The Un-Private Collection: Takashi Murakami + Benoit Pagotto + Ed Schad, Thursday, May 19, 2022

In advance of the opening of the special exhibition Takashi Murakami: Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow, The Broad presents an Un-Private Collection conversation between the iconic visual artist Takashi Murakami and the co-founder of RTFKT Studios Benoit Pagotto, moderated by The Broad’s Curator and Publications Manager Ed Schad.
Murakami’s paintings featured in the exhibition welcome Buddhist Arhats and Daoist Immortals to ward off and move through disaster. The artist has embarked on the same path in his exploration of the burgeoning metaverse through the creation of avatars that seek to heal and offer a path toward enlightenment. Murakami’s avatars, arhats, and Immortals, all arrived in the artist’s work in times of trouble, and all are intermediaries between worlds-in the arhats’ case, one of spirit; in the avatars' case, one of digital existence.
This conversation explores Murakami’s interest in the possibilities of the metaverse and the potential for transcendent, spiritual, or healing experiences through it.
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I cannot believe this has only 450 views. Thanks for putting this up, I'm learning so much!

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great talk, two talented men congrats on all the success