At its Grosvenor Hill gallery, Gagosian is showcasing new pieces by Takashi Murakami with the Japanese Art History à la Takashi Murakami exhibition. The works, in which he reinterprets historical Japanese paintings by adding in his own iconography (like his Mr. DOB character), are a way for him to explore Japan’s ancient splendour and the way that it has been impacted by new aesthetics following the country’s opening to the West after the end of the Edo period in 1868.