AL - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for AL. Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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Uruma Takezawa “Remastering”
Fifty photographs exploring the subject of “the everyday” around the world. These images of real places seem like scenes from faint dreams.More »
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Yuki Aoyama Exhibition
Photographs of models and idols by Yuki Aoyama. More »
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Faraway Time, Nearby Time
- Media: Photography - Installation - Video and Film - Performance Art
- 2020-02-06 - 2020-02-16
This exhibition features the artwork of three artists each with unique viewpoints. More »
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Mayumi Ishida “Hearing Music”
Abstract painter Mayumi Ishida’s prevailing aesthetic is layers of color and shape created with smushed and smeared acrylics and oils. Her synesthetic works evoke color in letters and sound, or sound and...More »
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Baek HyoWeon “Baroque”
“Baroque” is the second exhibit at AL for Baek HyoWeon, an artist who aims to depict “the contradictions of human existence.” Featuring neutral hues with delicate color balances, the brushwork of these...More »
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Yusuke Chiba “Tide”
The first exhibition at AL gallery for Yusuke Chiba features his photographs and record jackets and booklets using them. Merchandise is also available. More »
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Kota Shoji + Izumi Shirahama “Nameless Things”
New photography and video from fashion stylist-turned-photographer Kota Shoji and model and artist Izumi Shirahama.More »
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Kan Sawa “Dancing with the Memories of the Departed”
Photography and text portraying the light and shadows of society by Kan Sawa.More »
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Sayo Nagase “Merry-Go-Round”
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Nishioka Pencil
30 prints on Japanese paper, drawings, and original merchandise. More »
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Ibuki Sakai “Face”
Displaying and selling original self portraits by Ibuki Sakai.More »
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Tetsuo Kashiwada “Stranger”
[Event] Talk Speakers: Tetsuo Kashiwada and Yuma Tobishima (phonebook designer) Date: June 1 (Sat) 14:00More »
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Kan Sawa “Heavens of Light, Planet of Solitude”
Kan Sawa presents a selection of works from the thousands of snapshots he has taken in recent years, from the streets of Tokyo to landscapes overseas, to portraits, to abstract cuts of architecture. These...More »
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Yoriko Yoda Exhibition
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Nico Perez “Chasing Blue”
Chasing Blue is a solo exhibition by Nico Perez. The photo series captures a day in the life of a girl and her blue balloon.More »
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The Grateful (to) Dead - Yumiko Utsu, Nanpusyokudo, Makiko Tanaka
- Media: Drawing - Photography - Installation - Performance Art - Workshops
- 2019-02-07 - 2019-02-17
Works by three artists considering the role of food in the circle of life and creation.More »
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Herbie Yamaguchi “Daikanyama 17 Banchi”
For the 20th anniversary of this legendary black and white photo collection capturing the beautiful expressions of the people and buildings in a Tokyo neighborhood once home to the Dojunkai Appato apartment...More »
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Mariko Enomoto “Flowery Ghosts”
[Event] Talk by Mariko Enomoto Date: Jan. 11 (Fri) 18:30–19:00 More »
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Levi Pata “Black Cherry”
The artist Levi Pata traces his ancestry to 10 different ethnicities, including Native American and European backgrounds. His artwork, too, is characterized by a diverse style like fruits of different...More »
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Masakazu Kitayama “Typograffiti 2.1 -Mirror- Still / Will”
Masakazu Kitayama’s portfolio includes album cover designs for bands including Cornelius and graphic work for the 21_21 Design Sight Exhibition “Audio Architecture.” Allowing for broader interpretations,...More »
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Maiko Kanno Exhibition
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Anna Karina / Exposition Anna Karina — Pierrot Le Fou pour toujours
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Kan Sawa “Wonder Wall”
An exhibition of photographs from the TV show Wonder Wall with a phonebook by Kan Sawa available for purchase. There will also be a talk by the screenwriter and members of the cast, as well as a live performance...More »
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Mala Morgan “Roots ⇆ Routes”
First photography exhibit by model and photographer Mala Morgan combines her dueling identities.More »
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Kansuke Akaike “(I wanna) Enjoy My Life More”
Thirty works by the stencil and spray paint artist Kansuke Akaike are on display and for sale. More »
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Shapeless Bones
- Media: Graphics - Illustration - Painting - Photography - Video and Film - Media Arts
- 2018-07-06 - 2018-07-19
Works by several artist inspired by director Junji Kojima’s “Katachi no Nai Hone” (Shapeless Bones), ahead of the film’s release.More »
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Kan Sawa “Rapture”
