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Jim O’Connell “Kabukicho”
Jim O’Connell documents Tokyo’s red-light district, making connections with Kabukicho’s working men and women, revelers and passers-by. This exhibition comprises of ten photographs shot in 2006. This...More »
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Halfway Happy Vol. 2 Kosuke Nagata: Eat
Kosuke Nagata explores motifs of eating and mouths in this series.More »
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IG Photo Gallery Posters
*Open Fridays only until February 7. IG Photo Gallery opened in 2018 and has since held exhibitions by several cutting-edge photographers such as Osamu Kanemura and Hiroko Komatsu. This exhibition looks...More »
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Rina Ohmoto “Vague 2”
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Permanent Exhibitions
Art Factory Jonanjima is home to three permanent exhibitions: “Kimiyo Mishima Installation Work 1984-2014” Focusing on Mishima’s installations from the 1980s, this display features 13 works in an...More »
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Francis Bacon The Barry Joule Collection of Artworks from Francis Bacon Studio, 7 Reece Mews London SW7 U.K.
*According to the declaration of a state of emergency including Kanagawa Prefecture, The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama will be temporarily closed from Tuesday, January 12, 2021 to prevent the imminent spread...More »
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Jimi Franklin “Offering”
“Strawberry Parfait” and “Offering,” photographer Jimi Franklin’s new books of work, express philosophical and religious thought through photography as a metaphor. Franklin contemplates the Westernization...More »
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Trialogue: The 20th Century Western Art from the Collections of Yokohama Museum of Art, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design
The Yokohama Museum of Art, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, and Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design are public museums, each of which represents a specific region of Japan. All three opened during...More »
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2020 Press Photography Exhibition
*Open Fridays and Saturdays only until February 7. *Reservations required The year 2020 was rocked by the spread of the COVID-19 virus around the world, which resulted in the postponement of the 2020...More »
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Yu Shinoda “Useful Architecture”
*Reservations required Large-format photographs of military ruins on the Miura and Boso Penninsulas.More »
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Eiji Ina “Crystal of Debris”
Eiji Ina’s photography brings out the artistic potential of digital glitches. Thirty works from his 2019 series “Crystal of Debris” using glitches to reconstruct landscapes and create virtual images with...More »
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Yosuke Bandai “Digitus”
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Ken + Julia Yonetani “That’s Why I Want To Be Saved”
*Reservations required. *Open 10:00-20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays. Blending science and myth, contemporary artists Ken + Julia Yonetani contemplate environmental collapse, climate change, the pandemic,...More »
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Satoru Watanabe Exhibition
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Daisuke Kumakiri “Tokyo Beauty”
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Audrey Hepburn and the Actresses of Her Era
Thirty silver gelatin prints featuring Audrey Hepburn in major films such as “Sabrina” and “Funny Face,” as well as portraits of other actresses including Ava Gardner and Brigitte Bardot.More »
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Eternal Peaks
Exhibiting works from a class about mountain photography led by Shiro Shirahata. More »
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Takafumi Sakanaka “Atopic Search for Atopia”
[Related Events] 1. Pre Ongoing School Date and Time: 1/9 (Sat) 19:00 Online commentary and lecture by the artist. 2. An Atopic Conversation Date and Time: 1/10 (Sun) 16:00-17:30 Guest: Takahiro...More »
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The Sento: The History and Culture of Bathhouses in Tokyo
*Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum is temporarily closed from January 2. Since the Edo period, public bathhouses have been centers of rest and relaxation, and have evolved throughout the ages....More »
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Ryoji Akiyama Photography Exhibition
This exhibition showcases 30 original prints by photographer Ryoji Akiyama taken during a 2-year period from 1975. More »
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New Year Art Collection 2021
Featuring reasonably sized and priced paintings, prints, photographs, glass art, ceramics, sculptures, and other works by contemporary artists from around the world. More »
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Erik Swars “Kuchisabishii”
The title of Erik Swars’ fifth solo exhibition at Ken Nakahashi, “kuchisabishii” refers to the compulsive nature of consumer behavior and reactions. The word ‘kuchisabishii’ literally translated means...More »
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Anneke Hymmen & Kumi Hiroi, Tokuko Ushioda, Mari Katayama, Maiko Haruki, Mayumi Hosokura, and Your Perspectives
Shiseido Gallery, which has a long history of introducing female artists, will have a group show by female photographers pursuing creative expression. Anneke Hymmen & Kumi Hiroi and reconstruct images...More »
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Kikuji Kawada “Endless Map”
Kikuji Kawada’s sixty-year career as a photographer began as a staff photographer for the newly founded weekly magazine Shukan Shincho in 1956. Since then, ambitious works like The Map (1965), a metaphor-riddled...More »
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Artists Along the Railway Lines: Den-en-toshi Line and Setagaya Line
The Tamagawa Electric Railway (tram), precursor of the present-day Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line and Setagaya Line, was the first rail line to operate in Setagaya, and was affectionately known as“Tamaden,” a...More »
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Masato Seto “Last Film”
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MOMAT Collection: What is Like the Present?
