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Current events
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Daiyu Aoki “Eye Wear Mold”
Self-portraits and video art about the homograph “mold.” [Event] Talk by Daiyu Aoki and Kawori Inbe Date: Dec. 7 from 17:00More »
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Exhibition “Oriental Discourse”
This exhibition examines where the appeal of East Asian women’s expressions come from. Orientalism is a perspective or thought that has a preference for the East or a longing for the Eastern world. The...More »
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Norimasa Kutsuna “Evaporating Tower”
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Mana Yamamoto “Cześć= Hello”
Cześć=Hello looks back on ten years of work by the stylist Mana Yamamoto, who has worked for fashion magazines, ads, catalogues, and more. Clients include the Poland-based photographer Lukasz Wierzbowski...More »
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Shigeki Kawakita “Light Trails”
Shigeki Kawakita’s long-exposure nighttime photography captures movements of light not ordinarily seen by the human eye or in moving images or daytime photography. These works are taken around Japan and...More »
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Tokyographie 2019 – A Special Edition of the Kyotographie International Photography Festival
Fujifilm Square is pleased to present two separate photo exhibitions being held as a Tokyographie pop up event in conjunction with the Kyotographie International Photography Festival. The two exhibitions...More »
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Hashimoto Masaya “Things in Between - After the Mist”
Five years after Masaya Hashimoto’s 2014 solo exhibition ‘Isso Ichiboku (A Single Blade of Grass, a Single Piece of Wood)’ comes this latest exhibition. In addition to sculpture made of deer antler and...More »
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Solidified Shadows
Four artists explore the concept of “shadows” as understood in Buddhist philosophy. More »
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Tamami Iinuma “Japan in the DDR – The Memory that was Deleted Twice”
The opening of this exhibition will take place on the 30th anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s fall that occurred on November 9th of 1989. Based in Leptich, Paris, and Tokyo, Iinuma has been exhibiting...More »
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Koh Hasebe
- at Ricoh Imaging Square Ginza 8F, A.W.P Gallery zone
- in the Ginza, Marunouchi area
- Ends in 6 days
Presenting the work of music photographer Koh Hasebe, known for his images of rock groups. A total of sixty photographs of acts such as The Beatles, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Kiss, and David Bowie are exhibited....More »
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Mika Ninagawa “Into Fiction / Reality”
Exhibiting multiple series from photographer Mika Ninagawa, including “Eternal Flower” and “Sakura” featuring vivid images of flowers and “Portraits of the Time” photographing authors and athletes. More »
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Minami Sakamoto “Rebellious Contour”
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Susumu Okada “Neo Atlas”
[Related Events] Talk Events 11/30 16:00- Guests: Manabu Suzuki (owner, Books Gyakko), Hiroyasu Matsu (photographer) 12/7 16:00- Guests: Takashi Kuraya (photograher) Opening Reception 11/30 (after...More »
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Takafumi Sakanaka “Super Play”
Token Art Centerでは、2019年11月16日よりグランドオープン第一弾展覧会として、阪中隆文個展「スーパープレイ」を開催します。阪中は、写真、映像、インスタレーション、パフォーマンスなど様々なメディアで表現しています。展覧会の制度に遊戯的なルールを持ち込んだり、メディアの構造に自身の身体を介入させることで、飛躍的あるいは困難な状況を生み出し、それを乗り越えようとする過程と痕跡を作品化させてきました。例えば2015年に制作された《Anagraph》では、作家がギャラリー内部の床に穴をあけ、地中を掘進し屋外へ脱出。その経路から光を引き込みリアルタイムで屋外の景色を結像させ、ギャラリー空間全体をカメラオブスクラに作り変えました。会場には穴掘りのパフォーマンス記録映像もあわせて展示され、鑑賞者は歪に繋ぎ合わされた行為と写真の関係を目の当たりにしました。2016年の《12...More »
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9th An Eye Towards Nature Photo Exhibition
30 color landscape photos by members of Kazutoshi Koguchi’s photo academy.More »
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Nikon Salon Photo Contest Award Winners
[Related Event] Panda Kanno x Ai Iwane Talk Event Date and Time: 12/13 (Fri) 18:30-20:00 *Please visit official website for more information.More »
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Pentax Ricoh Family Club Chiba Branch 20th Photo Exhibition
Since the days of film cameras, landscape photography has been chasing an ideal. Meanwhile, street photography has been capturing those moments on the street and at festivals and events. For this exhibition,...More »
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Shintaro Shiratori “Advertising Photography Exhibition”
Presenting 160 photographs with design and copy by Shintaro Shiratori, a 45-year career veteran who believes “advertising photography is entertainment.”More »
