Photo Reports
Yokohama Triennale 2020 Photo Report
This year’s event moved in a more international direction.
One Thousand and One Nights of Photobooks
Critic Kotaro Iizawa’s YouTube channel is a primer on the art form
Creating the Future
Intersections of art and science at two exhibitions.
Rokko Meets Art 2019
The 10th Rokko Meets Art on Kobe’s Mt. Rokko runs through late November.
Aichi Triennale 2019
The fourth Nagoya-centered contemporary arts festival features some 90 artists and groups.
Roppongi Crossing 2019
Robots, fashion, felines, and other creative entities in hope of a better world
Art on the Road – Three Traveling Exhibitions From the Hara Museum
A look into the vault of one of Japan’s best contemporary art collections
Art in Park Hotel Tokyo 2018 Photo Report
The third annual AiPHT features 42 galleries, mainly from Osaka, Tokyo, South Korea, and Taiwan.
Oku-Noto Triennale: Contemporary Art at the Far Edge of Japan
An art festival reconnects a remote peninsula with its roots.
Art Fair Tokyo 2017
A few photographic highlights from Art Fair Tokyo, which returned to Tokyo International Forum this year with the theme “Art Is Alive.”
Aomori and Its Artists
From its architecture to its collection, the Aomori Museum of Art combines the ancient and contemporary while keeping in touch with with its roots.
The Appeal of Play
Arts Towada’s “Jump” offers a dose levity.
The First 100 Years of Japanese Porcelain
The Toguri Museum of Art offers a yearlong look at the evolution of Imari ware.
A Glowing Goddess
Futuristic fashion by Japanese new media artist Sputniko!
Kōrin’s Masterpieces
Two national treasures with evergreen appeal, and Kōrin’s roots in design
A Fair for the New Generations
A fledgling fair dedicated to emerging artists and collectors breathes new life into Japan’s contemporary art market
A Not-Entirely Brief Guide to Supergraphics
A guide to Tokyo’s text-based public works
Shapeshifting Cityscapes
The rise and fall of urban scrawl in a ten-year comparison
Yokohama Triennale 2014
Highlights from the major art festival.
Roppongi Art Night 2014
Some highlights from the annual art weekender.
Art Fair Tokyo 2014
A photo report from Tokyo’s biggest art fair.
A Neighbourhood Transforms
Trans Arts Tokyo returns for a second year, with multiple venues spread across the Kanda area.
Give Peace a Chance
Katsuhiro Otomo’s latest offering launches in Nakano
The Year That Changed It All
A new exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography traces the radical history of Japanese photographs around 1968.
Beaming an Artistic Light of Hope
Once again Roppongi became the heart of the Japanese art scene for two days and one crazy night
Tokyo Designers Week 2012
A photo report on highlights from Tokyo’s top design event of the year
Tokyo Photo 2012
TABlog checks out the vernissage for the photography fair
Art Fair Tokyo 2012
Following its summer re-scheduling last year, Japan’s largest art event returns to its usual spring position
Tokyo Frontline 2012 & G-tokyo 2012
Two venues. Two art fairs. One weekend.
Yokohama Triennale 2011: Photo Report
Arguably the biggest art event of the year kicks off in the Tokyo neighbour.
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