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  • "Cosmology of Painting" Exhibition

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    • at Tama Art University
    • in the Musashino, Tama area
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    These three artists deal with physical and philosophical themes in their paintings. Ideas contained in their paintings are limitless as the universe. Gallery Talk by Artists: June 28th (Sat) 14:00 Symposium: (...)

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    "Japanese Literature in Film Part 1 - From the NFC Non-film Collection" Exhibition

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    • at National Film Center
    • in the Nihonbashi, Kudanshita area
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    Looking at the history of film of any country reveals an important connection between film and literature. In the more than 100 years of Japanese film history, we can see that many film directors and scriptwriters (...)

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  • poster for "Genius of the Taisho Era: Michisei Kono" Exhibition

    "Genius of the Taisho Era: Michisei Kono" Exhibition

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    • at Shibuya Shoto Museum
    • in the Shibuya area
    • Closes tomorrow

    Michisei Kono (1895-1950), the genius of modern painting, is known for his strikingly realistic paintings with his fantastical imagination. Kono was part of Sodosha, a painters group based in Yoyogi. He (...)

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  • poster for "Mt. Fuji - Japanese Symbol in the Modern Times" Exhibition

    "Mt. Fuji - Japanese Symbol in the Modern Times" Exhibition

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    • at Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art
    • in the Greater Tokyo area
    • Closes tomorrow

    Mt. Fuji is a familiar icon, often seen as a subject of worship, which appears in various stories and as a motif in art. How was this collective image of Mt. Fuji developed over time? Since the old times, (...)

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  • poster for Eikoh Hosoe Exhibition

    Eikoh Hosoe Exhibition

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    • at Epson Imaging Gallery Epsite
    • in the Shinjuku area
    • Closes tomorrow

    Photographer Eikoh Hosoe's life is a reflection of the path taken by postwar Japanese photographic history. Hosoe has consistently made work that channels artistic concepts originating in Europe and America (...)

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  • poster for Hiroshi Okutani Exhibition

    Hiroshi Okutani Exhibition

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    • at Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki
    • in the Greater Tokyo area
    • Closes tomorrow

    This is a retrospective exhibition of representative Yo-ga painter Hiroshi Okutani. Okutani was born in Shukumo City in Kochi prefecture in 1934. He studied oil painting at Tokyo National University of (...)

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  • poster for Kayo Ume "Mr. Granpa"

    Kayo Ume "Mr. Granpa"

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    • at Little More Chika
    • in the Omotesando area
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    After succeeding in becoming the latest craze, Kayo Ume (aka Ume-chan) is coming back to Little More Chika! Theme of this exhibition is "Mr. Granpa". When Ume started taking photos as a high school student, (...)

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  • poster for "Mokujiki" Exhibition

    "Mokujiki" Exhibition

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    • at Sogo Museum of Art
    • in the Yokohama, Kanagawa area
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    During the late Edo period, Jonin Mokujiki traveled on foot all over Japan and carved numerous Buddha figures. Born in 1718 in the village of Kai county (present Yamanashi prefecture), Mokujiki became (...)

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    Masae Ito Exhibition

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    • at Tokyo Wonder Wall
    • in the Shinjuku area
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    An artist's talk will be held Wednesday, July 2nd, 17:30-18:30

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  • poster for Hidetaka Ito + Hiroshi Suzuki "Ambiguous Domain"

    Hidetaka Ito + Hiroshi Suzuki "Ambiguous Domain"

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    • at ASK? Art Space Kimura
    • in the Nihonbashi, Kudanshita area
    • Closes in 6 days

    This exhibition features media installations centering on sound work by Hidetaka Ito and video work by Hiroshi Suzuki, investigating the ambiguity hidden beneath artistic expression that makes use of digital (...)

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  • Yuji Yamashita "Past, Present and Future of Japanese Art"

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    • at Bunkamura Museum of Art
    • in the Shibuya area
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    This summer at Nadiff sees the art historian Yuji Yamashita giving a series of lectures on Japanese art, its market, environment and future at Bunkamura in Shibuya. 1st lecture: June 28th. The Current (...)

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  • poster for Skip City International D-Cinema Festival 2008

    Skip City International D-Cinema Festival 2008

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    • at Skip City Sainokuni Visual Plaza
    • in the Greater Tokyo area
    • Closes in 7 days

    Skip City International D-Cinema Festival 2008 is a unique film festival which focuses on the screenings of digitally shot and produced films. In its competition category, selected 12 full-length films (...)

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  • Taro Izumi "Jungle Book"

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    • at Gallery Stump Kamakura
    • in the Yokohama, Kanagawa area
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    Taro Izumi creates humorous drawings, video and 3D works out of everyday products and introduces them in the form of an installation. In this exhibition entitled "Jungle Book", Izumi presents exploratory (...)

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  • poster for Ueno Town Art Museum Sculptural Art Project "Sculptural Landscape  -Crossing"

    Ueno Town Art Museum Sculptural Art Project "Sculptural Landscape -Crossing"

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    • at Ueno Royal Museum
    • in the Ueno area
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    Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music Sculpture Department is holding an exhibition at the Ueno Royal Museum on the theme of "crossing" focusing on the relationship between sculpture and community. (...)

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  • poster for Susumu Shimonishi "I am, I am"

    Susumu Shimonishi "I am, I am"

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    • at INAX Gallery 1 & 2
    • in the Nihonbashi, Kudanshita area
    • Closes in 9 days

    Susumu Shimonishi is a 31 year old video artist with a unique sense of humor. In these bird's eye views of large traffic intersections in the city, throngs of people come and go each time the traffic (...)

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  • poster for "Green to Protect, Water to Protect" Exhibition

    "Green to Protect, Water to Protect" Exhibition

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    • at Fujifilm Square
    • in the Roppongi area
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    Greenery and water are essential for life not only for humans, but also various other living beings. These vital resources have however been damaged over time due to the exacerbation of global warming. (...)

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  • poster for 2008 ADC Exhibition

    2008 ADC Exhibition

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    • at Ginza Graphic Gallery
    • in the Ginza, Shimbashi area
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    The season for Ginza Graphic Gallery's annual ADC (Art Directors' Club) Exhibition has arrived! From over 10,000 works in various genres such as posters, advertisements for newspapers and magazines, (...)

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  • poster for Akinori Ikeda + Ani Watanabe "Saigon for Two"

    Akinori Ikeda + Ani Watanabe "Saigon for Two"

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    • at Calm & Punk Gallery
    • in the Roppongi area
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    The annual "Holiday for Two" exhibition is back! This exhibition features the travel exploits of photographers Akinori Ikeda and Ani Watanabe, a project in which both artists experience the same place (...)

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  • poster for Fumitaka Tomita Exhibition

    Fumitaka Tomita Exhibition

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    • at Museum of Modern Art, Gunma
    • in the Greater Tokyo area
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    Born in 1953 in Isezaki City (previously known as Sakai Town), Gunma Prefecture, pioneering wood furniture designer Fumitaka Tomita studied abroad at Carl Malmsten Centre for Wood Technology and Design, (...)

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  • poster for Hiroshi Yoda "Quest"

    Hiroshi Yoda "Quest"

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    • at Gallery Bauhaus
    • in the Nihonbashi, Kudanshita area
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    The 9th exhibition at Gallery Bauhaus is devoted to the work of photographer Hiroshi Yoda, who works mostly in fashion but is active in a variety of fields. After graduating from high school and studying (...)

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  • poster for Mario Tauchi "Psyche-ga-delic 2008"

    Mario Tauchi "Psyche-ga-delic 2008"

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    • at void +
    • in the Omotesando area
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    void+ is showcasing Mario Tauchi's Psyche-ga-delic 2008 exhibition from July 18th to July 31st. Tauchi has been creating mandala paintings in various media and also collaborating with musicians, visual (...)

