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Opening receptions at Taka Ishii, hiromiyoshii and Tomio Koyama galleries drew crowds.

A stylish art fair is born at Mori Arts Center Gallery.

Nude photos filled magical, ARTROOM for an exhibition’s first night.

An extraordinary project sees the old French Embassy in Tokyo transformed.

Tokyo’s third main art fair and its second contemporary art fair was held at Tokyo Bijutsu Club. The fair focussed on young artists and affordable art pieces.

Re-opening after a stint of refurbishment, the Aoyama gallery is hosting “Oil”, an exhibition by Isa Genzken.

An exhibition at Gallery MA showcases the work of the Tokyo architecture office.

Part of Tokyo Design Week 2009, Spiral hosted the Emerging Directors Art Fair: ULTRA 002, managed by Radi-um’s Tsutomu Ikeuchi.

TABlog tags along with a group of building-seekers.

The ‘everyday life interiors’ magazine launches its fourth issue at Utrecht.

One of the major events of Tokyo Design Week 2009 introduces top products from a variety of fields.

A French artist bends the rules of photography, printing and graffiti.

Top designers descended on Roppongi for the opening night.

The IID, home to many creators-in-residence, held a big bash.

There’s a new gallery in town. TAB was at the opening of YUKA Contemporary and its inaugural exhibition by Kiichiro Adachi.

A photo journey of English teachers encountered along the Tokaido.

Mariko Mori’s new show “Flat Stone” opened at SCAI The Bathhouse.

You’ve all heard of the Takashi Murakami event but what about the Geidai (Tokyo University of the Arts) festival?

A collaborative experiment in purposeful childishness at No.12 gallery.

Tokyo isn’t the only place to experience contemporary art in Japan. Currently Niigata is hosting a land art triennial that moves far beyond the white cube – utilizing former elementary schools, community centers, old homes and outdoor spaces as new sites for creative work.

Tokyo’s first art book fair got off to a fun and bustling start.

A Tokyo gallery crawl.

PR stunt artists or modern day Dadaists, love ‘em or hate ‘em, Chim↑Pom put on a good show.

Japan’s biggest art fair was just that, a really big art fair. Almost impossible to navigate without getting exhausted, there was at least something for everyone. TAB offers a selected handful of the most interesting booths…

Despite the recession, 101Tokyo, the satellite event to Art Fair Tokyo, got off to a loud and bustling start in Akihabara.

The streets of Roppongi conjure up images of sleaze and shopping, art museums and international banks. One Saturday night the whole area came alive with some very fun, very strange public art…

The art and design event “Fragment” took place at Super Deluxe, organized by Tokyo Made.

GEISAI #12 brought together the expected mix of the talented, the scary and the downright bizarre.

NADA, the New Art Dealers Alliance, delivers what the name suggests — new, young and exciting galleries and art from as many as 19 countries, including Japan.

To mark its 40th anniversary, the Mono-ha artist’s seminal artwork is recreated in Tamagawa’s Den-en Chofu Seseragi Park.