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Hideharu Fukasaku “Reasons to Live”
Paintings on themes of life, death, and discrimination by the ophthalmologist-turned artist Hideharu Fukasaku, who has received numerous awards and attracted international attention. More »
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TUAD ART-LINKS 2021
This exhibition features the work of 6 Tohoku University of Art & Design graduates.More »
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Tomoko Kanzaki “Drawing is Hard”
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4 Stories
Imaginary worlds depicted by four artistsMore »
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About This and That,
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Hiroshi Maruyama Exhibition (1st/2nd Periods) / Maruyama Seminar Selected Works 2020 (2nd Period)
In recent years, Hiroshi Maruyama has been creating monotone work with plants as the motif. His work can be divided into woodblock prints using oil paint and drawings on canvas. From 2/15 onward, Maruyama’s...More »
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Kiyomi Irie “Forme”
Displaying and selling fifteen works pursuing beauty in form and compositionMore »
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New Year Cards by 100 Creators Vol. 16
New Year greeting cards from creators based in Tokyo, Osaka, and FukuokaMore »
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O Plus Exhibition
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Tsuji Makoto : Acrylic Paintings from the Shunichiro Ueda Collection
This exhibition will feature works by Makoto Tsuji (1913-1975), who was a successful artist, poet, and essayist, from Ueda’s collection. Contributing illustrations and caricatures to various magazines,...More »
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Yeji Sei Lee “Geographica”
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44th Joint Graduation Exhibition of 5 Art Universities in Tokyo
[Participating Universities] Tokyo Zokei University, Nihon University College of Art, Musashino Art University, Tama Art University, Joshibi University of Art and Design [Participating Departments] Nihonga,...More »
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Aya Morita “For Ophelia”
Aya Morita is a master paper-cutting artist. Her latest work is inspired by the Symbolist masterpiece “Ophelia.” Twelve pieces are on display. More »
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David Shrigley “Clarity: It is Very Important”
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Group Show
Including works such as the newest addition to Takuro Kuwata’s Tea bowl series and Noritaka Tatehana’s two-dimensional works, this group show will present the newest as well as most notable works by the...More »
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Hiroyuki Yamada “Cactus”
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Ignore Your Perspective 56: Gift of Word
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Josephine H. N. Lui “Intangible Linkage”
The Hong Kongese sculptor Josephine H. N. Lui’s works are inspired by the forms of living things. She philosophically considers the relationships between humans and nature and the universes they contain...More »
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Kumiko Ito “Kumiko’s Enchanted Garden”
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Mitsuhiro Okamoto “Okinawan Steak”
This exhibition is curated by Takeshi Kudo. It focuses Okamoto’s career in Okinawa, where the artist lived and worked from 2004 until 2006. Because Okinawa became the battlefront in the Pacific War, the...More »
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Mutsumi Uchiyama “Bloom and Scatter”
Fifteen paintings on washi and Nepalese paper explore changes in nature. Location: Gallery Hinoki FMore »
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Osamu Obi + Yuko Nagayama “Water and Oil”
Watercolor artist Yuko Nagayama and oil painter Osamu Obi present works in an exhibition finding resonance and unknown reactions among them. Each artist will present around five works of varying sizes....More »
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Susumu Kinoshita “Etching Life”
Exhibiting works from Susumu Kinoshita’s book of drawings depicting the last goze blind female musicians, leprosy patients, his wife with Parkison’s Disease, and other subjects through which the artist...More »
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Takumi Naruse “Neo-Japanism”
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Tatsuhide Matsuoka Exhibition
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Utako Shindo “Meeting and Greeting Like Shadows”
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Yuki Ishikawa Exhibition
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“Love and Against is the Future and the Past.” (2021)
This exhibition showcases the latest work of fashion label A Machine along with a collaboration between graphic designer Rawabout and fashion label Perminute.More »
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Akane Nakajima “Float ”
This exhibition commemorates the publication of Akane Nakajima’s first collection of works. The artist’s watercolor drawings are on display and available for purchase. More »
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Akinobu Tsukamoto Exhibition
New paintings and silkscreens by Akinobu Tsukamoto. Special merchandise and zines are also available. More »
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Asako Iwamizu “Hairs”
Miyashita Park’s haircare brand-carrying flagship store “Denis Made in Tokyo” features the art of Asako Iwazumi, whose ecological and pop-inspired works use discarded items such as styrofoam. Here Iwazumi...More »
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Eri Takahara Exhibition
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Expired. Belarus Art of Resistance
This exhibition is dedicated to the 6 months of peaceful protests in Belarus. Since the presidential elections in August 2020, numerous unprecedented events took place in Belarus, drawing the whole world’s...More »
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Form and Expression
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Hideo Hagiwara “Giving Shape to Stories”
Three series of paintings and prints telling tales of life and death based on the Bible, Greek Mythology, and Aesop’s Fables. More »