Exhibition of photos taken of one woman by stylist and costume designer Kazuhiro Sawada under the name Kan Sawa. [Related Event] Gallery Talk Date and Time: 6/30 (Sat) 18:00-19:30 Participants: Kan...More »
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Mai Ishikawa “Hanga Emaki”
Displaying and selling around 30 prints by Mai Ishikawa. Incorporating original stories she has been telling since childhood and her golden retriever Leo, her works feature depictions of light that seems...More »
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Out of Sinking – Sayaka Akiyama, Yu Araki, Minami Arai
In line with the “Mapping the Invisible” theme at the 10th Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions, this exhibition by three artists attempts to visualize unseen histories, human...More »
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Motohiko Hasui “Deep Blue – Serena Motola”
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Fred le Chevalier “Il n’y a pas d’histoires sans secrets”
Illustrations of lonely people, love, and strange creatures.More »
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Hal “What I See What I Feel”
Hal spent a year in San Francisco, encountering a completely new environment. Here he presents a lineup of photographs expressing all that he saw and felt there. In addition, there will be a zine titled...More »
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Yuki Otani + Yoshiaki Takahashi “Fiction Nostalgia”
In their first collaboration here Yuki Otani and Yoshiaki Takahashi will present an installation format exhibition focusing on the “past” as a subject. Otani exhibits drawings and prints, and Takahashi...More »
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Sunao Omori + Yoko Ayukawa “Black Bird”
Photography, illustrations, and original merchandise by fashion magazine illustrator Sunao Omori and model Yoko Ayukawa.More »
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Baek “Dialogue”
Paintings by the artist Baek.More »
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Kyoji Takahashi × Union “Warschauer Strasse”
On Warschauer Strasse in Berlin you can still find important works of architecture from the Communist era. Photographer Kyoji Takahashi traveled there this summer and his fantasy-like yet photorealistic...More »
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Nobuto Fukutsu “Dissolving Patterns”
Nobuto Fukutsu is interested in patterns in painting and the ways they can be abstracted and broken down. Around 30 of his recent works are on display and for sale, including pieces from a new series and...More »
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Luka “Voyage 2014–2017”
Film photography by model Luka taken on trips from 2014, when she was 16 years old, through this year. More »
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Erico “Otome Mandala”
The subject of Erico’s first real solo exhibition in Tokyo is “Otome Mandala,” a theme that she has followed consistently in her art practice. Her eye-catching works stand alone but also work in relation...More »
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Akira Kobayashi “Back On The aHighway”
[Related Event] Akira Kobayashi x George Cockle Talk Event Event Date: July 21 (Fri) 19:00-More »
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Tetsuo Kawabata “Motel”
Inspired by American travel documentaries, Tetsuo Kawabata began travelling and taking photographs at the age of 19. He stayed in various motels during his first trip through America, documenting the quiet,...More »
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Kaoru Ijima + Kuntaro Ijima Exhibition
In his “Insect” series, Kaoru Ijima photographs bugs such as mosquitoes, flies, and horseflies - insects that we usually kill in a blink of an eye - using the microscopic mode on his compact digital camera...More »
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Shino Echigo “Suggestive Silence”
Thirty new acrylic paintings of beautiful women, from young girls to grandmas, ruminating with secret ambitions. Clothing designer Akio Sugata collaborated on T-shirts and other special merchandise. More »
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Midori Mitamura + Noriko Okaku “The Reading”
In her installations, Midori Mitamura uses flotsam and jetsam gathered from the shoreline to spin tales of “lives that could have been”. At the request of the British city of Derby, London based artist...More »
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Masami Sano “Slash”
Exhibiting 50 works from “Slash,” the first photobook by Masami Sano, whose portfolio includes work for fashion brands, advertisements, and CD covers. These images coolly reflect the naked forms of scenery,...More »
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90’s Silkscreen Rock Poster Exhibition with Zigame Art
In the 1960s a number of visual artists emerged from the scene around Fillmore, San Francisco’s legendary music venue. These artists were involved in promoting music events and creating artwork for record...More »
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Sota Hazeyama Exhibition
Paintings of the young actor Shintaro Yuya by Sota Hazeyama.More »
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Levi Pata ” Lion”
I saw a lion floating amongst darkness like an unborn child. It was a strange animal to see with all that power in a space with nowhere to use it. I saw the lion many times this way—motionless with nothing...More »
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Susumu Moritaki “Tropical Dreamer”
Reflecting on over ten years of travel to Jamaica. [Related Event] Talk Show Date: October 8(Sat) 16:00-18:00 Speakers: Susumu Moritaki, Sis IyumiMore »
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Cato Friend “Tomorrow”
