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Design Festa Tokyo

Design Festa Tokyo

The Tokyo art and design scene has been thanking Design Festa for the space it has allowed for creative outlet since 1984. [...]

May 05, 2012
French Impressionism on the 42nd floor

French Impressionism on the 42nd floor

Live in Tokyo for a while, and you probably won’t even blink when you hear of a 42nd floor art gallery. But [...]

April 16, 2012
April Film Previews

April Film Previews

We’re only just into spring in Tokyo, and 2012 is already shaping up to be a good year for film – with [...]

April 13, 2012
THROUGH THE EYES OF MAO-NEKO

THROUGH THE EYES OF MAO-NEKO

Cynical, humorous etchings at Hiromart Gallery Mao Yamaguchi’s woodblock etchings have won numerous awards over the years in Europe, the US and [...]

March 10, 2012
UNICEF and Sony unveil ‘Eye See’ Tohoku

UNICEF and Sony unveil ‘Eye See’ Tohoku

UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, has teamed up with Japanese electronics giant Sony to create a special exhibition of children’s photography [...]

March 08, 2012
Yoko Ono’s calligraphy ‘Dream’ on show in Tokyo

Yoko Ono’s calligraphy ‘Dream’ on show in Tokyo

As the dreadful events of March 11 unfolded, Japan’s most famous female artist decided to do something to help her homeland. In [...]

March 02, 2012
Lee Bull at Mori Art Musuem

Lee Bull at Mori Art Musuem

Mori Art Museum, one of Tokyo’s largest galleries is hosting the first large-scale exhibition of Lee Bull, Asia’s leading contemporary artist until [...]

February 27, 2012
Hong Kong Art, and Gender in the Grotto

Hong Kong Art, and Gender in the Grotto

They happen in Tokyo, too: those rare occasions when there are no shows that I can cover, because for whatever unserendipitous reason, [...]

November 21, 2010
Yesterday’s News

Yesterday’s News

I’d like to ask Kimiyo Mishima what she thinks of the iPad. It may sound a strange thing to say, but bear [...]

October 13, 2010
Reflecting on Eliasson

Reflecting on Eliasson

Maybe one day I’ll turn up at a an Olafur Eliasson show and fail to be surprised. But not today. I thought [...]

October 07, 2010