The Facts
The Mori Art Museum in Tokyo will present 'Mariko Mori: All That Shines', Japan's first major retrospective of the artist since 2002. Organized in collaboration with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, the exhibition opens October 31, 2026 and runs through March 28, 2027. It features approximately forty works spanning more than three decades, including performance-based photography, video, drawing, sculpture, and large-scale interactive installations such as 'Wave UFO' (1999–2002), the first artwork to use brainwave bio-feedback. The retrospective co-curated by Alexandra Munroe, Senior Curator at Large, Global Arts at the Guggenheim, and Kataoka Mami, Director of Mori Art Museum, traces Mori's evolution from her 'Cyborg' series of the 1990s to later metaphysical inquiries informed by Buddhist philosophy, astrophysics, and concepts of planetary interconnectedness.
The Signal
The exhibition arrives at a moment of renewed institutional attention to artists whose practices merge indigenous traditions, spiritual inquiry, and advanced technology. Mori's focus on 'Oneness'—the interconnectedness of all life across time and space—positions her as a prescient figure for a contemporary art world grappling with ecological crisis and technological acceleration. Her establishment of the Faou Foundation in 2010, which permanently installs works in natural settings, underscores a career-long shift from gallery-based critique toward immersive, meditative environments. For collectors and curators tracking the intersection of art, technology, and consciousness, this survey signals a maturation of Mori's market and critical standing, placing her firmly within the canon of visionary practice.
- Artists: Mariko Mori
- People: Alexandra Munroe, Kataoka Mami
- Museums: Mori Art Museum, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation
- Locations: Tokyo
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