Murakami is back as a new candy! Murakami again meddles in the peddle of confectionary with a 30th anniversary collaboration with Frisk! Murakami is no stranger to the candy business. He started in 2003 with the Superflat Museum team-up with Takara/Kaiyodo introducing his art miniatures with gum. More recently, he promoted his Jellyfish film with …
Tags, live from Köln (Cologne)
Street art resides even in the nooks and corners of the quaint German city Köln. On a single day jaunt I Spotted a number of interesting tags and aerosol creations. Near the 13th century wall and across from a couple of classic Brownstones you can find this mad sick house job and some other not too …
Half Price Murakami!
Sugimoto68 will finally feature a Murakami sale–buy one, get one for 50% off! This sale marks a gradual revamp of the site, which will feature more articles and an inventory expansion to include work from a variety of contemporary artists such as Mau Mau, Shepard Fairey and a few others. Also I’ll be digging up …
Where’s Mau Mau? Beejoir (Be sure) to meet him at Stall Baggage, Tokyo!
Souled Out Studios, a purveyor of fine graffiti editions, gave Tokyoites the pleasure of an exhibition experience featuring Mau Mau and Beejoir last night. Interesting people, colorful canvases, shiny pigs, and the live DJing of Sarasa Silverboombox contributed to the jubilant, yet easy atmosphere. I had lovely chats with both Beejoir and Mau Mau, and …
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Authenticating Your Murakami
Now Murakami COAs are popping up all over! I just discovered that the MOCA, of all places, includes a Kaikai Kiki COA with your Murakami print. Contradicting the claim in ‘What they don’t tell you about COAs’, a COA for a Murakami offset print does exist––at least from the MOCA. In any event, prints purchased …