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One fateful day in Poland, an unwitting customs agent at Warsaw Chopin Airport unlatched the suitcase of Kazutaka Sakagami to discover the skin of a human face, fileted like a slice of…
By Nick Narigon
Between Japan, Singapore, Indonesia and occasionally Paris, Veronica talks about the importance of letting go and staying curious in the world of modern calligraphy
By Camilla Chandra
Tokyo Weekender’s series TW Creatives features various works by Japan-based writers, photographers, videographers, illustrators and other creatives in a bid to provide one additional platform for them to exhibit their talent. The…
By Zoria Petkoska
When will art make you money? When pigs fly. However, NFT art seems to be making money and the pig mascot of the GrowYourBase NFT membership site has wings. Blockchain Art Exchange (BAE),…
One of Japan’s most renowned living artists, Hiroshi Senju is based in New York but often spends time in Japan. He’s known globally for his famous waterfall paintings using the traditional Nihonga painting…
By Tatiana Milovanovic-Mladenovic
From a small city in southern France to Tokyo, TW photographer Allan Abani talks us through his style evolution, favorite camera and source of inspiration
Museum entrance fees in Tokyo can be quite pricey, but you can equally enjoy eclectic flavors of art for free inside some of Tokyo’s luxury hotels. Hotel Gajoen Tokyo in Meguro, The…
By Alma Reyes
With many places closing, reopening and then closing again in the past few months, people’s plans have been thrown into disarray. Fortunately, there are still some Tokyo exhibitions to see in June…
By Anna Maude
This week we visit 21 21 Design Sight’s latest exhibition, “Translations.” Full of interactive works, cool (sometimes scary) AI and more, this exhibition is a must-see this season. Thank you to our…
By Weekender Editor
It’s your typical Tokyo Friday night with a diverse crew who have gathered for an intimate barbecue on a rooftop. We’re all slightly inebriated from the laughter, the grilled steaks, and the…
By Samantha Low
In the 1971 seminal essay, “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?,” art historian Linda Nochlin contends that women artists have been so marginalized throughout history that masterful works of art have erroneously…
TW is collaborating with Tokyo-based illustrator Jean Freund for a limited series, ‘Bon Voyage Tokyo’. Every Monday from April 5, Freund will write about his experience as he develops and draws for…
By Jean Freund
Spring is swiftly approaching and the end of the current state of emergency in Tokyo is within sight. If the plum blossoms and warm sunshine are encouraging you to get out and…
Searching through the debris of her decimated neighborhood in Onagawa two weeks after the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, Mayumi Suzuki discovered a mud-encrusted camera that she recognized immediately. It belonged to…
By Matthew Hernon
There is a phrase in Japanese, satoyama, that describes a mountain ecosystem where the fields and wooded slopes engage within the proximity of human settlements. Satoyama, however, is not only a type of…
By Taylor Stewart
Riko Monma is the talk of the Tokyo art scene with her first-ever solo exhibition, Slowscapes showcasing at The Knot Tokyo Shinjuku. The 26-year-old New Zealand native spent years developing her style and is now pursuing a…
By Jordan Green
In September 2019, just months before assuming her role as the new director of Mori Art Museum (MAM), Mami Kataoka sat with 4,000 professionals at the International Council of Museums annual conference…
By Ally Hongo
