Takashi Murakami, one of Japan’s most successful post-war artists, has used AI to recreate Iwasa Matabei’s famous ...

Discover how Takashi Murakami reimagines Japanese art history at Gagosian, blending traditional techniques with A.I.

Visitors to the venue are first greeted by the artist’s spectacular new painting titled “Rakuchu Rakugai Zu Iwasa Matabei rip,” which measures about 13 meters long. The piece vividly shows a ...

Those reference works, for example, include Iwasa Matabei’s “Rakuchu-Rakugai Zu” (Scenes in and around the capital) and Tawaraya Sotatsu’s “Fujin-Raijin Zu” (The picture of wind and ...

Highlights include “Rakuchū-Rakugai-zu Byōbu: Iwasa Matabei RIP” (2023–24), Murakami’s take on a 17th-century depiction of Kyoto. Originally a detailed folding screen, his version ...

The Yamanaka Tokiwa comprises twelve scrolls painted by Matabei Iwasa some 400 years ago. Haneda redefines the art documentary and demonstrated that a film about a masterpiece can be equally ...