More than two decades after their first encounter, the creative connection between Louis Vuitton and Takashi Murakami continues to captivate us. First initiated in 2002 and renewed in 2024, the collaboration between the French maison and the Japanese artist returns on the occasion of Art Basel Paris. Once again, a dialogue unfolds between Louis Vuitton’s exceptional craftsmanship and Murakami’s playful, pop-infused imagination.

It all begins with a spectacular scenography inside the Grand Palais which opened to VIP this morning: a giant eight-meter octopus, inspired by Chinese lanterns, welcomes visitors into a world overflowing with color and symbolism. Within this immersive installation, the artist presents three Plush Balls, soft, spherical sculptures first conceived in 1995, alongside eleven new Artycapucines bags. It’s spectacular and cool.

For this Artycapucines VII – Louis Vuitton × Takashi Murakami collection, the artist revisits his iconic motifs, Smiling Flowers, Mr. DOB, Superflat Panda, and Jellyfish Eyes, creating a vibrant dialogue between contemporary art and exceptional craftsmanship.

Murakami coined the term “Superflat” to describe both a style and a worldview: art that collapses boundaries between high and low culture, between the traditional and the commercial. His works often feature bright colours, flat surfaces, manga-inspired figures, and motifs drawn from Japanese subcultures, consumerism, and postwar identity. Art Basel is staged this week until Sunday, at Le Grand Palais in Paris.

Louis Vuitton at Art Basel Paris, from 24 to 26 October 2025, at the Grand Palais, 3 avenue du Général Eisenhower, Paris 8th.