To mark 20 years of Espaces Louis Vuitton and a decade of its global “Hors-les-murs” program, Fondation Louis Vuitton brings Rina Banerjee to Tokyo for a sprawling new exhibition running March 19 through September 13, 2026.
Titled “You made me leave my happy home to become someone else anew…”, the show pulls together nineteen works across sculpture, installation, and painting. Banerjee’s practice, built on transforming found materials into intricate, feminine forms, takes centre stage, blending textiles, feathers, chandeliers, and everyday matter into richly layered, almost mythic compositions.
A highlight is her monumental installation In an unnatural storm a world fertile, fragile and desirous… (2008), a suspended, dome-like work inspired by Jules Verne that explores the allure and instability of global travel. It’s paired with Black Noodles (2023), a sharp take on the politics behind the international human hair trade.
Working between abstraction and figuration, Banerjee draws from Indian, Chinese, and Mesoamerican visual traditions to build hybrid worlds that push back on colonial narratives. Her figures, often echoing Hindu goddesses, carry a distinctly feminist edge, confronting ideas of identity, migration, and the “exotic” with both critique and humour.
Born in Kolkata and now based in New York, Banerjee has spent decades unpacking the complexities of diaspora and global exchange. This Tokyo presentation also debuts a new series of 2026 paintings, continuing her exploration of a fluid, transnational self.
On view for free, the exhibition is a vivid entry point into one of contemporary art’s most materially inventive practices, a must-see if you find yourself in Tokyo this year.