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Katsuyuki Takahashi “Face Off”
Paintings by Katsuyuki TakahashiMore »
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Ma Jiahao + Jin Haisheng Exhibition
Works on the theme of “tourists” by two Chinese artists.More »
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Made in Fuchu Exhibition
Fuchu Art Museum’s public art project not only gathers and features unique works but showcases the process by providing the artists a place to work on the museum grounds. This exhibition, marking 20...More »
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Masato Mizutani Exhibition
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Masaya Chiba Curation: Let’s Talk Normally
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Masterpieces from Mushakoji Saneatsu Kinenkan
Introducing works from the Mushakoji Saneatsu Kinenkan collection.More »
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Nekoyashiki Yoichi Exhibition
Venue: 2nd floor ACT3More »
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Pre-Open Exhibition
Mondays and Thursdays are private viewings by appointment only.More »
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Sakurako Ishizuka Exhibition
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Shinjuku Prince Hotel +G “Art Moments”
The Shinjuku Prince hotel presents works by four artists for a period of sixth months in its lobby to celebrate its 42nd anniversary.More »
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Telling Tales of the World
This exhibition assembles popular works by artists with intellectual disabilities. With elaborate compositions, detailed expressions, and highly original styles, these works bring freshness to preconceptions...More »
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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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Tokuro Sakamoto “Daily Lives”
Tokuro Sakamoto’s quiet, simply composed paintings depict scenes from everyday life.More »
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Tomomi Yakushiji Exhibition
“Nothing in this world means anything” is the theme of the acrylic work showcased in this exhibition. A Face2020 winner.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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Vessels and Brushes: Rosanjin, Rousseau, Bauchant, and Others
This exhibition presents food receptacles designed by Kitaoji Rosanjin and paintings by naïve artists such as Henri Rousseau and Andre Bauchant, which are among the most popular works in the museum collection....More »
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Yokai for Everyone
*Reservations required *Open 10:00-20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays. Hundreds of yokai drawings by elementary school students from a course led by artist Musashi Kadokawa. More »
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Yokohama Museum of Art Collection Polyphony: Artists and Yokohama in the 1910s–1960s
*All visitors are required to pre-book timed tickets to visit the exhibition ‟Yokohama Museum of Art Collection.” “Polyphony” is a musical term describing music that consists of multiple, independent...More »
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Yusuke Abe Exhibition
This exhibition focuses exhibition on small-sized abstract work the artist has been working on since a few years before. More »
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Daily Life - Have a Good Imagination
This group exhibition features the work of four writers and illustrators. The theme of the exhibition is “daily life”. More »
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Kotobuki Shiriagari Exhibition
Venue: Art Space Kimura ASK? (2nd floor)More »
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Satoshi Uchiumi “Dual”
Satoshi Uchiumi creates his works with the belief that the beauty of paintings lies in the beauty of paint. This exhibition features new works, including a piece more than ten meters in size. More »
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Chen x Yoshikawa
Chen Jiang Hong is a Chinese-French artist based in Paris. Tamihito Yoshikawa moves back and forth between Paris and Japan. Their works featuring colorful and rhythmical elements are on display and for...More »
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Evolving
Omnis is a collection of contemporary artists made up of Toru Kaneko and his pupils. This exhibition features over 30 pieces, including paintings and drawings that have never been exhibited before....More »
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Nanako Matsuda “Cat in the Box”
Original illustrations from Nanako Matsuda’s colorful picture book “Neko wa Suppori” (Cat in the Box). More »
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Shogo Takarada Exhibition
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The Beginning
These nature-inspired artworks anticipate new beginnings. More »
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Kaoru Mitsumune “Mellonta Tauta”
Displaying and selling intricate ballpoint pen drawings from a new series by Kaoru Mitsumune. The exhibition title comes from an Edgar Allan Poe novel.More »
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Tetsuto Mizuguchi “Fertile”
Tetsuto Mizuguchi, known for a series applying tape to paintings, takes a new direction with these works exploring the materiality of painting in works incorporating scrap and discarded items.More »
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Azusa Kobayashi “Painting Series 3”
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Connect #1
We are pleased to present ‘Connect #1’, a group exhibition by Japanese artists Satoru Tamura, baanai, and Takuro Tamura at MAKI Gallery / Tennoz, Tokyo. The three artists are from different generations,...More »
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Koji Yamaguchi “Close, Far”
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Kosai Hori Retrospective
A two-part retrospective for leading abstract painter Kasai Hori, who since the 1970s has been working with a variety of self-introduced methods and freely developed ideas. Surveying Hori’s career from...More »
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Moeko Kageyama “Inside Someone’s House”
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Morning Call
