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  • poster for "The Kaleidoscopic Eye" Exhibition

    "The Kaleidoscopic Eye" Exhibition

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    • at Mori Art Museum
    • in the Roppongi area
    • Roppongi Hills Mori Tower (53F), 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-6150
    • Media: Painting - Sculpture - Installation - Video installation
    • Closes tomorrow

    Light, color, sound, language, concept and communication: Contemporary art is much more than just a visual medium. For this exhibition, the Mori Art Museum joins with Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary...More »

  • poster for "Graphic Design in Japan 2009" Exhibition

    "Graphic Design in Japan 2009" Exhibition

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    • at Tokyo Midtown Design Hub
    • in the Roppongi area
    • 5th floor, Midtown Tower, 9-7-1 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-6205
    • Media: Graphics - Art Talk
    • Closes in 26 days

    "Graphic Design in Japan" is a yearbook that was first published in 1981 by the Japan Graphic Designer Association, which consists of over 2600 professional members. Ever since, this heavily illustrated...More »

  • poster for "Neoteny Japan -Takahashi Collection" Exhibition

    "Neoteny Japan -Takahashi Collection" Exhibition

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    • at Ueno Royal Museum
    • in the Ueno area
    • 1-2 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo,110-0007
    • Media: Painting - Installation - Video installation
    • Closes in 11 days

    Through the collection of Ryutaro Takahashi, a psychiatrist known as one of Japan's best contemporary art collectors, this exhibition traces back the trend of Japanese contemporary art from the 1990s onward...More »

  • poster for "ICC Open Space 2009" Exhibition

    "ICC Open Space 2009" Exhibition

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    • at NTT ICC Inter Communication Center
    • in the Shinjuku area
    • Tokyo Opera City Tower 4F, 3-20-2 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-1404 Japan
    • Media: Installation - Video installation - Art Talk
    • Closes in 239 days

    Part of the gallery, library, mini theater and lounge will be used as "Open Space", a free communication space open to the public. ICC aims to provide a wide range of audiences with the opportunity to...More »

  • poster for Kohei Nawa "L_B_S"

    Kohei Nawa "L_B_S"

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    • at Maison Hermès
    • in the Ginza, Shimbashi area
    • 5-4-1 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061
    • Media: Sculpture - Installation
    • Closes in 81 days

    The next exhibition at Le Forum will be new works from the rapidly rising artist Kohei Nawa. Since his first exhibition in 2000, Nawa (born 1975) has garnered attention both at home and abroad for works...More »

  • poster for "Bones" Exhibition

    "Bones" Exhibition

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    • at 21_21 Design Sight
    • in the Roppongi area
    • Tokyo Midtown, 9-7-6 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0052
    • Media: Installation - Product - Other
    • Closes in 57 days

    Just as the history of the evolution of living beings over billions of years is hidden in each of the bones that support our bodies, there is also meaning encased within the "skeletons" (structure) of...More »

  • poster for "Winter Garden: The Exploration of the Micropop Imagination in Contemporary Japanese Art" Exhibition

    "Winter Garden: The Exploration of the Micropop Imagination in Contemporary Japanese Art" Exhibition

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    • at Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
    • in the Roppongi area
    • 4-7-25 Kita-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140-0001
    • Media: Painting - Drawing - Video installation
    • Closes in 16 days

    This exhibition was planned by the Japan Foundation to introduce a new generation of contemporary Japanese artists to the world. Prior to the world tour, the show will be shown at the Hara Museum. Curated...More »

  • poster for Risaku Suzuki "White"

    Risaku Suzuki "White"

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    • at Gallery Koyanagi
    • in the Ginza, Shimbashi area
    • Koyanagi Bldg. 8F, 1-7-5 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061
    • Media: Photography
    • Closes in 7 days

    The artist's latest works from the "White" series, which captures the scenery of snowy landscapes. The series was shown at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography in 2007.More »

  • poster for "Helsinki School Photography Exhibition: Internal and External Landscapes"

    "Helsinki School Photography Exhibition: Internal and External Landscapes"

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    • at Shiseido Gallery
    • in the Ginza, Shimbashi area
    • Shiseido Bldg. B1, 8-8-3 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061
    • Media: Photography
    • Closes in 36 days

    This year is the 90th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Finland and Japan, and it also happens to be Shiseido Gallery's 90th year. In light of these, Shiseido Gallery will be the first in...More »

  • poster for Hitoshi Nomura "Perceptions -Changes in Time and Field"

    Hitoshi Nomura "Perceptions -Changes in Time and Field"

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    • at The National Art Center, Tokyo
    • in the Roppongi area
    • 7-22-2 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-8558
    • Media: Photography - Installation - Video installation
    • Closes in 23 days

    Born in Hyogo prefecture in 1945, Hitoshi Nomura started tackling photographic expression in the late 1960s. He attracted much attention by realizing the visualization of "gravity" and "time" through the...More »