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Mayumi Hosokura “New Skin”
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The Spanish Civil War as Seen in Japanese Newspapers
Academics from Japan and Spain present findings from their research into how the Spanish Civil War was reported in Japanese newspapers and the effects this coverage had. More »
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Daichi Koda “Forest / Background”
Daichi Koda has been looking into the relationships between a photo and the truth as seen through human eyes. In “Forest” he took a forest in the dark as an approach to mysticism. The attempt lead to his...More »
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Hiroshi Aoki Exhibition
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Ikko Narahara “Rrose Sélavy”
In the 1970s, Ikko Narahara was commissioned by Shuzo Takiguchi to photograph Marcel Duchamp’s “The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (The Large Glass)” in the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Collection....More »
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Issei Suda “Gankotoshi”
“Gankotoshi” by photographer Issei Suda, who passed away earlier this year, is a collection of works on the theme of “the eye.” This exhibition of vintage prints commemorates the publication of the photo...More »
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Kenji Takazawa “Non-Photographer 3.0: Returning Spilled Water to the Cup”
New works in Kenji Takazawa’s series considering photography and its methods. These photographs of photographed photographs question the ways in which photography and film turn reality into media and if...More »
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Koo Bohnchang “Clandestine Pursuit in the Long Afternoon”
This exhibition commemorates the photobook publication of Koo’s black and white film street photography from 1985 to 1990, taken upon his return to Seoul from his studies in Germany. While the Summer Olympics...More »
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Osamu Yokonami “Assembly Ⅲ”
Taking advantage of the film format’s soft tone, photographer Osamu Yokonami creates a unique world full of wit. Besides his work in fashion and advertising, Yokonami has also produced numerous projects...More »
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The Research Associate Exhibition 2019
This exhibition presents the results of the creative work and research produced by research associates in various laboratories at Musashino Art University. It presents the rich range of styles in which...More »
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Tsuyoshi Ozawa “J-alert”
“J-ALERT is a nationwide alert system designed to rapidly warn the populace of Japan of incoming ballistic missile attacks, imminent earthquakes, and approaching tsunamis. In contrast, art spreads information...More »
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Yoshiichi Hara “Tohoku After-Image”
Vintage prints from Yoshiichi Hara’s “Tohoku After-Image,” a series of photographs shot on film in the winter of 1972. A photo book of these works was released this year. More »
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Yukinori Yanagi Exhibition
Yukinori Yanagi is well known for his work dealing with systems of institutional and state control, national borders, colonization, diaspora, and refugee crises, often focusing on politically charged representations...More »
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Jay Chung & Q Takeki Maeda + Sara Deraedt + Pierre Leguillon “Surface and Custom”
In their mid-career survey exhibition “Auratic Narrative” held in Kölnischer Kunstverein from April to June, the 20-year careers of Jay Chung and Q Takeki Maeda were showcased with a slide show, “Moulting,”...More »
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Lionel Beccat “Transversalte”
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Sakyo Komatsu “Plan D”
Featuring the work of science fiction author Sakyo Komatsu.More »
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Various Shapes, Various Colors
Large-scale exhibition featuring paintings, engravings, photos, lacquerware, sculptures, textiles, three-dimensional and two-dimensional works, etc. in a variety of materials and shapes. More »
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Yamasa Collection 2019 Winter Exhibition
- at Musee Hamaguchi Yozo / Yamasa Collection
- in the Kyobashi, Nihonbashi area
- Ends in 13 days
Along with the work of mezzotint engraver Yozo Hamaguchi, this exhibition presents the works of Koseki Ono, who creates three-dimensional screen prints, Tetsuya Takizawa, who works with materials such...More »
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Canon Photo Circle “Club Activities Photo Exhibit 2019”
Thirty-two works by members of the Canon Photo Circle in categories such as “living things,” “portraits,” “railways,” and “travel snapshots.” All photographs are printed as large-format images with the...More »
