{"id":295,"date":"2008-02-08T12:45:12","date_gmt":"2008-02-08T16:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2008\/02\/08\/takashi-murakami\/"},"modified":"2008-02-08T16:55:13","modified_gmt":"2008-02-08T20:55:13","slug":"takashi-murakami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2008\/02\/takashi-murakami\/","title":{"rendered":"Takashi Murakami @ MOCA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before Takashi Murakami&#8217;s exhibition at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA ends next Monday (2\/11\/08), I wanted to take a look at his star-studded opening back in October 2007. When was the last time we saw so many celebrities at an art opening &#8211; when Andy Warhol was alive?<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a style=\"color: #fff; font-size: 1px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/100percentlove_sophia\">100% LOVE<\/a><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i229.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee34\/shapingroom\/clear.gif?resize=1%2C5\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" height=\"5\"><br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/JgtCuBXkIKw&#038;rel=1\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><\/object><br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i229.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee34\/shapingroom\/clear.gif?resize=1%2C15\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" height=\"15\"><\/div>\n<p>More related video&#8217;s at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/profile?user=MOCAlosangeles\" target=\"_blank\">MOCA&#8217;s YouTube channel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before Takashi Murakami&#8217;s exhibition at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA ends next Monday (2\/11\/08), I wanted to take a look at his star-studded opening back in October 2007. 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