Takashi Murakami’s Tokyo studio is bustling with staff 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Judging by the artist’s latest show—his first major museum retrospective in a decade—there is plenty to do. On June 6, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago opened “Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg,” featuring the Japanese artist’s work from 1982 to the present. Some pieces Mr. Murakami created for the exhibit are so new, the...

Source: Wall Street Journal June 06, 2017 16:07 UTC