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Life with Camera
A selection of photographs from some 1,200 submitted to the EOS M200 official Instagram account “Life with Camera” (@canon_eosm).More »
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Hiro Tanaka “Take Me Home Tonight”
Photography exhibition More »
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Keiko Sasaoka “Park City”
New and recent works from 2017 onward feature slow shutter speeds and negative/positive transpositions in images that make tourists in Hiroshima city parks appear to lose distinctive facial characteristics,...More »
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Awakening Photographs: Michiko Kon + Tokihiro Sato
The two artists share common ground. They both came to photographic expression from other forms of art. They capture three-dimensional objects or physical movement and transfer them to a two-dimensional...More »
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Kenta Kobayashi “The Magician’s Nephew”
Kenta Kobayashi edits photographs with image processing software, creating works that question what a photograph is. His photographs and video work are on display.More »
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Kota Sake “Future Primitive”
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Naoki Ishikawa “Everest”
Shots from photographer and climber Naoki Ishikawa’s ascension of Mt. Everest. More »
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Billy Monk “Defiance and Decadence Under Apartheid”
Defiance and Decadence Under Apartheid, the exhibition of Billy Monk at The Container, launches for the first time the photographer’s works in Asia. The selection of photographs for this exhibition is...More »
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Juergen Teller “Heimweh”
KÖNIG GALERIE is delighted to present the work of Juergen Teller as the inaugural exhibition at its new space named KÖNIG TOKIO at MCM Ginza Haus I, Tokyo. Heimweh centres on the concept of homesickness,...More »
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Weronika Gęsicka “What a Wonderful World”
Featuring the photography of Weronika Gęsicka as part of the Tokyographie event. More »
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Art and Society - Today’s Artists
The themes of this exhibition are “Society and Art”, “Supporting the Next Generation of Creatives”, and “Taro Okamoto and His Cohorts”. More »
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Photography and Manipulation
- at Shadai Gallery, Tokyo Institute of Polytechnics
- in the Musashino, Tama area
- Ends in 35 days
Collages and montages assemble multiple images. Photograms create images by applying sunlight directly onto printing paper without the use of a camera. Some artists paint on photographs. As with these...More »
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The Ecology of Expression: Remaking Our Relations with the World
Presenting the work of 31 artists involved with the “Forest of Expression” project, carried out in collaboration with fields such as welfare and education, with the aim of reconnecting to the wholeness...More »
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Yokohama Museum of Art Collection “Aspects of Japan’s 160-year Relationship with the West”
This exhibition of the museum’s collection, overlapping with the anniversaries of the Yokohama Museum of Art and the opening of Yokohama Port, reexamines the relationship between Japan and the West. Many...More »
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Assorted Chocolates
In this exhibition, 13 artists and an artist duo across various artistic disciplines – anything from traditional lacquer work to chalk art – will be showing their original two-dimensional works inspired...More »
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Exhibition “Homage”
Sansiao Gallery is pleased to announce “Homage,” a series of exhibitions in which emerging artists create works inspired by pieces in the gallery collection.More »
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Shiro Takatani “Topograph/Toposcan”
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Takashi Yasumura “I Don’t Expect Too Much”
Yasumura’s most recent exhibitions include Scrolling Through Heisei Part 1 In the Here and Now, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum (2017) and Japanese Photography from Postwar to Now, San Francisco Museum of...More »
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Close-up Universe: Contemporary Japanese Photography vol. 16
The Tokyo Photographic Art Museum carries out various projects to support creative spirits who explore the possibilities of photography and imagery. Central to this undertaking is the “Contemporary Japanese...More »
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Eiko Yamazawa: What I Am Doing
Eiko Yamazawa, who was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1899, studied photography in the United States in the 1920s and embarked on a more than 50-year career as one of the country’s first women photographers...More »
