{"id":352,"date":"2008-04-06T07:36:52","date_gmt":"2008-04-06T11:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2008\/04\/06\/takashi-murakami-brooklyn-museum\/"},"modified":"2008-05-11T18:47:29","modified_gmt":"2008-05-11T22:47:29","slug":"takashi-murakami-brooklyn-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whatwedoissecret.org\/madebyblog\/2008\/04\/takashi-murakami-brooklyn-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Takashi Murakami @ Brooklyn Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the show at MOCA, Takashi Murakami&#8217;s retrospective opened at Brooklyn Museum yesterday.<\/p>\n<div align=center><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/wuVC9qkDXbI&#038;hl=en\"><\/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%2C10\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" height=\"10\"><\/div>\n<p>The image below is from the opening gala on Thursday evening. 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