*Because of the state-of-emergency declaration, our museum will be closed at 5:00 PM also on Fridays and Saturdays from January 15, 2021 until further notice. This edition of the MOMAT Collection centers...More »
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Jiří Kovanda “On Air”
Czech Centre Tokyo and Aoyama Meguro are pleased to announce that we are simultaneously holding two solo exhibitions of a Prague-based artist Jiri Kovanda (born 1953) for the first time in Japan. Kovanda...More »
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Sei Katori Exhibition
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History of Early Japanese Photography: Kantō Region
This exhibition is part of an ongoing series held at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum that introduces early photographic technology and history through in-depth explorations of how photography entered...More »
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Bismarck Tanaka “Distance”
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Islands
Ota Fine Arts is delighted to present a group exhibition,“Islands,”focusing on small works on paper. The title of the exhibition suggests the Asian archipelago, which is marked by geographical proximity...More »
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Living Tokyo - I Love Art 15
- at Watari-um, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art
- in the Omotesando, Aoyama area
- Ends in 14 days
*Open 11:00-19:00 on Wednesdays from January 13. This September marks the 30th anniversary of Watari-um. This exhibition features artwork, documentaries, and guest artists reimagining the next 30 years...More »
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Shuji Yamada “Nihon Mura 1960–2020”
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Yozo Hamaguchi + Yuji Hamada Exhibition
- at Musee Hamaguchi Yozo / Yamasa Collection
- in the Kyobashi, Nihonbashi area
- Ends in 77 days
This two-person exhibition features 25 copper prints by Yozo Hamaguchi along with 60 photographs by Yuji Hamada. More »
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Open Site 5
*As part of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, TOKAS Hongo will be temporarily closed from January 9(Sat) to 11(Mon). OPEN SITE Part 2 will start on January...More »
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Kiyotaka Morooka “This Word Has Various Meanings”
Forty works of photographic décalcomanie on display and for saleMore »
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Yoshio Kitajima “Continental America and Starry Skies: A Duet”
Photography of night skies taken in the west coast states of Oregon, Washington, Utah, and Arizona. Location: Space 2More »
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Kihachiro Kawamoto and Tadanari Okamoto, Puppet Animation Filmmakers
Kihachiro Kawamoto (1925-2010) and Tadanari Okamoto (1932-1990) were artists who each left unparalleled achievements in Japanese animated film, particularly in stop-action animation. Both studied under...More »
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Sara + Payu Exhibition
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This Is Now
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. -Albert Einstein Art Tokyo Platform proudly presents its second group exhibition titled ‘This...More »
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Ellie Omiya “Sacred Space”
An exhibition by writer, radio personality, and film and stage director Ellie Omiya.More »
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Make the Knots
Forty-two artists present three works each in this two-part show for the New Year. More »
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Masato Seto “Maps of Memory”
Masato Seto (1953 - ) was born in Udon Thani, Thailand, the son of a Japanese father and a Vietnamese mother. In 1961, he moved from Thailand to his father’s hometown in Fukushima Prefecture. After graduating...More »
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Rieko Honma “Daydreams”
The 23rd edition of “Photographers’ New Stories,” a project promoting young photographers, features the work of Rieko Honma, who expresses borders in this world that cannot be seen with the eye. For this...More »
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Murai Kichibe – A Tobacco Baron in Modern Japan
Kichibe Murai (1864-1926) was president of Murai Bros., once a major domestic firm before the sale of tobacco became restricted. Cigarette, signs, posters, advertisements, and other materials featuring...More »
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Winter Group Show “In This Time and Age”
Nii Fine Arts Tokyo presents a winter group show together with Artdyne. More »
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Osami Yabuta “There Will Be No Miracles Here”