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Ikko Narahara Photographs: The Promised Journey to Spain
Ikko Narahara, who emerged in the late 1950s as a forerunner of new photographic expression in post-war Japan, had set out on a journey across Europe from 1962 to 1965 in hopes to re-visit his way of life...More »
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Masataka Nakano “Tokyo”
Tokyo – an ever changing global city and the host for the 2020 Olympic Games. For more than 30 years, the photographer Masataka Nakano has been taking pictures of this large city with sharp sensitivity...More »
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Publicness of the Art Center – Phase 2
Marking 30 years in 2020 since Art Tower Mito’s opening, the Contemporary Art Center’s “Publicness of the Art Center” explores over two phases the role required of an art center in today’s changing society....More »
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Spirits of Aggregation
First produced in 1961, Yayoi Kusama’s Accumulation or Aggregation is a series of works that consist of repeated identical motifs. This body of art began with two-dimensional collages, using everyday objects...More »
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Tale of Two Women: Miyako and Chihiro
Photographer Miyako Ishiuchi began using her mother’s former name as her professional name at the age of 28, when she embarked on her photographic career. Upon learning about Chihiro Iwasaki’s life, Ishiuchi...More »
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The World of Sarah Bernhardt, Luminary of the Belle Époque
Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) was one of France’s most famous actresses. She captivated the world with her beautiful voice and acting and with her lavish and glamorous personal life. This exhibition, the...More »
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Věra Čáslavská: The Road to Freedom
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. The gymnast Věra Čáslavská, who took three gold medals at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, played an essential role in advocating the popular movement....More »
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MOMAT Collection
This exhibition introduces currents in Japanese modern and contemporary art from the end of the 19th century to the present along with a variety of works from other countries. The exhibition fills 13 rooms...More »
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The Window: A Journey of Art and Architecture through Windows
This exhibition explores the world of windows, from their role in the works of Henri Matisse to cutting edge modern art. Furthermore, the exhibition goes beyond art, introducing the history of windows...More »
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Pyuupiru “Goddess”
Born 1974, in Tokyo, Pyuupiru started presenting her works in the late 90s, and became active as a contemporary artist after participating in the Yokohama Triennale in 2005. Focusing on portraits and three-dimensional...More »
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Tatsuo Kotaki “Venetian Labyrinth”
Sixty-eight black and white gelatin silver prints. More »
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MOT Annual 2019 Echo After Echo: Summoned Voices, New Shadows
MOT Annual is a group exhibition devoted primarily to young Japanese artists that explores MOT’s context in Tokyo, a city where disparate cultures and expressive territories coexist. The exhibition seeks...More »
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minä perhonen / minagawa akira “Tsuzuku”
Akira Minagawa started the fashion brand minä in 1995 (the name was changed to “minä perhonen” in 2003) with an aspiration to establish a brand that would continue at least for 100 years. Since then, the...More »
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The Enlightenment in Objects – Mr. Loudon’s Collection of Mirabilia
In parallel to his professional activities, Dutch-born banker George Loudon is a well-known patron and leader of the cultural and artistic world based in the United Kingdom, who also demonstrated his foresight...More »
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The Original Image of Japan
Photography by artist Taro Okamoto of the Tohoku region and Okinawa, where Okamoto felt the “true spirit” of Japan could be found.More »
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Bunroku Shishi Exhibition
The Yokohama-born writer Bunroku Shishi (1893–1969) was known for the esprit and humor of works like “Etsu-chan,” “School of Freedom,” and Tenya Wanya.” His novels continue to find new fans today with...More »
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Future and the Arts: AI, Robotics, Cities, Life - How Humanity Will Live Tomorrow What Is True Affluence, What Is It to Be Human, What Is Life?
