"If you imagine Tokyo, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur, well that's how different Sharjah, Beirut and Cairo are over there," he said. After much debate, Kondo and Nanjo -- with whom he is co-curating the show -- decided to focus on the "Arab world. ... full story
An ambitious exhibition in Tokyo's Toshima Ward is trying to answer the question of what painters such as Morikazu Kumagai (1880-1977) and manga artists such as Osamu Tezuka (1928-1989) have in common. The link between them could be traced back to ... full story
That, however, could not be further from the truth at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery's latest exhibition, for which 10 modern Tokyo-based fashion designers were asked one seemingly simple question: "What is fashion?" Their answers — as manifested in an ... full story
Scene from above -- Fuchu Art Museum is a suburban treasure. Tokyo, of course, has the whole range of galleries and museums, from small basements-for-hire to the 52nd- floor Mori Art Museum, but a short trip to neighboring areas will reward you with ... full story
The artist, 38, was born Ari Tabei in Tokyo, and after getting an undergraduate degree in legal studies in Japan, she moved to the United States. She received an MFA from the University of Connecticut in May 2007, specializing in performance and ... full story
The 118 ukiyo-e prints were reproduced from a series of original wood-block prints in the Ota Memorial Museum of Art in Tokyo, one of the few complete series consisting entirely of impressions from the first run. Later editions, many of which found ... full story
Since the Ricoh camera company opened it in 2008, Tokyo's RING CUBE gallery has been introducing Japanese audiences to the work of foreign photographers, including Alex Majoli, Alex Prager, Kenneth Cappello, Ari Marcopoulos and Peter Sutherland. ... full story
Following an unusual deal with his grandmother — he gets an apartment in exchange for gaining admission to a prestigious Tokyo middle school — Say moves into a room of his own just before his 13th birthday, determined to become an artist. ... full story
Since their debut on the Tokyo Art scene a few years ago with their “Super Rat” project, Chim↑Pom -- whose name, incidentally, sounds like “penis” in Japanese -- have worked hard to maintain their avant-garde edge and position as the enfant terrible ... full story
The artist may surprise many as his inspiration doesn't always come from traditional Chinese art. He says he is often inspired by Picasso's abstract paintings, Tokyo kabuki and even hippies. Critics say he masterfully blends these ideas ... full story
