Features
Goodbye Kitty
A rough guide to the art galleries and museums which will keep all the family happy
2011 Year in Review
It’s been a traumatic year for Japan and the Tokyo art world
The Architectural Mirror
“Architectural Environments for Tomorrow, New Spatial Practices in Architecture and Art (Tokyo Art Meeting II)” at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Going West: An Arts Festival Take-Over
The TERATOTERA Matsuri transformed Kichijoji through a mix of art, dance, music, film and more
To the Heart of It
Festival/Tokyo, Japan’s largest performing arts event, tackles the post-3.11 zeitgeist
Tokyo Mourning Becomes Electra
Interactive theatre project “The House of Atreus” allows participants to explore the boundary between the public and the private, between their own narratives and those handed to them, in the wake of 3.11.
Getting Down to Business
Considering the relationship between Japan’s corporate sector and the art world.
Re-Thinking Human Ecology After 3.11
TABlog tags along to an art tour to visit the Dojima River Biennale 2011 in Osaka, organized by Espace Louis Vuitton Tokyo.
Searching for the Roots of Taiko
Traditional taiko group Amanojaku proves that drums can be more than just background music
A Summer Night “Delusion” Tour with the Mōsō Cafe
Exploring the hidden streets of Tokyo’s Yanaka district
Tadashi Kawamata’s “Tokyo in Progress”
Thinking and narrating Tokyo: A phantom tower makes landfall along the Sumida River
3rd Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions
“Daydream Believer”: using the power of the image to give invisible dreams a visible form.
Stories from 110 People in Koganei
Ongoing art project that emerged out of student research gets to the heart of Koganei through a series of talks.
Tokyo Grand Tea Ceremony 2010 (Tokyo Traditional Arts Program)
Pointers for contemporary life gleaned from traditional Japanese culture.
The Forgotten Art Scene
A run-down on recent Nagoya art world developments.
Festival/Tokyo 10 – a performing arts festivalNorimizu Ameya “The Shape of Me”
“Disrobing theatre” amid the gaping holes and ruins of the city
Into an Inspiration Whirlpool: the Guru Guru Ya→Mi→ Project
Introducing two participatory autumn events based on the tea ceremony.
Year in Review: 2010
We look back at the major developments of the past year.
Tokyo Art Meeting: Transformation
Encounters between art and anthropology.
Bokuto Machimise 2010: tracking down the new face of Tokyo
A community art project based in eastern Tokyo that kicked off in October.
Around the world art news: Tokyo Art Point Project’s Talk & Cast
Artists familiar with art scenes in foreign cities share their insider knowledge and experience in real time at this new series of talks.
Gei-geki Eyes: A dynamic stage for Tokyo theater’s future leaders
A platform hosted by Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space that showcases the work of promising young theater groups.
TERATOTERA ART PROJECT – Bringing the Chuo Line Together
Chief director Nozomu Ogawa tells TAB about the project’s upcoming plans.
Roppongi Art Night 2010
A one-night-only art festival that unfolded all over Roppongi, one of Tokyo’s premier districts for the city’s night owls.
A Beginner’s Guide to Tokyo Gallery Geography
We look at the key areas and galleries in the city.
Year in Review: 2009
We look back at the gallery shifts and movements over the last twelve months, and some of the top exhibitions.
Divine Comedy – A Journey to Hell and Back
Romeo Castellucci’s extraordinary theatrical feast lands in Tokyo.
To Share Realities
An artist’s work explores the nature of found art, publication and transference.
Zines: The Saviour of Print
Sophie Knight made a zine for the recent Zine’s Mate book fair. Here she relates her experience and discusses how zines might just save print.
Sound Gardening
A very special music event in a very special setting.
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