Advances in technology over the past few years are now starting to have a significant impact on various aspects of our lives. It is said that not too far in the future, human beings will be entrusting...More »
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Picasso’s Challenge – Transforming Form
The Picasso Pavilion, completely renovated for the 50th anniversary of the Hakone Open-Air Museum, is now open to the public. The collection features 319 works by Picasso with a focus on his ceramics....More »
Permanent events
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Jim O’Connell “Kabukicho”
Jim O’Connell documents Tokyo’s red-light district, making connections with Kabukicho’s working men and women, revelers and passers-by. This exhibition comprises of ten photographs shot in 2006. This...More »
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Permanent Exhibitions
Art Factory Jonanjima is home to three permanent exhibitions: “Kimiyo Mishima Installation Work 1984-2014” Focusing on Mishima’s installations from the 1980s, this display features 13 works in an...More »
Upcoming events
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Sylvia Bataille “Trees – Images of Timelessness”
Two years ago Post presented “Autoroute,” the first exhibit in Japan for the Paris-based photographer Sylvia Bataille. The copperplate print series featured speeding cars as a way of precisely depicting...More »
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Collection Unlimited 2020 Art & Books
Make art a part of your life this coming year with new paintings, paper cuttings, photographs, and other works of all sizes by Gallery Art Unlimited artists. Books and photo collections are also available....More »
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Kisei Kobayashi Exhibition
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Ryuji Tokuda “Great Growth”
Photographs of giant trees designated as natural monuments across Japan. More »
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Ryuji Tokuda “Great Growth”
Photographs of giant trees designated as natural monuments throughout Japan. More »
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Tokyo Model Award 2019
In this festival of photographers and models, individual photographers have shot individual models with promising careers.More »
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Michiko Yone “Just for a Moment”
Michiko Yone continues to search for nature’s yet-unseen treasures throughout the seasons. Peer inside her world of constant change in these works captured with Canon’s one-year-old EOS R camera.More »
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Prix Pictet “Hope”
The Prix Pictet is awarded to the best photos capturing today’s social or environmental issues. The theme of these 12 selected works is “hope”. Venue: Hillside ForumMore »
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Yuji Hamada “K”
“K,” the third installment in this series, refers to both the black key plate used in printing and the unit of temperature measurement on the Kelvin scale. To represent these two elements in photographic...More »
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2019 Japan Magazine Photojournalists Association Exhibition
Introducing outstanding photojournalism from 86 Japanese magazines.More »
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Akiko Tsunoda “Merry Many Santa Clauses!”