*Reservations required. An installation of photographs of Mr. Children taken by Osami Yabuta, who shot around 1,000 images of the musical group in London and L.A. between July 2019 and March 2020. Visitors...More »
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Space Odyssey of 13.8 Billion Light-Years
NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, has produced great achievements in space development and astronomical observation during the 60-plus years since its founding. This exhibition...More »
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Kazunori Toda “H₂O Travel”
Twenty color images capturing the transformations and travels of water from rain and snow to rivers, lakes, and ice. More »
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Canon Marketing Japan: 54th Canon Photo Contest Exhibition
Exhibiting chosen works in five categories: Freedom, Nature, Movement, People, and Under 30. Judges including Masato Seto selected these images from more than 14,000 submissions. More »
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100th Birthday of Tal-su Kim Exhibition
Through his work Tal-su Kim (1920-1997) explored what it means to be human from the perspective of a person of Korean descent living in Japan. Born in Japan controlled Korea Kim and his family moved...More »
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Keisuke Shirota “Over”
Shirota’s works combine photo snapshots with paintings, sometimes drawing fictional images beyond the borders of the photograph and sometimes erasing just the people captured in environmental photos by...More »
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Colors Speak
- at Shadai Gallery, Tokyo Institute of Polytechnics
- in the Musashino, Tama area
- Ends in 10 days
A selection of color photographs from a collection of 10,000 original prints. More »
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Minami Sakamoto “Telescope”
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Kensaku Kakimoto “Transformation”
Presenting new work by Kensaku Kakimoto, an artist involved in films, photograph, and music videos. The series “Time tunnel” uses AI to reconstruct Kakimoto’s earlier images, films, and texts. The website...More »
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The World of Hisae Imai
This exhibition features 55 original prints from the collection of Kiyosato Photo Art Museum exhibited in two parts. The first part, from 12/3 (Thu) to 12/27 (Sun) features Hisae Ima’s early works include...More »
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Square (30x30) Exhibition
This exhibition features 45 new works by 45 artists all within the confines of 30cm x 30cm squares.More »
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Double Fantasy - John & Yoko
This exhibition presents the personal and creative lives of the legendary John Lennon and Yoko Ono in chronological order. The exhibition features over 100 valuable pieces from the Ono’s private collection....More »
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Views Toward Ainu Culture—Focusing on Photographs from the N.G. Munro Collection
Photographs of Ainu culture taken by the Scottish physician and archeologist N.G. Munro (1863–1942), who conducted research in Hokkaido from 1930. The film “The Kamui Iomande,” edited by Munro, is also...More »
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Gallery Pictor Selected Artists Exhibition
At the beginning of 2021, Gallery Pictor introduces three artists at the Gallery Pictor Selected Artists Exhibition. Rentaro Kawamoto, who will exhibit for the first time in this gallery, creates works...More »
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Kenro Izu “Eternal Light”
For this exhibition features Kenro Izu photographs taken in India from 2013 to 2015. Izu attentively watched attentively human life and death through his lens. Through this he found an eternal light that...More »
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Shinya Arimoto “Tokyo Debugger”
This exhibition marks Arimoto’s third solo presentation with Zen Foto Gallery, after his exhibition ‘Tokyo Circulation’ in 2016 and ‘Tibet’ in 2019. While Arimoto has been capturing the human figure as...More »
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Sayaka Naruwa “There is No There There,”
Location: Gallery Towed 2FMore »
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Hirofumi Nakamae “The Planet of Hope ∞ 2021”
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Ari Hatsuzawa “Tokyo Corona 2020”
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Eiko Ishioka: Blood, Sweat, and Tears—A Life of Design
The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT) is pleased to present the world’s first large-scale retrospective exhibition dedicated to Eiko Ishioka (1938-2012), an internationally renowned art director and...More »
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Monochrome Paradise 2021