Paintings evoking light and memory by four artistsMore »
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Owls 2021
This owl-themed group exhibition features Yu Seto, Daiichi Matsushita, Yujiro Ueno, and Ryo Hagiwara. Through painting, sculpture, 3D printing, and other means of expression, each artist conveys a unique...More »
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Ran Sho Ho Shu
Volumes 5 and 6 of a group exhibition featuring the latest work of artists associated with Gallery Mumon. Vol. 5 (First Half) 1/13 (Wed) - 2/6 (Sat) Vol. 6 (Second Half) 2/11 (Thu) - 3/6 (Sat) More »
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Shogo Takarada “Home”
Ten recent paintings on the theme of happinessMore »
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Taro Komiya + Yushi Suga “Mind Sights”
Displaying new paintings by Yushi Suga and Taro Komiya, plus installation art. More »
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8th Ichihara Lakeside Museum Children’s Art Exhibition
*Due to the extension of the state of emergency declared by the government, tIchihara Lakeside Art Museum will extend its temporary closure until March 7. Each year since its renewal opening in 2013,...More »
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FACE 2021
The Sompo Fine Art Foundation established the “Shorei-Sho Award” (or the “Outstanding Rising Artists Award”) for emerging artists and the “Seiji Togo Memorial Museum Grand Prix Award” for established artists...More »
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Kunzo Minami: Beautiful Moments from Everyday Life from the Shoto Museum of Art Collection
Exhibiting some 230 works including sketches, watercolors, and oil paintings by Kunzo Minami (1883–1950), a member of the Imperial Academy of Arts whose studies in Europe influenced his portraits and still...More »
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Meta
The Meta exhibition, launched in 1998, aims to go beyond the conventional frameworks of Nihonga painting in search of new artistic concepts while expressing respect for tradition. Works by 11 artists are...More »
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Misa Otera “Pair of Eyes”
Ten original ink drawings by Misa Otera, known for designing theater posters and CD jackets. More »
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Oscar Oiwa “Quarantine Series”
Oscar Oiwa has depicted the city scape with his own critical eye. Living in New York, and now in the midst of the pandemic, he tries to witness and visualize what he sees in digital drawings.More »
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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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Tokuro Sakamoto “Gap”
At the beginning of the Meiji era, Ernest Fenollosa and Tenshin Okakura of the Tokyo Fine Arts School — the predecessor of today’s Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokuro Sakamoto’s alma mater — aimed to...More »
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Tomoo Seki + Toshinao Yoshioka “Half-blind Aliens”
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Ugo Road Model Vol. 0
This exhibition focuses on the road outside of the gallery in an exploration of public space. More »
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Yoshimi Ito x Aiko Hara x Saori Noda Exhibition
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“Domani: The Art of Tomorrow” Exhibition 2021
This year’s exhibition—featuring seven promising newcomers with overseas study program experience over the past ten years, plus earlier program participants and now Japanese art scene frontrunners Kengo...More »
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Ikeda Museum of 20th Century Art Collection
This exhibition features work by 20th-century masters including Picasso, Munch, and Chagall. More »
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The National Treasure “Red and White Plum Blossoms”
Featuring the National Treasure folding screens “Red and White Plum Blossoms” by Korin Ogata, along with a National Treasure Kyoto-style ceramic vases by Ninsei Nonomura, the National Treasure handbook...More »
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Paramour
Mixed-media artist Jeff Stevens makes his solo-debut in Japan with PARAMOUR. Jeff Stevens is an American mixed-media artist and co-founder of the Los Angeles street art collective KAMP. Now based in...More »
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Yuka Mori + Akane Saijo “Responses in Flux”
Presenting painter Yuka Mori and ceramic artist Akane Saijo’s duo exhibition “Responses in Flux.” Both artists are based in Kyoto and studied together at The Graduate School of Kyoto City University of...More »
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Hitotzuki “Decode”
Hitotzuki is a unit formed in 1999 by artists Kami and Sasu, who had been working independently as artists. Hitotzuki’s style is a mix of Kami’s strong and clear lines, inspired by the trajectory of skateboarding...More »
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Peter Shear “Empty Boat”
This exhibition will showcase 10 new paintings. Shear, a self-taught artist, experiments with color, composition, and gesture to create images that emotionally relate to the viewer. As he considers...More »
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15th Geidai Art Plaza Awards Exhibition
This year marks the 15th for the Geidai Art Plaza competition. The exhibition will showcase all the prize-wining works.More »
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Akihito Nonowe Exhibition
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Chaosmos6: Into the Silent Spring
These artists pursue expressions of nature and life.More »
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Confronting Eyes
Taro Okamoto started his career as a “western-style” painter, but the subjects of his paintings differed greatly from those commonly used by other western-style artists. This is because he did not use...More »
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Flush
A group show considering the significance of water and its circulation. More »
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Haru Matsuda “Virtual Abstraction”
Haru Matsuda’s works consider the nature of reality in the “post-truth” eraMore »
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Makito Takagi “Ocular dreams, Painting Nights.”
