All stories about "Takashi Murakami"

The New York Times has a preview of the Takashi Murakami retrospective that opens this weekend at the Brooklyn Museum. The exhibit, titled "©Murakami," runs until July 5th and features over 90 works, along with a "fully operational Louis Vuitton shop selling some of Mr. Murakami's designs for that luxury brand." Gift-shop patrons will be able to purchase a variety of pricey art tchotchkes, including handbags, "other leather goods," and limited-edition $10,000 canvas wall-hangings. In related news, a massive herd of nesting couples escaped from their newly purchased luxury condos and was seen running down Eastern Parkway waving credit cards. [via]

British auction house Bonhams is holding what they claim is the world's "first auction devoted solely to Urban Art" on February 5. The sale includes works by notables Banksy, Keith Haring, and that French Space Invader guy. Recently, the work of these art stars has been gaining a lot of attention -- and cash value. At another Bonhams auction last spring, a piece by Banksy sold for £288,000, which was over twenty times its originally estimated price. The art on sale this time around should set off similarly frenzied spending sprees.