Takashi Murakami, world star of painting, confesses fear of one day being replaced by AI. He juggles NFT and the virtual universe, building bridges between traditional art, pop culture and video games.
An exhibition presenting about forty of his works opens Saturday at the Gagosian gallery in Le Bourget (Seine-Saint-Denis) The artist also worked with the company RTFKT, present in the world of NFT (works of art certified by a digital contract, editor's note), to give birth to sneakers that had to be acquired in virtual universe before being able to obtain their physical double.