Mr. Takagi depicts scenes that make us aware of “the other side,”of deep psychology and other worlds that we do not usually stare at. In recent years, he has been attracting attention for his artistic...More »
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Miyamoto Saburo: Portraits of Women – Their Work and Roles
The painter Saburo Miyamoto (1905-1974) depicted women throughout his career. Singers, actresses, and ballerinas were among his models. He also captured the energetic urban culture of his time. The women...More »
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Moomin: The Art and the Story
The Moomins and their friends have captivated fans around the world with their adorable looks and words full of humor. The Moomin series, created by one of Finland’s leading artists, Tove Jansson (1914-2001),...More »
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NEWoMan ART wall vol. 21: Isamu Gakiya
NEWoMan ART wall is a window display in front of the Shinjuku New South exhibit where you can purchase works of art. Artist Isamu Gakiya is featured in the 21st exhibition. More »
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Running through East Asia: Sports in the Modern Age
Since 2014, the National Museum of Japanese History has engaged in mutual exchange activities and research cooperation with the National Museum of Taiwan History in Tainan City, Taiwan. In 2016 we cosponsored...More »
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Satoru Kurata + Yuto Nemoto “Infinite Jest”
The title of this exhibition of paintings and sculptures comes from a novel by David Foster Wallace. Both artists’ works are inspired by the realities of everyday life (Zoom screens, selfies) while humorously...More »
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The Museum in the Multi-layered World
In recent years, we are hearing about concepts such as “mirror world,” “digital twins,” and “common ground” in various situations. These terms signify the fact that, against a backdrop of increasingly...More »
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Viewing 2021- 01
*The duration and the final date shown on TAB of the exhibition is unconfirmed and temporary. More »
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Yuka Kashihara “1:1”
The young Berlin-based painter Yuka Kashihara’s works harmonize transparency and detail and are brimming with life. *Reservations required. Please see the official website for details.More »
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Oliver Beer “Ghost Notes (Part 1)”
Building on his solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, for this exhibition, Beer creates a new body of work inspired by his musical understanding of the physical world. Referencing...More »
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Tomoaki Tarutani “Feathered Robe for Angel”
Tomoaki Tarutani’s “Feathered Robe for Angel” at H.P.France Window Gallery reconstructs images from photographs and diaries. The “Grains” series is based on natural forms such as mountains and rivers and...More »
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Mountains Carrying Suns
This group exhibition is a selection of work by twelve artists from China, Japan, and Korea, including Kōji Enokura, Yukie Ishikawa, Kwon Young-woo, Lee Ufan, Kazumi Nakamura, and Nobuo Sekine, on the...More »
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Small Sculptures
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Winter 2021
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Shigeru Hasegawa, Luca Costa, and Naoya Hirata
Satoko Oe Contemporary presents works from Shigeru Hasegawa’s poodle series, new and previous works from last year’s NADA Miami/Tokyo show by Luca Costa, and reconstructed pieces intended to be shown at...More »
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Thilo Heinzmann “My Time Your Time Our Time Time”
The first solo exhibition in Japan by the German painter Thilo Heinzmann. On view are paintings that combine the compositional elements from various series from his past practices. A significant voice...More »
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Tomoki Furuhata “Automatic Works”
Ten new works from the artist’s “Automatic” painting series depicting the unseen parts of machinery. More »
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1921-2021 Joseph Beuys
Joseph Beuys, a major 20th century artist known for his “social sculptures” and actions questioning social issues such as politics, the economy, and the environment, was born in May 1921. For the 100th...More »
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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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Akira Takaishi “Inner Surface”
Akira Takaishi has been known for creating works that navigate the border between image and matter. “Inner Surface,” however, can also be seen as an extension of his persistent pursuit to examine paintings...More »
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Beauty of Japanese Culture: Oh! Sumo Exhibition
*Chiba Prefectural Museum of Art is temporarily closed from January 13. *This event has been postponed. Sumo, its costumes, banners, and unique fonts are considered representative of Japanese culture...More »
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Forms for Fragrance –Treasures from the Takasago Collection
This exhibition will offer a comprehensive look at the world of aromas: from ancient vases used for storing aromatic oils, to the European aristocracy’s ceramic and glass perfume bottles fabricated by...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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Mineki Murata “Effect”
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Project N 81 Ose Mayuko
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Stasis Field 2020→2021
ACT (Artists Contemporary TOKAS) is an exhibition series that focuses mainly on artists who have previously participated in a program hosted by Tokyo Arts and Space (TOKAS). With Tanaka Shusuke, Hirose...More »
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Takehisa Yumeji: Pictures of Beauties and Taisho Modern Design
Takehisa Yumeji (1884-1934) was an artist from Okayama who entered into the limelight with richly emotional pictures of beauties and was also active in the field of commercial design. He had close ties...More »
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Tatsuoki Nambada: Early Abstraction
Presenting the work of Tatsuoki Nambada (1905–1997), an important figure in Japanese abstract painting. Focusing on works from the 1950s and 1960s from the Terada Collection, this exhibition introduces...More »
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Toshinari Maeda “Who Saw Pearls in the Spring Rain - Modern Art Collection of the Maeda Family”
A series of works from the collection of the Marquis Toshinari Maeda. More »
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Yuto Nemoto “Nothing At All”
Yuto Nemoto’s works focus on sculpture but range from installation to drawing, performance, and picture books. More »
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Collection × Taro Morimoto
Art that is enriched in times of difficulty and that draws attention is an inherent need. The depth at which people connect with art differs; this exhibit will focus on the act of purchasing art, which...More »
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Settai Komura Exhibition
Spotlighting the dynamic newspaper and magazine layouts of Nihonga painter and book designer Settai Komura with items from the collection of exhibition director Koji Sanada. More »
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Yoshio Ogawa “In Paris 1995-2007”
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Endless.