For this exhibition, Ms. Tsunoda has carefully selected images from among her many photographs of Santa Clauses from Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and added new photographic works taken at the World Santa...More »
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Yoko Okamoto Exhibition
Venue: Fujifilm Square Mini GalleryMore »
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Erina Izawa “Picking Up Silence”
Erina Izawa photographs her brother, husband, and their relationship. More »
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Keisuke Shirota “Paint, Seeing Photos”
Keisuke Shirota’s snapshot-based paintings depict fictional worlds. New works are on display. More »
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Konosuke Sakazaki Exhibition
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Playback PlayPark
- at Setagaya Culture Life Information Center, Seikatsu-Kobo
- in the Setagaya, Kawasaki area
- Starts in 5 days
In the summer of 1979, “Playpark,” a play area for children, opened in the corner of Hanegi Park in Setagaya City. Hanegi Playpark is the first permanent adventure play area that was set up in Japan. Under...More »
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Winter Collection Exhibition “Performing Paintings”
These works from the museum collection explore expression through the human body and its movements. More »
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Kouta Tanida “Boundries Vol. 2”
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Koji Honda + Megumi Shinozaki “Wander”
This exhibition, a collaboration between photographer Koji Honda and flower artist Megumi Shinozaki, focuses on the nature that is an essential part of daily life in Northern Europe. Venue: Spiral Garden...More »
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The Memoirs of Boficca
Believing in the expressive potential of photography, the artist KAO’RU® (Kaoru Shibahara) photographs sculptures made with washi paper, flowers, and ribbons. She combines natural photographic subjects...More »
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67th Nikkor Photo Contest Finalists Exhibition
In addition to developing the art and technology of photography, the aim of this contest has been to deepen friendly relations through photography. This 67th event is no different and will feature 120...More »
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Before Boiling
This exhibition features the work of 12 young students still in development as artists; hence the exhibition title ‘Before Boiling’. More »
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Ctlxy + Yamasa “Body-Img”
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Moeko Abe “Form”
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Classic Rock and New Punk Stars of the 70s and 80s
- at Ricoh Imaging Square Ginza 8F, A.W.P Gallery zone
- in the Ginza, Marunouchi area
- Starts in 9 days
Rock’n’roll emerged in the 1950s and reached its golden age in the 1960s. This exhibition showcases over 60 works by internationally renown photographers. More »
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Ricoh Imaging Photo Contest 2019 Finalists Exhibition
This photo contest is open to users of Pentax and Ricoh cameras, as a show of appreciation to customers of both brands. The photos of 40 finalists have been chosen to be exhibited by a panel of judges...More »
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Mamoru Atsuta “500 GP Formula 1 Memories”
Around 100 digital and film shots from Formula 1 races by Mamoru Atsuta, along with displays of helmets, uniforms, and engines. More »
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Transit Photography: Family Play Time
The travel culture magazine Transit journeys to cities and so-called “frontiers” around the world to introduce scenes that can only be witnessed in these places. This exhibition focuses on families featured...More »
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2019 Fujifilm Commercial Photography Contest Winner’s Exhibition
The winner of this year’s Fujifilm Commercial Photography Contest, which received 9,188 submissions, is Yasunori Kawamata’s “Insta-bae” (Insta-worthy) from Paseo Nuevo, a small photography museum in Mito,...More »
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Asahi Camera: 2019 Asahi Camera Finalists Exhibition
The Asahi Camera prize is given to the best photographs over the year in four categories: “Color”, “Black & White”, “Combined Photographs”, and for contest rookies “First Steps”. 42 of the best are...More »
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Tokyo 2020 Official Art Posters Exhibition
The works in this exhibition are all themed for the Olympics and Paralympics and are just in time for the 2020 Olympics. During the exhibition, a talk show will be held featuring the creators of the posters....More »
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Kaori Inbe Exhibition
An exhibition of mainly photos selected from collections ‘An Imperfect Cat’ and the ‘Fluffy Gap’ series.More »
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Forever Saul Leiter
The photographer Saul Leiter held a retrospective at The Bunkamura Museum of Art in 2017. This was his first retrospective in Japan, and it garnered significant attention. Leiter served as a leading fashion...More »
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Dreams of Life Connected by Modern Design
Modern design took root in Japan and throughout the world from the 1930s to 1960s. How did modern design come to be, and how was it passed down to us? This exhibition examines the work of those who lived...More »
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Kazuo Shiraga: A Retrospective
In recent years there has been renewed international attention for Kazuo Shiraga (1924–2008), known as a key member of the Gutai Art Association that drove postwar Japanese avant-garde art. Born in Amagasaki,...More »
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Art Rivalry Spring 2020
This exhibition, the 93rd at Art Gallery M84, is a public submission event featuring around 40 works. [Related Events] Opening Party & Artwork Commentary Date and Time: 1/13 18:00- Closing...More »
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Kiyu Kobayashi “Drone Miniature Photo”
Kiyu Kobayashi has created a new form of artistic expression with scenes combining drone aerial still shots of sea and land with miniature figures. More »