Cato Friend presents their first solo exhibition in three years with a focus on the human figure and the creation of a certain sense of unease brought about by composition and the combination of materials. [Related...More »
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“Hope and Love Gallery” Charity Event
The charity event which has proved most popular in Paris “Hope and Love”, this year comes to Daikanyama with the art work and photographs of much sought after artists being made available for purchase...More »
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Naoki Fukuda “A Man Who Can See a Punch Coming”
The work of photographer Naoki Fukuda has been specially featured in the leading international boxing journal “Ring Magazine”. He has been selected for 6 years running for the world renowned photo contest...More »
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Regard Intense - The Eye of 16 Artists Towards Flowers and the Everyday
This exhibition brings together 16 photographers who happened to join in a workshop entitled “Regard Intense”, and by placing a concentrated focus upon their subject they have achieved a most penetrating...More »
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Sayo Nagase “Sprite”
Sayo Nagase searches out that sense of attachment to the ancient past that we might sense at moments within nature, for example as we walk along the sea at night. Here she presents work which was first...More »
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Hideyo Fukuda “Luoghi, Belli e Tranquilli. Persone, Pacifiche e Allegre”
Hideyo Fukuda’s second solo exhibition features a collection of photographs taken in Italy. From 2011 until 2015 he visited more than 20 locations including Catania, Taranto, and Casteggio. Hideyo Fukuda’s...More »
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We Carry On Rimpa – Characters in the World of Rimpa
Toyowado is a major Nihonga painting and kimono studio. In the past kimonos were dyed using Nihonga paintings as their models. Manga, anime, and the Ukiyo-e of Hokusai Katsushika have been influenced by...More »
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Nico Perez exhibition “Stills From Life”
Snapshots meant to evoke personal experiences.More »
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Toshiaki Tashiro “New Language, New Communication”
These works by Toshiaki Tashiro at the intersection of typography and pop art form new fonts, new meanings of words, and new works of art. [Related Event] Talk by Toshiaki Tashiro and Maru Arai (director...More »
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Tsutomu Endo “Inner Focus / Art of Snow Players”
A carefully considered selection of around 30 works from the photo collection “Inner Focus.” More »
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Music Hanayo × Lad Musician—Lad Musician 20th Aniversary
Lad Musician celebrates 20 years this year working across fashion and a wide variety of cultural expressions. To mark this occasion the multi-talented artist, Hanayo unveils new insights into the Lad Musician...More »
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Masakazu Kitayama “Typograffiti 1—Invisible”
From the CD jacket designs of Cornelius, to the editorial design of the magazine house “Ginza” Masakazu Kitayama is a graphic designer with a wide ranging repertoire and here presents his first exhibition...More »
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Rimpa and Jakuchu – Edo-Period Maverics
If Jakuchu and Rimpa School artists were alive and traveled overseas today, what kinds of works would they create? This show supervised by Kyoto Hosomi Museum director Yoshiyuki Hosomi dares to ask these...More »
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Record Jacket Junkie!
The fifth annual exhibition of artwork parodying iconic record covers.More »
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Union Presents Piczo “Bedroom”
Piczo has produced model portraits of some 300 people in their own bedrooms. The magazine Union has curated an exhibition of these works, including new additions to the archive. [Related Event] Talk Speakers:...More »
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Uruma Takezawa “Buena Vista”
Uruma Takezawa marks the release of his photo book “Buena Vista” with an exhibition of 30 photographic works. Venue: AL 1F Main Space [Related Event] Gallery Talk Date: August 2(Sun), August 9(Sun)...More »
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Nico Perez “Momentary”
Momentary is Nico Perez’s first book, with a photographic theme based upon his everyday life. This photographic work shot on 35mm film depicts his surroundings and life in a delicate and poetic way.More »
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Blond + Flanger “To Here Sounds”
Presenting furniture by Blond and clothing by Flanger.More »
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Hiroaki Yamaguchi ”Takashi Uchiyama - KOD Allout”
On 6th May 2015 Takashi Uchiyama retained for the 10th time running his throne as the WBA World Super Feather Weight Boxing Champion with a total knockout in the 2nd round. Photographer Hiroaki Yamaguchi...More »
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Graphical Photography by Mitsuo Shindo
For his first photography exhibition, Mitsuo Shindo presents these works not as Mitsuo Shindo the art director or graphic designer, but as Mitsuo Shindo the photographer. He will give a talk with special...More »
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Levi Pata “Faces, From a Small Room”
These new works by Levi Pata, a San Francisco-based artist of Native American heritage, take a deep interest in Pata’s own roots and their similarities with Japanese culture. [Related Event] Live Painting Date:...More »
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Kenji Kawamoto + Kuroto Hoshi “ex.resist vol.3”