*In response to the declaration of the state of emergency, Tokyo International Gallery will be postponing the opening of the exhibition「Endless.-The Changing Landscape, In the Repeating Consciousness-,originally...More »
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Katsuya Sugimoto “You Are God”
Katsuya Sugimoto presents paintings of dioramas in boxes.More »
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Kosai Hori “Touching So Close and Having an Openness”
Displaying pieces from throughout abstract painter Kosai Hori’s career, from early through new works. *Reservations are recommended, although admissions without reservations may be permitted depending...More »
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A Happy New World 2021
This exhibition of new and previous works by eight artists seeks out new relationships between the pieces. More »
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Arnold Lobel: Alone Together
For the 50th anniversary of his popular picture book series “Frog and Toad,” this exhibition, the first major retrospective of his work in Japan, features some 200 rare illustrations and sketches by Arnold...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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Eric Carle “Book to Play”
An exhibition by Eric Carle, one of the world’s best-selling authors known for “The Very Hungry Caterpillar.” Presenting picture books as “toys,” the exhibition gallery will be filled with original illustrations...More »
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Hina Dolls of the Iwasaki Family
Presenting Hina dolls that Koyata Iwasaki (1879 - 1945), fourth president of Mitsubishi, ordered for his wife, Takako, from the Maruhei, Oki Doll Company. Come and meet these child-like festival dolls...More »
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Kew Gardens: Botanical Art
Displaying 100 examples of botanical illustrations, prints, paintings, and ceramics from the Kew Gardens collection in London.More »
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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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Letters to Ogai Mori
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Sachie Kashima “Wish List”
Works from a colorful new painting series by the Saitama-born artist Sachie Kashima.More »
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Spring Collection Exhibition - View on Daily Life
The theme of this exhibition of works from the museum’s collection is “daily life”.More »
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Takahiro Yasuda “Do the Light”
In this exhibition, art director, graphic designer, and film director Takahiro Yasuda explores distinctions between CG and painting through applications of color and light. More »
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Yutaka Furuta Exhibition
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The Vision of Fantasy That We Have Never Seen is This Splendor
Yayoi Kusama began her creative career as an artist by depicting the hallucinations she experienced in her childhood, as a means to overcome her fears. Since then, Kusama has continued to produce works...More »
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Botany and Botanical Art in the University of Tokyo – Makino Tomitaro and Yamada Toshio vol.2
In this second installment, the exhibition showcases for the first time 59 new colur pictures from the botanical sketches drawn by botanical artist Toshio Yamada resulting from his collaboration with botanist...More »
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Edo Sceneries on Doro-e from the Polak Collection – Distant Views on the Backdrops
The present exhibition showcases various sceneries from the Edo period drawn from a distant viewpoint, combining “doro-e” pictures such as “The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido” with actual maps drawn...More »
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Yuichi Hirako “Gift”
Using a wide range of media–mainly painting alongside drawing, sculpture, installation, sound performance and more–Hirako explores the boundaries between mankind and nature in modern society. His work...More »
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Ancient Egypt – The Creation of the World
The Edo-Tokyo Museum is pleased to announce the exhibition “Ancient Egypt—The Creation of the World,” which introduces masterpieces from the Egyptian collection of the Egyptian Museum of Berlin, situated...More »
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Bernard Buffet: The Voyage of a Painter
*Bernard Buffet Museum is temporarily closed from Apr 18 to May 20. The museum will be open from May 21. This exhibition looks back on the “Buffet Phenomenon” – the artist’s singular ability to capture...More »
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Connections: 150 years of Modern Art in Japan and France
Japanese craft art and ukiyo-e prints became an important source of inspiration for European artists such as Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh in the late 19th and early 20th century. The phenomenon, called...More »
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Fourth-Term Collection Exhibition
*Yokosuka Museum of Art is temporarily closed from January 12. Introducing the painter Kanemon Asai (1901–1983) and other artists with works from the collection.More »
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Keiko Miyagawa “It Seems That Life Can No Longer Be Completed On One’s Own”
Featuring the work of Keiko Miyagawa (b. 1991), who was selected by Yoshitomo Nara for the young artists’ exhibition “Project Phase 2014” at Aomori Museum of Art. Using taxidermy and polymer clay, Miyagawa...More »
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Masterpieces of Painting from the Pola Museum of Art
The Pola Museum of Art’s collection of paintings enables the viewer to trace the evolution of art through a wealth of high-quality works stretching from 19th-century Impressionism to 20th-century abstract...More »
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Rokuro Yanai “Flower Encyclopedia”
*Yokosuka Museum of Art is temporarily closed from January 12. Featuring works with flowers from long-running series Rokuro Yanai did for the magazine Shunkan Shincho from 1956 through 1981. More »
