Kitagawa Jun installed the giant zippers across his home town of Tokyo in the latest of his unusual pieces. The 2D and 3D zips have been stealthy placed in public parks, ponds and walls. Each one reveals normally concealed areas, including a buildings ...full story

Today and tomorrow, March 27 and 28, 2014, Roy Lichtenstein's monumental sculpture, Tokyo Brushstroke I & II (1994) will be installed at the Parrish Art Museum. The first long-term, outdoor installation at the Parrish Art Museum's new Herzog & de ...full story

The Smithsonian will provide an amazing glimpse into a lost Tokyo through the medium of art. Not surprisingly, it's the work of Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915), an artist of unique creativity and vision, which is illuminating this change. By visiting ...full story

The 2014 preview of Tokyo Art Fair at the Tokyo International Forum was packed and bustling with 145 galleries and numerous designers, craftspeople and artists. Divided into two halls, most of the major galleries of Tokyo and the rest of Japan were ...full story

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) adored Japanese ukiyo-e and many famous international artists also fell in love with this art form. Toulouse-Lautrec and his lifestyle would certainly have fit in well with the environment of Yoshiwara in Tokyo ...full story

Yoshu Chikanobu (Chikanobu Toyohara) was a Meiji artist (1838-1912) who highlighted many aspects of this revolutionary period in Japan. Chikanobu, like other Meiji artists, was often overlooked in the past but today the art world is changing. Therefore ...full story

These are some of the illustrations painted on real bodies by Tokyo-based artist Hikaru Cho to kick-start “My Body My Rights”, Amnesty International's new global campaign on sexual and reproductive rights. Hikaru Cho designed each “hyperreal” painting ...full story

It is difficult to criticize Art Fair Tokyo, the commercial art fair that celebrates its ninth edition at Tokyo International Forum in Yurakucho this weekend. Truth be told, it's a wonder that the event has reached nine editions at all, what with the ...full story

To start, March is the time for Tokyo's largest gathering of collectors and dealers, with Art Fair Tokyo happening over the weekend of Friday March 7th until Sunday the 9th. Local galleries will be represented next to some international counterparts ...full story

The museum is taking its collection on a tour of Asia including a three-month stay at the Mori Art Museum in Roppongi Hills, Tokyo. The exhibit titled Andy Warhol: 15 Minutes Eternal boasts nearly 700 pieces of art and film as well as some other ...full story