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Featured on blooloop, July 15, 2024

teamLab Planets in Tokyo sets Guinness World Record for visitor numbers

teamLab Planets in Tokyo has set the Guinness World Record for the world’s most visited museum dedicated to a single group or artist. Between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024, teamLab Planets welcomed 2,504,264 visitors. This marks the second time a teamLab museum has set a Guinness World Record, following the 2019 record by teamLab Borderless, also located in Tokyo. Opened as a permanent space in 2018, teamLab Borderless went on to welcome a record 2,198,284 visitors between 1 January and 31 December 2019. As well as announcing its new record, teamLab Planets has shared more details about its upcoming expansion, which includes the addition of more than 10 installations.

Featured on artnet, Feb 09, 2024

Getting Lost in Tokyo’s New teamLab Experience

As I approached the entrance of the new teamLab experience in Tokyo’s Azabudai Hills, it became clear that the relocated “digital art museum” would be a feast for the eyes. As viewers snapped their photos out front in the designated spot, large black vinyl lettering, which stretched over the hallways in elongated forms, came neatly together to spell out “teamLab Borderless”.(Excerpt from the text)

Featured on Artnet News, Dec 19, 2023

These Were the Most Popular Museums in the World, According to Google’s ‘Year in Search’

Turning first to the “Global” results, the Year in Search offers up a ranking of the most-popular museums in the world, as measured by Google Maps interest. They are: 1. Louvre Museum, Paris, France 2. The British Museum, London, United Kingdom 3. Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France 4. Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom 5. teamLab Planets, Tokyo, Japan The big outlier, clearly, is teamLab Planets. The immersive-art extravaganza in Tokyo is a juggernaut, and a particular hit with foreign tourists according to reports. The museum claims that 1 in 10 foreign tourists to Japan buy tickets to check out teamLab’s interactive experience, which features a digital Koi pond where animated fish explode into flowers as visitors touch them, an environment where you walk among glowing spheres, and an area where you can interact with “solidified light.”

Featured on CONCRETE PLAYGROUND., Jan 8, 2024

Tokyo's TeamLab Borderless Digital Art Gallery Is Reopening in February with Dazzling New Installations

If your 2024 resolutions involve seeing stunning art and travelling, here's one of the best ways to tick both boxes: a visit to digital-only art gallery teamLab Borderless in Tokyo. Not only is the Japanese venue finally set to reopen in a new location, but it'll welcome folks back in with a spectacular array of never-before-seen installations. If you fancy being surrounded by bubbles, jelly, flowers and oceans, you'll be especially thrilled.(Excerpt from the text)

Featured on ARTASIAPACIFIC, Dec 29, 2023

Weekly News Roundup: December 29, 2023

TeamLab Abu Dhabi Venue Nears Completion on Saadiyat Island On December 27, the Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT) Abu Dhabi, with Miral, the leading creator of immersive destinations in Abu Dhabi, and the international art collective teamLab announced the completion of 70 percent of the overall development of teamLab Phenomena Abu Dhabi. When it opens in 2024, the 17,000-square-meter mega-project in the Saadiyat Cultural District will offer a multisensory exploration of experiential artworks created by the Japanese collective teamLab, offering creative spaces at the intersection of art and technology that inspire the imagination. This massive art project was conceptualized and designed by teamLab Architects as part of their new concept “Environmental Phenomena,” which aims to provide artworks with an environment to evolve alongside unique to Abu Dhabi.(Excerpt from the text)