Mariko Mori and the upcoming Tokyo retrospective All That Shines
Published on 08/25/2026 at 13:58 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
Mariko Mori is once again positioned at the center of Tokyo's institutional landscape with Mariko Mori: All That Shines confirmed as a major retrospective at the Mori Art Museum. As the museum's exhibition schedule and announcement detail, the survey will run on the 53rd floor of Roppongi Hills Mori Tower from October 31, 2026 to March 28, 2027.Mori Art Museum exhibition page
The Tokyo retrospective dates and scope
The Mori Art Museum presents Mariko Mori: All That Shines as a comprehensive overview of more than thirty years of work, emphasizing the artist's integration of art, science and metaphysics across media from photography to large-scale installations.Mori Art Museum exhibition schedule press release
The institutional announcement specifies that the exhibition opens on October 31, 2026 and closes on March 28, 2027, placing Mori in the museum's 2026 program alongside other major solo shows and underscoring her continued relevance in Japan's contemporary art discourse.Mori Art Museum upcoming exhibitions overview
Auction and market context around the retrospective
Although All That Shines is an institutional project rather than a market event, the retrospective coincides with sustained secondary-market interest in Mariko Mori's work, reflected in auction listings for her photographs, sculptures and installations that regularly achieve mid 5-figure to low 6-figure prices in London, New York and Hong Kong.
This market activity provides collectors with a price framework ahead of the Tokyo survey, where works from signature series such as Pure Land and subsequent installations related to her concept of Oneness are likely to be foregrounded, reinforcing the museum's emphasis on the artist's cross-media innovation.
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The work core and Oneness concept
Mariko Mori's practice traverses performance-based photography, video, sculpture and immersive installations, often articulating a vision of Oneness that links technological futurism with ancient philosophical ideas about consciousness and cosmology, a trajectory highlighted again by the Mori Art Museum in its materials for All That Shines.
Where the artist stands now
Within the current 30-day window, the centerpiece of Mariko Mori's institutional calendar is the confirmed upcoming retrospective Mariko Mori: All That Shines at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, scheduled to open on October 31, 2026 and to run through March 28, 2027.
Key facts on Mariko Mori
- Artist: Mariko Mori
- Medium / Genre: Installation, sculpture, photography and video (multimedia conceptual practice)
- Born: 1967, Tokyo, Japan
- Place(s) of practice: Studios in Tokyo and New York
- Active since: early 1990s, with international recognition following mid-1990s photographic and performance works
- Key work groups: Pure Land, Wave UFO, Oneness, Tom Na H-iu
- Current/last exhibition: Mariko Mori: All That Shines, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, October 31, 2026 - March 28, 2027 (upcoming institutional retrospective confirmed in the museum's 2026 schedule)
- Major collections: Guggenheim Museum (New York), Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Centre Pompidou (Paris), Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles)
- Awards: Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art prize for contemporary art (1998), Menzioni Speciali, Venice Biennale 47th edition (1997)
- Next date: October 31, 2026 - opening of Mariko Mori: All That Shines at the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
Frequently asked questions about Mariko Mori
When will Mariko Mori's retrospective All That Shines open at the Mori Art Museum?
The Mori Art Museum lists Mariko Mori: All That Shines among its upcoming exhibitions, with the opening date set for October 31, 2026 and the closing date for March 28, 2027 at Roppongi Hills Mori Tower in Tokyo.
What aspects of Mariko Mori's practice will the exhibition All That Shines cover?
The museum's announcement describes All That Shines as surveying more than three decades of work, spanning performance-based and computer-imaging photography, video, drawing, sculpture and large-scale interactive installations linked by the concept of Oneness.
How does the upcoming retrospective relate to Mariko Mori's earlier exhibition Pure Land?
The forthcoming exhibition is explicitly framed as Mori's first large-scale institutional retrospective in Japan since Pure Land, the 2002 show at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo that consolidated her international visibility and established her as a key figure in multimedia conceptual art.
This article was produced with a.i. support and editorially reviewed. All statements without guarantee; auction results, exhibition dates and awards may change at short notice.
