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Shimon Minamikawa’s work addresses society’s saturated relationship with the media.

Diesel Denim Gallery Aoyama hangs up some art on its line of clothing.

The work of eight artists is showcased at the National Art Center, Tokyo.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography looks at the role photography had to play in the Surrealist movement.

Art Tower Mito’s exhibition of Tatsuo Miyajima showcases a new large-scale installation together with a variety of other works.

Gallery Fukka holds an exhibition of Richard Davies’ moody black and white prints.

Sarah Sze fills the top floor gallery of Maison Hermès with an installation of orchestral complexity.

The Edo Museum puts on a show of Hasui Kurume’s ukiyo-e of the 1920s.

SCAI The Bathhouse displays new and little-known paintings by Tadanori Yokoo.

Katsumi Watanabe’s retrospective at the Watari Museum of Contemporary Art delves into Shinjuku’s murky past and present.

Two charming museums in East Tokyo reveal the allure of Meiji to Showa illustration.

Taisuke Makihara’s installation fills the Shiseido gallery with a forest of metal.

The retrospective of Taikan Yokoyama’s paintings at the National Art Center, seen on National Foundation Day make for an interesting picture to “watch”.

Twelve Pieces by Twelve Previously Exhibited Photographers are on display at the Emon Photo Gallery.

Zon Ito’s embroidered canvases attempt to interweave image, metaphor and abstraction.

A shining example of contemporary diamond jewelry at the Bunka Gakuen Costume Museum.

The Suntory Museum of Art tries to create a traditional setting for its introduction of Toulouse-Lautrec’s legacy.

A colorful, dynamically designed loft in Mitaka proves to be an atypical setting for an exhibition of landscape photography.

Collection of Bauhaus furniture and housing designs exhibits a wide and varied output of designs from the school’s 14 years.

The NTT ICC attempts to use interactive media art in order to give visualization to the voices that we cannot hear.

Apitchatpong Weerasethakul’s subjects act out - or find themselves acted upon by - unseen forces in a politically turbulent time.

The Fuji Xerox Art Space gives viewers a taste of the early years of graphic design.

Artists from around the world are challenged to present their visions of space in the future, resulting in a fantastical experience.

Yoshikazu Yamagata and Mafuyu propose a line of clothing suited to those who are easily homesick.

Takashi Homma’s photographs of architectural monuments transcribe their forms and textures into anonymous landscapes.

Vermeer’s masterpiece ‘The Milkmaid’, currently on display at the National Art Center in Roppongi, brings the wealth of 17th century Holland to Tokyo.

Highlights from Shiro Kuramata’s career currently on display at Clear Gallery demonstrate his attention to the vanishing detail.

Thomas Demand observes spaces, tracing the events left behind.

Painter and performance artist puts his very lifeline into his artwork.

Artefacts of the Tokugawa Dynasty show just how to get people to visit a museum.