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The Challenges of Postwar Art in Japan
Introducing works from the 1950s and 1960s, a time when Japanese artists reexamined the fundamentals of expression. More »
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The Soul of the Brush—The Line’s Pull, the Color’s Spell From Matabei to Hokusai and Kuniyoshi
Ukiyo-e are often associated with prints, but brush-painted Ukiyo-e actually developed earlier with deeply complex coloring methods and striking brushwork. Beginning with masters such as Matabee Iwasa,...More »
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Satoru Aoyama “Everyday Art Market: Pop-up Store”
Selling works with COVID-19 themes by contemporary embroidery artist Satoru Aoyama.More »
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Matthew Barney, Carolee Schneemann, Kazuo Shiraga, and Min Tanaka
Fergus McCaffrey is honored to present Matthew Barney, Carolee Schneemann, Kazuo Shiraga, and Min Tanaka, opening at the gallery’s Tokyo location on Thursday, October 15, 2020. Exhibiting together for...More »
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Wakana Yamauchi “The Beginning of the Beginning”
Coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, Maruki Gallery presents an exhibition by Wakana Yamauchi, an artist who has actively...More »
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24th Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art
24 finalists were selected out of 616 submissions for the 24th TARO Award. More »
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Bubbles / Debris: Art of the Heisei Period 1989–2019
Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art hosts this exhibition at Higashiyama Cube, looking back on the art of the Heisei period (1989–2019), with a focus on the collective activities of the artists concerned....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 extension of the state of emergency including Kanagawa Prefecture, The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama will be temporarily closed from Tuesday, January 12 to Sunday, March 7, 2021 to prevent...More »
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From Museum Collection: British and Irish Art — Depicted Stories
*According to the extension of the state of emergency including Kanagawa Prefecture, The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama will be temporarily closed from Tuesday, January 12 to Sunday, March 7, 2021 to prevent...More »
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Minami Kunzo Exhibition
*Please buy advance reservation tickets via Lawson Ticket. Tickets are not available at the museum as a general rule. Many art exhibitions are held each year in Japan, attracting large audiences. In...More »
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Tam Ochiai “Tapetum Lucidum”
Paintings, sculpture, photography, and video by the New York-based artist Tam Ochiai.More »
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Taro Okamoto’s Travels
The artist Taro Okamoto traveled all across Japan and around the world, researching cultures and peoples from an ethnological perspective. From 1957 to 1966, he travelled from Tohoku to Okinawa and published...More »
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Visualize 60 Vol.2
This exhibition is volume 2 of the Visualize 60 exhibition celebrating the 60th anniversary of Polylogue, which “visualizes” the essence of design and reexamines the Nippon Design Center. More »
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2021Gallery Jy Exhibit.Vol.13
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Anniversary Exhibition III: 1974–2020
This exhibition looks at artworks from the Tama region since 1974 and new pieces up through 2020. More »
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Cosmetics Industry’s First ‘Full-Page Color Newspaper Ad’
On New Year’s day 1952, cosmetics brand Isehan ran the first full-page color advertisement in a newspaper. However, full-page color ads would not become mainstream until the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and the...More »
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Lee Izumida “Progress”
Intimissimi would like to introduce the painter Lee Izumida as the third artist at the Intimissimi Art Space, which opened in April 2020. Lee Izumida, who started her career as a painter in early 2019,...More »
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Riko Monma “Slowscapes”
This exhibition features the latest body of work by Riko Monma, a Japanese artist born and raised in New Zealand. The recurring theme in her paintings is the visualization of human emotion through an emphasis...More »
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Artists and the Disaster: Imagining in the 10th Year
In response to the Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred on March 11, 2011, Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito, which itself suffered damage from the disaster, organized an exhibition entitled...More »
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Steps Ahead: Recent Acquisitions
In recent years, the Ishibashi Foundation has worked to develop its core collection of Impressionist and modern Japanese paintings more fully while expanding the collection’s breadth to include works from...More »
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Kashiwa Sato Exhibition
Since opening in 2007, the National Art Center, Tokyo has regularly organized exhibitions on design and architecture in line with its active policy to present a large variety of artistic expression and...More »
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Yui Fujinaga Vol.2
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Yabiku Henrique Yudi “Motion”
With a background in Brazilian and Japanese culture, Yabiku looks for inspiration in the beauty of incongruity and imperfections of today’s world. As he expands his creative platform mainly through...More »
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13th Utsunomiya Esperer Award: Enpei Ito Exhibition
This exhibition showcases the work of 13th Utsunomiya Esperer Award winner Enpei Ito.More »
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Bigot - Collection of the Utsunomiya Museum of Art
This exhibition showcases the work of French master Georges Bigot, an artist who lived in Japan for 17 years and whose work was inspired by the country.More »