  • poster for "Pure Forms: The Era of Dieter Rams - Reconsideration of Functionalist Design" Exhibition

    "Pure Forms: The Era of Dieter Rams - Reconsideration of Functionalist Design" Exhibition

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    • at Fuchu Art Museum
    • in the Musashino, Tama area
    • Sengen-cho 1-3, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-0001
    • Media: Graphics - Other - Product
    • Closes in 16 days

    In the rapid wave of modernization since the beginning of the 20th century, designer Dieter Rams has emerged as a rare figure who remains particular about design that "doesn't change". Rams has worked...More »

  • poster for "A House is not A Home" Exhibition

    "A House is not A Home" Exhibition

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    • at SCAI The Bathhouse
    • in the Ueno area
    • Kashiwayu-Ato, 6-1-23 Yanaka, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0001
    • Media: Painting - Photography - Sculpture
    • Closes in 21 days

    What is this vessel that houses our spirit? How big is it? What does it feel like? What shape does it take? These are the questions that creep into our consciousness as we confront the world views of Noriko...More »

  • "Le Corbusier and the National Museum of Western Art" Exhibition

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    • at National Museum Of Western Art, Tokyo
    • in the Ueno area
    • 7-7, Ueno-Koen, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0007
    • Media: Drawing - Architecture - Art Talk
    • Closes in 57 days

    This year marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of the National Museum of Western Art in Ueno Park, Tokyo, in 1959 (Shôwa 34) as an institution for the housing and public display of the Matsukata Collection,...More »

  • poster for "World Press Photo Exhibition 2009"

    "World Press Photo Exhibition 2009"

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    • at Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
    • in the Nakameguro area
    • Yebisu Garden Place, 1-13-3 Mita, Meguro-ku, 153-0062 Tokyo
    • Media: Photography - Art Talk
    • Closes in 36 days

    The show will display again this year the works that have received prizes at "World Press Photo Contest" in the Netherlands that has been held yearly since 1955. This contest is open to all professional...More »

  • poster for "Visual Deception" Exhibition

    "Visual Deception" Exhibition

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    • at Bunkamura Museum of Art
    • in the Shibuya area
    • 2-24-1 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8507
    • Media: Painting
    • Closes in 43 days

    Trompe-l’oeil painting boasts a long history in Western art. In antiquity, already, skillful artists did their best to depict on a flat surface of a painting the three-dimensional contours of an object...More »

  • poster for Keizo Kitajima "Portraits"

    Keizo Kitajima "Portraits"

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    • at Rat Hole Gallery
    • in the Omotesando area
    • B1F, 5-5-3 Minamiaoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062
    • Media: Photography - Art Party
    • Closes tomorrow

    Rat Hole Gallery is pleased to announce Portraits, a solo exhibition by Keizo Kitajima. In the ongoing series Portraits, which he has been working on for seventeen years since 1992, Kitajima has continued...More »

  • poster for Masayasu Mitsuke Exhibition

    Masayasu Mitsuke Exhibition

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    • at Ota Fine Arts
    • in the Kiyosumi, Odaiba area
    • 2-8-9-4F, Kachidoki, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0054
    • Media: Ceramics - Art Party
    • Ends Today

    Ota Fine Arts is pleased to announce Masayasu Mitsuke's second solo exhibition at the gallery. Since completing his training under the master Buzan Fukushima, Mitsuke has been seeking new possibilities...More »

  • poster for Art & Photo Book Exhibition 2009

    Art & Photo Book Exhibition 2009

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    • at Shinjuku Ophthalmologist Gallery
    • in the Shinjuku area
    • Tanaka Bldg. 102, 5-18-11 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0022
    • Media: Other - Art Talk
    • Closes in 5 days

    Exhibition of portfolios by around 100 artists. *Portfolios on display in Space O. Wall displays also on view in the other spaces. Workshops are also planned at Space O over the duration of the exhibition. (On...More »

  • poster for 21st Shashin no Kai Prize Exhibition

    21st Shashin no Kai Prize Exhibition

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    • at Place M
    • in the Shinjuku area
    • Kindai Bldg. 3F, 1-2-11 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0022
    • Media: Photography - Art Party
    • Closes tomorrow

    21st Shashin no Kai Prize Party Date: July 4th (Sat), 17:00- ¥2000 All guests will receive a copy of issue 66 of the Shashin no Kai newsletter.More »

  • poster for Shuzo Takiguchi "Something Called Beauty"

    Shuzo Takiguchi "Something Called Beauty"

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    • at Morioka Shoten
    • in the Nihonbashi, Kudanshita area
    • 305 Dai-ni Inoue Bldg. 305, 2-17-13 Kayabacho, Nihombashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0025
    • Media: Painting - Drawing - Art Talk
    • Closes in 7 days

    On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Shuzo Takiguchi's passing, this exhibition showcases around 30 watercolors, transfers, and burnt drawings from the collection of Nobuhiko Tsuchibuchi, many of...More »

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