Murakami’s exhibit opens at the Brooklyn Museum tomorrow, 4/3. In a statement against counterfeiting, real Louis Vuitton handbags will be sold street-vendor style outside the museum. An unknowing subject might be walking away with knowledge about the counterfeit industry rather than a cheap knock off.
“We think that by highlighting it in a happening way and not in a boring way, it will make everybody more aware” – Yves Carcelle, chairman and chief executive officer of Louis Vuitton