TeamLab Borderless: the most visited art museum in the world

Stunning interactive rooms and breath-taking digital art; it’s no surprise that the amazing teamLab Borderless is attracting even more visitors than the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam.

Only a year after its debut, teamLab Borderless has officially been named the most visited art museum in the world.

Surpassing what were previously the world’s three most-visited single-focus art museums; the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam (2.1 million visitors), the Dali Theatre Museum in Figueres (1.1 million visitors) and the Picasso Museum in Barcelona (948 thousand visitors), teamLab Borderless has brought in a whopping 3.5 million international and domestic visitors since it opened in Tokyo last June.

Its hyper-visual rooms and vibrant instillations have been the subject of countless Instagram posts and stories, but why is it quite so popular?

It’s pretty spectacular to say the least, just take a look for yourself:

At the forefront of the contemporary art scene, teamLab is a collective that works with architecture, engineering, programming and music to create art. The ‘ultra-technologists,’ as they call themselves, focus on creating highly interactive, engaging and complex digital instillations that are set to absolutely blow your mind.

It was only a matter of time before they would decide to launch their own permanent space after several very successful pop-up exhibitions in Seoul, Shanghai and Tokyo (amongst other major cities).

And so, they did.

An instant hit, their flagship space, Borderless, became available to the public in the MORI Building 14 months ago and it’s sold out pretty much every day since.

Their website doesn’t show detailed explanations of what’s on because it never stays the same, and with more than 50 instillations to see, you’ll need at least a few hours to explore (if you’re lucky enough to get a ticket).

An enchanting mix of light, sound, and colour, the live computer-generated artworks are touch receptive, which undoubtedly contributes to a ginormous electricity bill (explaining the lofty ticket prices).