton store featuring a series of Murakami-styled bags, limited edition canvases featuring “Monogramouflage”, a collaboration between Murakami and Vuitton’s artistic director, Marc Jacobs.
Brooklyn Museum announces Vuitton store within murakami exhibition [ArtDaily.org]
Vuitton Sales benefit little-known charity [NY Sun]
Murakami Vuitton bags for sale at Brooklyn Museum [NY Daily News]
Louis Vuitton at Brooklyn Museum, brought to you by Takashi Murakami [ArtInfo]
The store will be open for the duration of the the exhibit, through July 13th. A portion of the proceeds from the store will be donted to the Federal Enforcement Homeland Security Foundation. Louis Vuitton will additionally host the “Brooklyn Ball” on April 3rd, an auction of Murakami’s works to directly benefit the Brooklyn Museum.
©Murakami is the largest retrospective of Murakami’s work ever presented and was originally organized and shown at MOCA in Los Angeles.
