Getting Lost in Translation at 21 21 Design Sight This week we visit 21 21 Design Sight’s latest exhibition, “Translations.” Full of interactive works,…
Women Voices Lead the Way at Mori Art Museum’s New Exhibition In the 1971 seminal essay, “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?,” art historian Linda…
Konstantin Ishkhanov and Conductor Tomomi Nishimoto are Proud to Launch Japan Grande Classico Music Festival This May, the IlluminArt Philharmonic Orchestra will embark on a four-concert tour of Japan, performing…
10 Exhibitions to See in and Around Tokyo in April 2021 As the sakura snow settles on the streets and the spring sunshine warms the air,…
TW Book Club: What We’re Reading This Month Have you joined the Tokyo Weekender Book Club yet? Come join us as we dive…
Photographer Nagi Yoshida Returns with New Exhibit, DRAG QUEEN: No Light, No Queen Having worked with ethnic minority groups most of her career, self-taught photographer Nagi Yoshida has…
Just 4 of the Must-See Photographers on Exhibit at Kyotographie 2020 Kyoto is a city which lives and breathes history, culture and art. From the myriad…
Hiroshima International Animation Festival: 35 Years of Peace and Imagination Out of tragedy, there came light. The Hiroshima International Animation Festival, of which the 2020…
From Typhoons to Covid: The Hoki Museum’s Story of Survival Located about 45 minutes away from Tokyo Station on the outskirts of Chiba City lies…
Mori Art Museum Creates a Constellation of Japan’s Top Contemporary Artists The five men seated two meters apart in the conference hall at Mori Art Museum…
Understanding Yayoi Kusama Through Her Latest Exhibition A cosmos of colored orbs dangled in the darkness. Each one blinking in tandem, from…
The Life-changing Fancy Wigs of Tomihiro Kono The Portuguese man o’ war is the sphinx of the sea. Oft mistaken for a…
Design for the Ages: Discover Japan’s History Through Art & Architecture From idyllic architecture of ancient Kyoto to the majestic sculptures of old-time Nara to the…
8 Black Creatives Making Their Mark in Tokyo The Black Lives Matter movement that ignited in Minneapolis, Minnesota when George Floyd died under…
Artist Mayumi Hosokura: “For me as a cyborg, to expand myself is really important” In a world where every minute millions of selfies are snapped, filtered, rendered and uploaded,…