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Mithila Museum Collection
Paintings from a museum of Indian folk art in Niigata Prefecture. More »
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Constanble— A History of His Affection in England
The nineteenth-century painter John Constable (1776-1837) ranks with J.M.W. Turner for innovating English landscape painting and deepening appreciation for the genre. Constable devoted himself to painting...More »
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Inside the Collector’s Vault, Vol. 1
The opening exhibition of modern art collectors museum ‘What’ will exhibit over 70 works of two collectors currently in the custody of Terada Warehouse. More »
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“Sketch, Flash, Spark!” ~ From the Ghibli Forest Sketchbook
*Ghibli Museum will be open from September 5. *By appointment only. (Please visit official website for the details.) Over 20 years have passed since the planning of the Ghibli Museum, Mitaka, which...More »
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Out and About in the City - It Started From Ripples in the Water
- at Watari-um, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art
- in the Omotesando, Aoyama area
- Ends in 101 days
This exhibition features the work of the 1995 exhibit at Watar-um ‘Ripples in the Water95’ along with the work of currently active artists. More »
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Yumeji Design 1910–1930
This exhibition features designs by Yumeji Takehisa (1884–1934) for envelopes, magazine covers, book covers, musical scores, posters, chiyogami decorative paper, and other items from the 1910s through...More »
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Within the World
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Joan Mitchell + Carl Andre “Fragments of a Landscape”
“Fragments of a Landscape”brings together the works of two great American artists: Joan Mitchell, painter and representative of post-war abstract expressionism, and Carl Andre, sculptor and active member...More »
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Amabie in the Corona Era Project
*Open 10:00-20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays. Makoto Aida brings his free imagination and unique powers of expression to this project depicting the disease-dispelling yokai character Amabie. Location:...More »
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Jonas Wood “Tennis Coat Drawing”
[Image: Jonas Wood, Four Majors 4 (Australian Open 11, French Open 16, Wimbledon #13, US Open 15), 2018, 2018, 2016, 2018, from Tennis Court Drawings, 2016–18, (set of 24 works), Los Angeles County Museum...More »
Permanent events
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Ibaraki Museum of Modern Art Permanent Exhibition
*Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki is temporarily closed from January 18 to February 7. With works from the Ibaraki area as the nucleus, objects in the museum’s permanent collection are shown systematically...More »
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Ikeda Museum of 20th Century Art Permanent Exhibition
*Ikeda Museum of 20th Century Art is temporarily closed from Apr 18 to May 17. The museum will be open from May 18. The museum collection consists of 1210 pieces centering upon 20th century works depicting...More »
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Jins Art Project
Two fresh, bold works by the cutting-edge artist Taro Izumi that express the relationship between eyeglasses and vision from new points of view are displayed on the second floor of Jins Kichijoji Daiyagai,...More »
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NMWA Museum Collection
*The entire National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo will be closed from October 19 (Mon.), 2020 through the spring of 2022 (estimated) for museum facilities maintenance work. The NMWA was established...More »
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Permanent Collection
Murauchi Art Museum holds western paintings with an emphasis on works by the Barbizon painters in the 19th century. Works of Impressionist painters and modern artists are also contained in the collection....More »
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Tenshin Okakura Memorial Room Exhibition
Works by artists from Izura who were tutored by Tenshin Okakura will be on display. Exhibits will rotate six times a year.More »
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Yokoyama Taikan Memorial Hall Permanent Exhibit
Works, studies, sketches, ceramics, kimonos, artworks by friends, letters, bamboo crafts, and other belongings of Yokoyama Taikan are on display. Exhibits will change every three months. Closed during...More »
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Yusuke Asai “@Yoyogi Park”
Consisting of a tendriled mass of white lines, Yusuke Asai’s work was completed on October 8th with the help of a team of assistants. This work is on view 24 hours a day at the Harajuku entrance to Yoyogi...More »
Upcoming events
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Joe Katayama “Chill”
This exhibition showcases work exploring “matters of the heart” from various viewpoints.More »
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Muji Connects Art
Muji will hold an exhibition/sale of four artists’ newly completed works in collaboration with the French lithograph workshop“Idem Paris. All the exhibition pieces will be on sale at Atelier Muji Ginza...More »
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OCO “Today”
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Paintings
This group exhibition features paintings by four of the gallery’s artists, Francis Shingo, Iba Yasuko, Shinoda Taro, and Ozawa Tsuyoshi Francis explores the vast space and spirituality of painting through abstract...More »
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Saki Kamiya “Colorful Gardens”
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Shinro Ohtake + Sachiko Kazama “South South Tokyo”
*Blum & Poe Tokyo is open by appointment only. On the occasion of South South Veza, Blum & Poe is pleased to participate in South South Tokyo, a collaborative exhibition with Taka Ishii Gallery,...More »
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Small.
