Unfortunately, the poems, which are her strongest weapons [often commenting on the role of women in society], aren't translated into other languages, but this only makes her, and her art, more mysterious. Aiko was born in Tokyo and is based in New York ...full story

Now through to December 18 you have your opportunity to let robots get closer to you at an art installation, Desire of Codes, at the InterCommunication Center in Tokyo's Shinjuku district. The artist Mikami Seiko set up walls covered with small robotic ...full story

Robot arm cameras hang from the ceiling in Mikami Seiko's dizzying installation "Desire of Codes," now showing at the NTT InterCommunication Center (ICC) in Tokyo. The large installation consists of 6 cameras on robot arms and 90 wall-mounted moving ...full story

TEHRAN -- The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMCA) has lent a Jackson Pollock painting to the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo to go on display at “Jackson Pollock: A Centennial Retrospective”. The show will be running from February 10 to May 6 ...full story

In other words, it's more like a piece of art. To portray some 20 exhibition rooms and other museum facilities on the map, Saito has put together square or rectangular panels of materials with different textures, such as wood, fabric, metal and stone. ...full story

Since July last year it has been the site of one of Tokyo's newest — and most unlikely — art schools. Demystifying culture: Coordinator of the "Seminars on Japanese Art and Culture" series, Associate Professor Kenji Yanai, says the course — with ...full story

(AP Photo/Kin Cheung) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government said it has launched a campaign to promote creative industries in Tokyo with the aim of strengthening the brand value of the capital and increasing the number of foreign tourists. