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Current events
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Feedback Loop Hole
Presenting works by six term-nine students of an art course encompassing not just art and design but society as well. Over the past year they have sought out the “holes” that can take us out of our fixed...More »
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Kohjiro Fujii Exhibition
15 to 20 works using acrylic paint, ink, and charcoal.More »
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Mini-sized Exhibition
Started in 1992, for several years the ‘Mini-sized Exhibition’ at the Soh Gallery had become an event welcoming the new year with a focus on the gallery’s collection of modern works of various genres and...More »
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Mograg 10th Anniversary Exhibition “Ten”
A total of 52 artists will exhibit works under the theme “Ten”, reflecting on the past ten years and the next ten years at the same time. The exhibition period will be divided into two halves. First-half:...More »
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Nadine Ribault “Les Chants de Maldoror: Nous Sommes Dans Une Nuit D’Hiver”
Thirty-three charcoal, ink, pencil, pigment, and pastel drawings by the French artist Nadine Ribault inspired by chapters in the poetic novel Les Chants de Maldoror.More »
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Wataru Komachi “Free Hugs”
Wataru Komachi has been creating unruly work consisting of a mix of collage, painting and photographs as a free spirit in the world of art, fashion and music. Within the chaotic imagery of his rough brushwork...More »
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Stephen Powers “There Are No Wrong Answers”
Combining playfulness with messages in painting with a straight-on impact, Stephen Powers has created the Now is Forever murals on Harajuku Cat Street and in front of Nakameguro Station. This exhibition...More »
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Yasuo Tanaka + Kotaro Machiyama “Observer Bias”
Yasuo Tanaka and Kotaro Machiyama offer their own interpretations of painting and abstraction, Tanaka through organic monochrome explorations of material on canvas and Machiyama in works composed with...More »
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Ichinnorov Ganbataar and Baasansuren Bolorma Exhibition
A graduate of Mongolia State University of Arts and Culture, Ichinnorov Ganbataar has mostly worked as a writer of children’s books. Together with his wife, artist Baasansuren Bolorma, he has published...More »
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Junko Ito “Ronde 2018”
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Motoharu Iijima vs. Uso Fujishiro “Nameraka”
Motoharu Iijima and Uso Fujishiro are artists and collectors always searching for the most eccentric creators at the far edges of contemporary art. Here they feature a selection of works by themselves...More »
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Sumi Kanazawa “Erase and See”
An installation involving hundreds of drawings that Sumi Kanazawa has been making on newspapers since 2009. Artist’s statement: It all started with a piece of scribble. Taking to hand a pencil that...More »
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The Book: Book Art
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Two Color Limit
Group exhibition of works exploring artistic expression within the limit of two colors.More »
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Mio Ebisu “The Moss of the Rock”
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Shotatsu “Connections”
Shotatsu is a married pair of portrait artists who have relocated to their birth place of Wakayama after living in Kyoto for several years. Their first solo exhibition at Kagure Omotesando presents works...More »
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Tomoo Gokita “History on paper”
The series ‘History on paper’ examines the value and history of famous works of art. For the 5th installment of the series, the spotlight shines on internationally renown artist Tomoo Gokita. His exhibit...More »
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Yuichi Hirako Special Exhibition
This is a special exhibition being held concurrently along with “Project N71: Yuichi Hirako” at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery (2018 4/14-6/24). Centered around mostly paintings but also including drawings,...More »
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Where’s Waldo 30th Anniversary Exhibition
The popular book series Where’s Waldo? (Where’s Wally in Japanese) turns 30 this year and for the occasion Matsuya Ginza is holding an exhibition of rare original illustrations inviting viewers to spot...More »
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Non “Solo Show – Girls Bare Their Fangs”
Non is an actress, model, musician, and painter. This exhibition features her sketches, sculptures, installations, and costumes. Original T-shirts and other merchandise is also available. More »
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Kensuke Sasaki “Trailers”
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Ukiyoe and Shin-hanga: From Bakumatsu to Showa
This exhibition will showcase over 100 woodblock prints from the ukiyoe of the late Edo period to the shin-hanga of the Meiji period, incuding works by early 20th century artists such as Koitsu Tsuchiya...More »
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Flore d’Odilon Redon
Odilon Redon was a French painter active in France in the second half of the nineteenth century, when artists such as Monet and Renior were championing the Impressionist movement. Though Redon was of the...More »
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Kyohei Sakaguchi Exhibition
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Will Sweeney ”Vorpal Sword”
Artist Will Sweeney presents a retro/futuristic English landscape mutated beyond recognition and populated by mythical creatures and freakish characters living in makeshift shelters, conducting strange...More »
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Kaijin - Shell Men: Japanese Conchologists whose Shell Collections Launched an Epoch
A remarkable variety of shellfish inhabit the waters of Japan owing to the northward Kuroshio Current and southward Oyashio Current. Since ancient times, the Japanese have felt the magical allure of shellfish,...More »
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Kohei Kobayashi “Yawning・ Lessons”
At this exhibition, the artist presents three new works: the multiple objects inspired by ancient allegory from east and west from all ages, and the video to capture dialogue between the artist himself...More »
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Nobuyuki Osaki “Multiple Lighting”
In his first exhibition at the gallery in three years, Osaki will present works that address the ambiguity triggered by the expression of “disappearance of images”, as well as the fluidity of time and...More »
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MOMAT Collection Exhibition
In this ongoing series of exhibitions, the museum presents trends in modern and contemporary Japanese art from the 20th century to the present, including references to international connections. The “Highlights”...More »
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Velázquez and The Celebration of Painting: The Golden Age in The Museo Del Prado
Founded in 1819 with the Royal Spanish Collection at its core, the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid is one of the world’s most celebrated temples of art. This exhibition, held with the Museo del Prado’s...More »
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Yukihiro Taguchi Exhibition
The first solo exhibition for Yukihiro Taguchi in five years features group of works derived from the experimental project “Discuvry,” in which Taguchi lived in a self-built house using waste material...More »
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Jean-luc Moerman Exhibition
Belgian artist Jean-Luc Moerman entered the limelight with his gigantic paintings filling public spaces and museums. Ever since his career has been extremely varied, encompassing collaborations with firms,...More »
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My Favorites: Toshio Hara Selects from the Permanent Collection (Part 2)
Since he started the Hara Museum in 1979 as one of Japan’s first museums dedicated to contemporary art, the director Toshio Hara has devoted himself to the promotion of international exchange and the advancement...More »
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Bruno Munari “Conservare lo spirito dell’ infanzia”
Bruno Munari was a painter, sculptor, designer, and a leading figure in the Italian Futurist movement. Notable work includes “Xerografie Originali,” a piece that was created using a copy machine. Munari...More »
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Léonard Foujita Book Illustrations
This exhibition for the 50th anniversary of the death of painter Léonard Foujita (Tsuguharu Fujita) focuses on book illustrations from the artist’s body of work. Meguro Museum of Art and Foujita have a...More »
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“French Picture Books: Collection of Shigeru Kashima”
This is the first showing of a collection of children’s picture books collected over a 30-year period by French literature scholar Shigeru Kashima. Along with the development of color lithography, picture...More »
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Weekly Shonen Jump Exhibition Vol. 2: The 1990s - A historical 6.53 million copies in circulation
Weekly Shonen Jump Exhibition is an event that celebrates the 50th anniversary of the publication “Weekly Shonen Jump” by displaying issues spanning the decades since its founding up to the present. The...More »
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Nude: Art from The Tate Collection
Nudes are an important theme in Western art. Numerous artists from Renoir, Degas, Matisse, and Rodin to Picasso, Bacon, and Hockney took up the challenge of painting nudes. They have been expressed in...More »
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Sergei Tchoban “Dreams of Frozen Music”
Sergei Tchoban (b. 1962) is an architect, draughtsman, collector, and founder of the Museum for Architectural Drawing in Berlin. This exhibition will present around 30 of his drawings from the last couple...More »
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Tomoo Gokita “Peekaboo”
From album covers to magazines, Tomoo Gokita works in a wide variety of genres. In illustrations, collages, and other works, he pursues his own unique style with influences from the American underground...More »
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Yoshitaka Amano Exhibition
Equine Museum of Japan, together with the JRA Racing Museum is holding an exhibition by renown Japanese artist Yoshitaka Amano. For over half a century, Amano, known for his delicate yet fascinating artwork,...More »
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“Sailor Uniforms and School Girls”
The sailor uniform is a symbol of Japanese female high school students. Based on the 19th century British Navy uniform, the sailor uniform eventually became a popular fashion item for children and women....More »
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Akira Mizuno “Whereabouts of Reality”
Akira Mizuno (b. 1974) is a Gunma artist who has taken realist painting to its highest levels while pursuing new expressions in the medium through experimentation. A trip to Spain in 2014 and 2015 prompted...More »
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Ryokan Exhibition
Ryokan (1758-1831) was a buddhist monk and accomplished poet from the late Edo period. This exhibition showcases over 100 pieces of his work from the private collection of one of Japan’s most leading Ryokan...More »
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Rebel Without a Cause
- at Watari-um, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art
- in the Omotesando, Aoyama area
- Ends in 98 days
“The history of art is the history of the fight for freedom.” Rebel Without a Cause, the second exhibition of 2018 at Watari-um, features Andy Warhol’s iconic work as its main visual and displays of around...More »
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Rethinking Bernard Buffet: Half A Century of Masterpieces
Bernard Buffet made his debut as a painter at the age of 20, becoming famous for his portraits that characteristically use straight black lines and subdued hues to embody the social anxiety and void following...More »
Permanent events
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NMWA Museum Collection
The NMWA was established in 1959 around the core Matsukata Collection as Japan’s museum specializing in Western art. The galleries feature pre-18th century paintings including those by Ritzos, Van Cleve,...More »
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Yokoyama Taikan Memorial Hall Permanent Exhibit
Works, studies, sketches, ceramics, kimonos, artworks by friends, letters, bamboo crafts, and other belongings of Yokoyama Taikan are on display. Exhibits will change every three months. Closed during...More »
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Zojoji Temple Treasures
Displaying the treasures of Zojoji Temple, with the highlight being a 1/10th-sized model of the Daiden Main Hall from the British Royal Collection.More »
Upcoming events
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Hiroshi Soma Exhibition
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Printz Ⅱ
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Joseph Turner “Poetics of Landscape”
- at Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Museum of Art
- in the Shinjuku area
- Starts in 2 days
Exhibiting the work of Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), one of Britain’s leading masters of landscape paintings. Turner employed skillful techniques to depict nature’s various expressions, such...More »
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Naoko Majima “Jigokuraku”
Naoko Majima (b. 1944) has been creating installations and sculptures with paint and objects throughout her career. She became recognized as a leading Japanese artist with her “Jigokuraku” (Hell-Paradise)...More »
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Picture Book “Guru Guru Hide and Seek” Commemorative Exhibition
Exhibition commemorating the release of Aoi Nagae’s “Guru Guru Hide and Seek”, the third book in the popular Guru Guru baby picture picture book series. The series consists of “Guru Guru” published in...More »
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MAM Collection 007: Invisible Cities
“Invisible Cities” is taken from the fantasy novel of the same name (Le città invisibili) by Italo Calvino, in which Marco Polo describes to Kublai Khan the amazing cities he has observed and heard about...More »
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13th Cat Exhibition
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Ikeda Tatsuo: An Elliptical Visionary
Born in Imari, Saga in 1928, Tatsuo Ikeda was training to be a kamikaze pilot when the war ended. Ikeda attended a teacher’s college during the American occupation but was expelled after being labeled...More »
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Art Roots Festa
Art Roots Festa gathers work from different genres and different parts of the art world in one space.More »
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Takanari Sato “The Eyes are Filled with Blue Mountains”
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Paddington Bear™ 60th Anniversary Exhibition
A close-up look at Paddington Bear, who is loved all over the world, through various rare documents that include original drawings and illustrations from children’s picture books. This exhibition commemorates...More »