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  • poster for "The Witches' One Times One" Exhibition

    "The Witches' One Times One" Exhibition

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    • at Hillside Terrace
    • in the Nakameguro area
    • Closes in 14 days

    This exhibition consists of the work of female artists who have attracted much attention for their unique styles and modes of expression, but who have bridged the differences in their chosen fields to (...)

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  • poster for Glenn Murcutt "Thinking Drawing, Working Drawing"

    Glenn Murcutt "Thinking Drawing, Working Drawing"

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    • at Gallery Ma
    • in the Roppongi area
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    With a history of winning many national and international awards including the Pritzker Prize, Australian architect Glenn Murcutt is a representative master in the contemporary architectural world. After (...)

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  • poster for "Cape Farewell -Learning Climate Change through Art" Exhibition

    "Cape Farewell -Learning Climate Change through Art" Exhibition

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    • at National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation
    • in the Kiyosumi, Odaiba area
    • Closes in 28 days

    Cape Farewell is a project for scientists and artists to navigate waters around the Arctic Circle. International team members sail through the ice-covered Arctic Circle with 100-year-old Dutch sailboat (...)

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  • poster for "Art Toward the Society: Realism of Korean Art 1945-2005" Exhibition

    "Art Toward the Society: Realism of Korean Art 1945-2005" Exhibition

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    • at Fuchu Art Museum
    • in the Musashino, Tama area
    • Closes in 35 days

    In 1970s Japan, monochrome painting was introduced as a mainstream form of Korean contemporary art, but in recent years, various forms of work by Korean contemporary artists have made an international (...)

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  • poster for Open Studio 42 Yoshiaki Kaihatsu "Funny-ture"

    Open Studio 42 Yoshiaki Kaihatsu "Funny-ture"

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    • at Fuchu Art Museum
    • in the Musashino, Tama area
    • Closes in 35 days

    Yoshiaki Kaihatsu creates installations using everyday materials, transforming them into something completely unexpected. His humorous and ironic works include an outdoor food stand and tearoom made out (...)

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  • poster for "Art Scope 2007/2008- Faces of Existence" Exhibition

    "Art Scope 2007/2008- Faces of Existence" Exhibition

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    • at Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
    • in the Roppongi area
    • Closes in 42 days

    Art Scope, a mécénat activity of Daimler Foundation in Japan, provides contemporary artists from Japan and Germany the chance to experience life in each other’s country. For the 2007/2008 year, Izumi Kato (...)

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  • poster for "Dance with Colors! Chromatic World on the Move" Exhibition

    "Dance with Colors! Chromatic World on the Move" Exhibition

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    • at Skip City Sainokuni Visual Plaza
    • in the Greater Tokyo area
    • Closes in 42 days

    The world of colors is entering a new era. Thanks to the development of computers, LED and display technologies, we can now freely choose colors from an infinite selection with a single switch. Colors (...)

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  • poster for "Drawer Museum of Art Tools and Materials" Exhibition

    "Drawer Museum of Art Tools and Materials" Exhibition

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    • at Meguro Museum of Art
    • in the Nakameguro area
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    Original teaching materials at the Meguro Museum of Art called the "Drawer Museum of Art Tools and Materials" are divided into four themes - art tools, wood, paper and metals - and are made up of a total (...)

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  • poster for "Joy of Living - The World of Naive Painting - André Bauchant and Grandma Moses" Exhibition

    "Joy of Living - The World of Naive Painting - André Bauchant and Grandma Moses" Exhibition

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    • at Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art
    • in the Shinjuku area
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    Like Henri Rousseau, French artist André Bauchant and American artist Grandma Moses are practitioners of naive art, gaining critical attention for their depictions of simple peasant lifestyles rich in (...)

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  • poster for "Strength of the Earth" Exhibition

    "Strength of the Earth" Exhibition

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    • at Gunma Museum of Art, Tatebayashi
    • in the Greater Tokyo area
    • Closes in 42 days

    This exhibition is part of a special "Dialogue with Materials" series at the Tatebayashi Museum in Gunma Prefecture. Taking paper as its theme in 2002 and wood in 2004, the exhibition series introduced (...)

