Murakami opens new gallery in Taipei, says Taiwan’s art market 10 years ahead of Japan
Posted by artradar on July 22, 2010
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As reported in a recent Taiwan News article, world-renowned contemporary Japanese artist Takashi Murakami opened a new art gallery in Taipei, Taiwan, at the end of June this year.
Kaikai Kiki All Star exhibition flyer, currently showing at Takashi Murakami's new Taipei art space, Kaikai Kiki Gallery Taipei. Taken from the KaiKai Kiki Gallery Taipei website.
Named the Kaikai Kiki Gallery Taipei, it is the second exhibition space opened by Murakami – the first was inaugurated in Tokyo in 2008.
In an interesting reflection on Taiwan’s art industry, the newspaper quoted Murakami as saying “that he has chosen Taipei as his art company’s first overseas foothold mainly because he feels Taiwan is 10 years ahead of Japan in terms of the maturity of its arts market.”
The gallery is reported to be unique in that it “does not impose any distance restrictions on visitors.”
Kaikai Kiki Gallery Taipei is located on first floor of the Taiwan Land Development Corp. office building in Taipei, Taiwan. It will showcase the “Kaikai Kiki All Star” exhibition of paintings by represented artists until 25 July.
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chris coetzee said
hi i would like to exhibit in ur gallery . it would be great if u can also send me an invitation letter to taiwan
artradar said
Thank you for your comment, Chris. I’m not sure if you are interested in contacting us or Murakami’s new Taipei gallery. If you are referring to Art Radar Asia please note that we’re not a gallery, we’re an art news blog. If you are wanting to contact Kaikai Kiki Gallery Taipei then I’m sure you can do so through their website.