While Tokyo doesn't have the same policy-driven investment in public art as many other cities around the world, every now and then a passerby may come across something rather special. In this instance, there is effectively a haven of art installed ...full story

It matters not if their art is “a mirror” which is not showing the complete reality because perfection is impossible. After all, often historical archeology is about power, covering up reality and hiding the real underbelly of society. Today people ...full story

The Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography's current exhibition, “1968 Japanese Photography”, chronicles the events through which Japanese photographers began to challenge traditional approaches to photography; many of whom came up with novel ...full story

Where else would you see an epic bronze embrace in Auguste Rodin's "The Kiss" in the same show as Yayoi Kusama's spotted alien forms? "All You Need Is Love" runs from April 26 until September 1 at Tokyo's Mori Art Museum. Take a look at a complex ...full story

Many of Tokyo's art museums' programs have chosen solo exhibitions for this time of year. The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo has a solo exhibition by Francis Alÿs, a Belgian-born artist living and working in Mexico. The museum is also holding the ...full story

TOKYO 1955-1970: A New Avant-Garde, edited by Doryun Chong. The Museum of Modern Art, 2012, 216 pp., $55 (hardcover). Like Britain, Japan is subject to the polarizing forces of the orthodox and radical, the two balancing the flabby middle. The images ...full story

TEHRAN -- An exhibition of paintings by the Iranian artist Mehrdad Talaii is currently underway at the Gallery Art Point in Tokyo. Talaei has selected 12 of his latest works for the showcase. Talaei is the disciple of several Iranian master painters ...full story

For those who haven't found it yet, Design Ah! on NHK's educational channel is a quirky, family-friendly program that looks at all areas of design in Japan. The program makes the jump from the screen to the real world this year thanks to Taku Satoh ...full story

The first two things you need to know about the Tokyo art scene are 1) it's fairly diffuse; and 2) not all the best artists are represented by galleries. So if you're going to Tokyo with the intention to collect contemporary work, be prepared to do a ...full story

French artist JR's latest show in Tokyo—a city that appears hostile to most street art—initially seems to employ a similar invasion-not-exhibition aesthetic, with the entire 4-story front of Watari-um covered with the artist's signature large-scale ...full story