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  • poster for "Tower of the Sun" Exhibition

    "Tower of the Sun" Exhibition

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    • at Taro Okamoto Memorial museum
    • in the Omotesando area
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    Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the museum, this exhibition sheds light on Taro Okamoto's "Tower of the Sun," a monument created for the Japan World Exposition held in 1970. The work symbolizes "the (...)

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  • 2008 Summer Vacation Special at Kodomo no Shiro

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    • at National Children's Castle "Kodomo no Shiro"
    • in the Shibuya area
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    -Open Studio "Kinetic Art and Craft" July 19th - August 31st 3F Zokei Studio This workshop introduces how things move and how they work. Let's make a moving object! -Jungle Camera July 19th - August (...)

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    Summer Vacation Work-Study "Let's answer a quiz and make a book!"

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    • at Printing Museum
    • in the Nihonbashi, Kudanshita area
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    What is "printing"? Follow this enjoyable way to learn about the world of printing for parents and children alike. After learning about the history of printing through a quiz format as well as the (...)

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  • Yosuke Amemiya + Kei Takemura Exhibition

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    • at Tokyo Wonder Site, Shibuya
    • in the Shibuya area
    • Closes in 42 days

    TWS Shibuya is hosting two up-and-coming artists' exhibitions "TEAM 13 Yosuke Amemiya -Whiplash Neuron" and "TEAM 14 Kei Takemura -Apart a Part" starting from June 28th. Yosuke Amemiya has introduced (...)

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  • "Children find a lot of stories from one picture: Permanent Collection Exhibition, Part 1" Exhibition

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    • at Setagaya Art Museum
    • in the Shibuya area
    • Closes in 49 days

    The Setagaya Art Museum conducts art appreciation workshops for students of the elementary and junior high schools of Setagaya. The volunteers who have acted as guides in this program will choose artworks (...)

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  • poster for "World of Tatsunoko Production" Exhibition

    "World of Tatsunoko Production" Exhibition

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    • at Hachiouji-shi Yume Museum
    • in the Musashino, Tama area
    • Closes in 57 days

    Over 300 cell animation illustrations and other works from Tatsunoko Production showcasing the breadth of the studio's output. Also on display will be selected video works, manuscripts, drafts and sketches. (...)

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  • poster for "Deco - Crafts Gallery for Kids from the Museum Collection" Exhibition

    "Deco - Crafts Gallery for Kids from the Museum Collection" Exhibition

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    • at Crafts Gallery at the National Museum of Modern Art
    • in the Nihonbashi, Kudanshita area
    • Closes in 65 days

    Crafts involve various decorative techniques. Patterns seen in crafts were refined over a long history. Different meanings are embedded in each kind, carrying messages that stimulate our imagination. Although (...)

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  • "Maidens' Icons" Exhibition

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    • at Yayoi Museum
    • in the Ueno area
    • Closes in 70 days

    The Yayoi Museum houses a lot of shojo-ga (illustrations depicting girls), also known as lyric illustration, by various artists including Kasho Takabatake, Koji Fukiya, Masao Kato and Junichi Nakahara. (...)

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  • poster for "Yumeji Takehisa -the World of Children-" Exhibition

    "Yumeji Takehisa -the World of Children-" Exhibition

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    • at Takehisa Yumeji Museum
    • in the Ueno area
    • Closes in 70 days

    While Yumeji Takehisa is now best known for his bijin-ga (depiction of beautiful women) which represents his career during the Taisho period, it's also worth mentioning that he created countless works (...)

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    Julian Opie Exhibition

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    • at Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito
    • in the Greater Tokyo area
    • Closes in 77 days

    The Contemporary Art Center at Art Tower Mito (ATM) is delighted to announce the first large-scale solo exhibition in Asia by the British contemporary artist Julian Opie. Known especially in Japan for (...)

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