An all monochrome exhibition featuring both digital and gelatin silver processed photos by 19 artists. More »
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Yasuhide Kuge “Mnemosyne”
Mnemosyne is the goddess of memory in Greek mythology and the mother of the Muses. Photographer Yasuhide Kuge met two performers, Norico Sunayama of Dumb Type and Nakao Ikemiya of Nomad-s, and began creating...More »
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Kazuhei Kimura “The Other Side of the Window”
This photo exhibition commemorates the publication of ‘New Windows’ and features photos that did not make it into the photo collection.More »
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Masaaki Aihara “Katachi - In & Out“
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A Memory of Place - The Power of Recollection
This exhibition showcases works by artists expressing the present and past of various places. More »
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Bokeh Photo Fan
This exhibition features over 100 photos with “bokeh as the star” by members of the Facebook and Instagram groups Boke Photo Fan.More »
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Learning from NY Photographers: A Master Class in Fashion Portfolios
Two New York-based photographers, Fumi Nagasaka and Sarai Mari, present projects by participants in an online class about fashion photography covering everything from location scouting to team building....More »
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Sleeping: Life with Art – From Goya and Rubens to Shiota Chiharu
*Because of the state-of-emergency declaration, our museum will be closed at 5:00 PM also on Fridays and Saturdays from January 15, 2021 until further notice. Sleep is not only an essential part of...More »
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Naoki Ohji “Tokara/Kawasaki”
This exhibition features photos taken at Tokara in Kagoshima and Kawasaki City. More »
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In Search of Light Breezes
Twenty-nine color works by members of a nature photography club led by Hiroshi Usui.More »
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Tomoaki Sato Exhibition
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Simon Roberts “The Brexshit Machine”
With days before the official separation of the UK from the EU, there is no more timely occasion to present Simon Roberts’”Brexshit Machine” in the confined space of The Container. Radiating monotonous“Brexit...More »
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Bernard Buffet Retrospective
The figurative painter Bernard Buffet (1928–1999) is one of the most famous French artists from the latter half of the 20th century. His paintings feature dark, sharp, almost piercing lines to depict his...More »
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Masaya Chiba Exhibition
Masaya Chiba is a promising young painter and art school professor. He creates his works with human-shaped objects made from materials such as clay or wood, beginning with provisional landscapes he creates...More »
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Nito04
Photographer Ryoichi Suzuki and video artist Asako Fujikura newly join in a recurring group exhibition in which the price of works appreciates for previously purchased artists. More »
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Lee Kit “(Screenshot)”
In recent years Lee Kit has been a traveling artist. He has been invited to travel to nearly forty cities around the world in order to exhibit in biennials, museums, galleries, and other institutions....More »
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Winter Group Show “In This Time and Age”
In this exhibition, Nii Fine Arts Tokyo and ARTDYNE, which share the same gallery space, will introduce their respective artists. The artists from Nii Fine Arts Tokyo are: Ayako Inoue, who uses oil paints...More »
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Restaurants on Rails – The Story of Dining Cars
- at Railway History Exhibition Hall, former Shimbashi car park
- in the Ginza, Marunouchi area
- Ends in 21 days
Eating on trains goes back 120 years in Japan with the Sanyo Railway. This exhibition looks at the history of dining cars and how their interiors, menus, and other features have changed over time. More »
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Kazuyoshi Nomachi “World Heritage Journey”
This exhibition features 24 photos, including 13 for the 2021 Canon Marketing Japan Calendar ‘World Heritage Journey’. More »
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Pola Museum Annex Exhibition 2020 – Subject and Object
*Reservations required. Please see the official website for details. This two-part exhibition features work by eight artists age 35 & under chosen by the Pola Art Foundation for overseas training....More »