The Chicago Maroon

The MCA Explores Myriad Depths with Takashi Murakami’s “The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg”

The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg, a new exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), gives visitors a glimpse into the creative reinvention of Japanese artist Takashi Murakami. Despite formal training ...
Seattle Times

Wildly popular exhibition of Takashi Murakami’s art opens Saturday in Vancouver, B.C.

Consider the title of the wildly popular exhibition of art by Takashi Murakami: “The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg.” This frightening, gripping phrase — drawn from Japanese folklore — suggests insatiable ...
Vancouver

Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg highlights the stressful business of making art

Installation view of Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg, exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery, February 3 to May 6, 2018, with Tan Tan Bo Puking—a.k.a. Gero Tan, 2002 (left), DOB in The ...
Time Out

"Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats its Own Leg"

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The Georgia Straight

Photos: Takashi Murakami's The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg extends its tentacles to Vancouver

The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg, Takashi Murakami’s long awaited retrospective and his first solo exhibition in Canada, opens to the public at the Vancouver Art Gallery on Saturday (February 3), but the ...