Art Collective teamLab to Open New Museum, teamLab Biovortex Kyoto on October 7, 2025

KYOTO, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 7, 2025--

teamLab Biovortex Kyoto, art collective teamLab’s permanent art museum, is set to open in Minami-ku, Kyoto, as part of the Kyoto Station Southeast Area Project on October 7, 2025.
This will be teamLab's largest museum in Japan, spanning over 10,000 square meters.

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In preparation for the museum’s opening, teamLab is in the process of creating several new artworks, including pieces that have never been exhibited in Japan. The first artworks that have been unveiled to be part of the new museum include, Massless Amorphous Sculpture, Morphing Continuum, The Eternal Universe of Words, The Way of Birds, and Forest of Resonating Lamps.

One of artworks that will be exhibited for the first time in Japan, Massless Amorphous Sculpture, is a floating immense sculpture created by a distinct environment that produces phenomena, based on teamLab’s concept of Environmental Phenomena. This piece is currently on view at exhibitions in Abu Dhabi, teamLab Phenomena, and Miami’s art center and will be unveiled in Japan for the first time.

Tickets are now available on the official website:
https://www.teamlab.art/e/kyoto/

This project, a collaboration with several companies based in Kyoto and Osaka, involves establishing and operating a facility on city-owned land in the southeastern area of Kyoto Station. The complex aims to be a "creative hub for generating and disseminating new value," with plans including a complex cultural facility featuring teamLab's art museum and an art center, among other attractions.

Through this project, teamLab aims to support Kyoto City's vision for urban development in the Kyoto Station Southeast Area, centered around culture, art, and youth. As the representative for this endeavor, teamLab will work alongside several partner companies with strong ties to Kyoto and Osaka.

teamLab Biovortex Kyoto
Opening October 7th, 2025
21-5 Higashikujo Higashi-Iwamotocho, Minami-ku, Kyoto

Ticket Prices
Adults (18 and above): JPY 3,800 ~
13–17 years: JPY 2,800
4–12 years: JPY 1,800
3 years and under: Free
Visitors with disabilities: 50% off the adult price
Flexible Pass (Admission time is not specified): JPY 12,000
*Tickets have designated dates/times.
*Tickets for adults and visitors with disabilities are subject to dynamic pricing, and prices will differ by day. Please purchase a ticket for the designated date/time upon checking the ticket price for the day.
*Tickets purchased on site at the museum will be +JPY 200 in addition to the above price.

Ticket
https://www.teamlab.art/e/kyoto/

For Media
Press Kit: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/93lvrprtgnfgv7fetmdkh/AEWRAiT_cvPAO96U6t39MTo?rlkey=lthlq82v8w9ar71j3vyh3j6oq&st=b447so0p&dl=0
Teaser Video: https://youtu.be/I4U1qdtoyWY?feature=shared
Official Website: https://www.teamlab.art/e/kyoto/

Created for the Prayer exhibition, this work was shown in private from April 25th to May 31st, 2021, during the state of emergency declared due to COVID-19. Spatial Calligraphy continues to be written for eternity in an infinitely expanding space. The sound of the characters echoes from each position in the calligraphy, and the combined sounds create a continuous chant. (teamLab, The Eternal Universe of Words © teamLab)

The movement of hundreds of thousands of birds is beautiful and mysterious, like a single, giant life form. (teamLab, The Way of Birds © teamLab)

Even if individual elements are separated in space and time, when a structural order appears among them, the elements transcend space and time and form a single entity. Despite significant changes in shape or size on the surface, or even if all of the elements are replaced, the single existence will be maintained. This spatiotemporal existence is part of the whole, it appears from the whole, and is returned to it. It is a living universe - a biocosmos. (teamLab, Morphing Continuum © teamLab)

CHICAGO (AP) — Matt Shaw was watching TV with his wife when she got a notification on her phone: Alex Bregman had agreed to a contract with the Chicago Cubs.

Shaw was Chicago's regular third baseman during his rookie season, so he wondered what the move meant for him.

“You're kind of looking at it like ‘Oh man, where am I going to play?’ And you get a little anxious about those things,” Shaw said Friday at the team's annual fan convention. "The team knows me good enough at this point to know I just want to be prepared when the season comes around.

“So of course I immediately have questions like ‘Am I going to go here? Am I going to go there?’”

The answer to many of those questions was yes.

Shaw is preparing for a super-utility role after Chicago finalized a $175 million, five-year contract with Bregman on Wednesday. In addition to backing up Bregman at third and Nico Hoerner at second, Shaw also is expected to play in the outfield.

There is always the possibility of a trade with Hoerner, who is going into the last year of a $35 million, three-year contract, or Shaw, a first-round pick in the 2023 amateur draft who turned 24 in November. But the Cubs sound as if they are inclined to hold on to their infield depth as an insurance policy for injuries.

“I don’t think we have enough guys yet,” manager Craig Counsell said with a chuckle. “If you think there’s too many, I don’t know what you’re looking at.”

Counsell said the team was “fortunate” last year in terms of injuries.

“We’re now protecting a lot against what can happen, but I think that’s an important part of building a roster and building a team,” he said.

Hoerner, 28, was a key performer last season as Chicago won 92 games and reached the playoffs for the first time since 2020. He batted .297 with seven homers, 61 RBIs and 29 steals in a career-best 156 games. He also won his second Gold Glove.

Amid increased trade speculation in the wake of Bregman's deal, Hoerner said he loves the Cubs and attributed the rumors to his contract situation and playing in a big market.

“I think, above all, just remembering that it’s not a personal thing and that the team’s job is to always make the best possible roster that they have the ability to do for this year and for years to come,” he said. “And you look at the things that we’ve done this offseason, I think it’s pretty evident that’s their goal. And we’re in a really strong place.”

Dansby Swanson, Hoerner's double-play partner at shortstop, said the second baseman was irreplaceable.

“Nico means the world to me and to this team, just who he is as a person,” Swanson said. “He brings the same type of energy and competitive spirit that Alex does.”

Shaw was relatively inexperienced at third base going into last season, but he was named a Gold Glove finalist in October. Shaking off a slow start and a stint in the minors, he hit .226 with 13 homers, 44 RBIs and 17 steals in 126 games with the Cubs.

Shaw was a shortstop growing up in Massachusetts, but he spent some time as an outfielder early in his collegiate career at the University of Maryland.

“I played outfield growing up a lot, so I look forward to running around out there,” he said. “Outfield's definitely fun. And the at-bat stuff, I think there's at-bats there, and obviously it's up to me as it's up to all the guys to earn their spots and to play well.”

Shaw also is looking forward to playing with Bregman, a two-time World Series champion with Houston.

“We had a great year last year. We had a lot of great pieces,” Shaw said, “and then you add Bregman and it's like, you look at this team up and down and we're in an amazing spot.”

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FILE - Chicago Cubs' Nico Hoerner hits a sacrifice fly ball during a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Sept. 30, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Huh, File)

FILE - Chicago Cubs third baseman Matt Shaw prepares to field the ball during the a baseball game, Oct. 6, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf, File)