Kenji Kawamoto and Kuroto Hoshi are two graduates of the resist photography school (led by Masayuki Yoshinaga and Daido Moriyama). Here they offer up their own perspectives upon the world while also introducing...More »
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We Carry on the Rimpa Tradition
Beginning in the early Edo era with artists including Koetsu Honami and Sotatsu Tawaraya, the Rimpa school of Japanese painting was carried on by Korin and Kenzan Ogata, Hoitsu Sakai, Kiitsu Suzuki, and...More »
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Shinsuke Kawahara “Paysages Mystérieux”
Shinsuke Kawahara, a darling of the Paris fashion scene defying the boundaries of genre, brings his superb aesthetic sense to culinary-inspired art. His first solo exhibition in Japan in a while focuses...More »
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Rob Kidney Exhibition
Brightly colored work from British illustrator Rob Kidney fills with gallery with its particular sense of unbalance and humor, also accompanied by a creators market and opening party featuring a live performance...More »
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Yuko Kanatani “Yxicooo”
Divided into three sections, this exhibition presents rough sketches and original illustrations for a book of works featuring sharp contrasts and appealing brushwork, impressive and imposing sculptures...More »
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Ado Sato + Pierre Paulin “Young Prodigies of Form”
Japanese printmaker Ado Sato and French furniture designer Pierre Paulin created masterpieces from the 1960s-1990s that are now included in New York’s MoMa collection. Commemorating the 90th anniversary...More »
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Sayori Wada “27”
Sayori Wada is a Tokyo-based artist participating in international events including Red Bull Curates Canvas Cooler Tokyo 2013 and Agenda WMNS 2014 Long Beach. With materials including calligraphy pens,...More »
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Responsive Environments
Takuya Yamauchi continues his investigation into sound interfaces by drawing on the sounds and signals of electrical devices commonly found in the home.More »
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”Welcome to Kim & Cue’s Crazy 1LDK”
“Kim & Cue” are a unit consisting of chandelier designer Kim Songhe and packaging art director Hisashi Narita and here present over 30 art works and products, accompanied by talk events and workshops...More »
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More Real! Live GirlsArtalk 2014
To mark the 1st anniversary of the web site “girlsArtalk” a plethora of artists are invited to join together in a jam packed two days of exhibition, talk events and workshops.More »
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Levi Pata “Moon Son”
Accompanied by a collection of new paintings and drawings, Levi Pata takes on the gallery space as a studio and opens up his every day practice to the audience. On April 12 the artist will also hold a...More »
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Katsuhiro Otomo “Posters”
Manga artist and film director Katsuhiro Otomo, winner of the 2013 Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize, has published an artbook compiling 139 posters he has worked on: “Posters Otomo Katsuhiro x Graphic...More »
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Hideyo Fukuda “Nothing but the Girls”
Hideyo Fukuda is a photographer working widely across the fields of advertising and magazine publications. His recent focus has been upon young models still in their teens, ardently pursuing their career...More »
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“Treasure Isle Vintage Poster Exhibition - Monochrome Set, Colorful Set - “
Yasushi Ide curates an exhibition of his private poster collection, built up since the 1990s, and showcased across 4 venues simultaneously, professing posters as art. At AL two collections of color and...More »
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Haruka Fujita Exhibition
[Image: Haruka Fujita]More »
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Sayo Nagase “Pink Lemonade”
An exhibition to commemorate the release of Sayo Nagase’s 5th photogr.aphy book “Pink Lemonade”. [Related Event] A photo session in front of a giant art work *Reservation required - participants may...More »
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Cato Friend Exhibition
Presenting the solo exhibition of Cato Friend with a new body of work which gives emphasis to composition and rhythm. [Related Event] Cato Friend Portrait Drawing (pets welcome too!) Date: 11th...More »
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Cat, Mon Amour
In this charity exhibition presented by Olive magazine cats take the reign with a grand array of cat themed photographs, paintings, sculptures, craft and stationary all available for purchase through auction,...More »
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"ex.resist" Exhibition
Features the work of students graduating from a photography course run by Daido Moriyama and Masahiko Yoshinaga. [Image: Sachiko Oniwa]More »
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Keith Ng "Hanami Aoyama"
This exhibition, photographer Keith Ng's first solo show in Tokyo, features images from his third book,"Hanami|Aoyama", the last installment of his three-part series photographed in Japan, following "For...More »
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"▲ Room" Exhibition
The unit name of this group of artists derives from the years in which they were respectively born.More »
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Tei Towa "ecollage"
Features around 20 new artworks and others never shown before. [Image: Tei Towa]More »