Putting together a selection of small-scale works, the exhibition investigates the different expressive choices of the nine participating artists. Stirring our imagination, each of the works on view possesses...More »
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South South Tokyo
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Stardust Insomnia
This exhibition of star-themed works by 22 artists evokes cold, clear starry nights with a hint of melancholy. More »
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Yuta Niwa “Paint It Black”
Paintings made with pre-Meiji era techniques depicting giant catfish salamanders in mineral pigments and sumi ink on washi paper.More »
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1st Mitaka Exhibition
This is the first of an exhibition featuring the work of artists based in the city of Mitaka.More »
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Ayako Okuda Exhibition
This exhibition features the work of Osaka artist Ayako Okuda centered around people and light within the motifs of the ocean and the mountains.More »
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Chikara Ono “Boring Room”
Chikara Ono presents nearly life-sized wood sculptures created in the image of musicians with a touch of humor and pop. More »
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Collaborative Group Show between Taro Nasu & Esther Schipper
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Mr. Brainwash “Life is Beautiful”
The first major show for the L.A.-based street artist Mr. Brainwash features 80 paintings and pictures including sketches and limited editions with Japanese motifs. Original merchandise and a catalogue...More »
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Satoru Kurata “Ba/u/cker La/u/cker”
This exhibition is Satoru Kurata’s first Tomio Koyama Gallery and will feature 20 works including a large-scale work over 3-meters in size. The title of the exhibition, ‘Ba/u/cker La/u/cker’, is derived...More »
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Takahiko Kaino “Kogengo Second”
This show takes the momentum from the art space Kogengo opened in 2018 up a notch. The paintings reflect the artist’s feelings toward art with simplicity and power. More »
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Tamihito Yoshikawa Exhibition
Tamihito Yoshikawa (b. 1965) presents vivid knife paintings on canvas evoking water. Forty works including new pieces are exhibited. More »
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Electric Cable Paintings – From Kiyochika Kobayashi to Akira Yamaguchi
Often derided from an aesthetic standpoint, electric cables block our views of clear blue skies. However, they also have nostalgic value as a familiar part of our cities and sceneries. This exhibition...More »
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Ayumi Sekiya Exhibition
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Book Design Competition Vol. 20 Award-Winners Exhibition
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Born with Flowers— Reconstruction and Art after 3.11
This exhibition looks back on the ten years since the Great East Japan Earthquake with panels by the Iwate Reconstruction Bureau and works reflecting on the disaster by artists with ties to the NPO Iwate...More »
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Masaaki Fukuda Exhibition
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Maya Maxx Exhibition
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Nobuhiro Mido Exhibition
Venue: Gallery Hinoki FMore »
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Physis and Logos, Part 1
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Syunsuke Ohashi Exhibition
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My Armchair
Matisse decided to become an artist when he was 20 years old, recuperating from an illness. For Matisse, art was a therapy. It was never meant to be a radical pollical message or an arcane intellectual...More »
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Artists’ Fair Kyoto 2021
The Artists’ Fair Kyoto was born in 2018 in Kyoto as a new kind of art fair where the artists themselves would plan, manage, and make selections for their exhibition. This event, set up in the hall of...More »
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Daisuke Ohba “Painting—Phenomena in Degrees of Depth”
From repetitive grid patterns to an ethereal, mist-shrouded pine forest, the paintings by Daisuke Ohba hover across the real and the illusory, establishing a pictorial field in-between as another world...More »
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Haruko Matsumoto + Myokawa Sachiko “Mosaic Times”