This week, three artist interviews: Carsten Höller on his book of games, Takashi Murakami on his new work, and Valeria Luiselli and Leo Heiblum on their Dia sound installation. Höller is the author of a book featuring 336 games that can be played alone, in pairs or in groups, without any props. He tells Ben Luke about art and play and his perennial quest for unpredictability.
An extract from Carsten Höller. Book of Games, Stefanie Hessler and Hans Ulrich Obrist (editors), Taschen
Courtesy of Taschen
Takashi Murakami has been in London this week for the opening of his exhibition, Japanese Art History à la Takashi Murakami, at Gagosian. We speak to him about the show and his fascination with the television series Shōgun.
Takashi Murakami, Rakuchū-Rakugai-zu Byōbu: Iwasa Matabei RIP (2023–24) (detail)
© 2023-2024 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights ReservedPhoto: Kei Okano. Courtesy Gagosian
And this episode’s Work of the Week is Echoes from the Borderlands, a sound installation created by Valeria Luiselli, Ricardo Giraldo and Leo Heiblum, which was unveiled at Dia Chelsea in New York this week. Valeria and Leo join us to tell us more about the project.
- Book of Games by Carsten Höller, edited by Stefanie Hessler and Hans Ulrich Obrist, Taschen, 760 pp, £40 or $50 (hb)
- Japanese Art History à la Takashi Murakami, Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill, London, until 8 March 2025
- Echoes from the Borderlands: Study Two, Dia Chelsea, New York, until 1 March 2025.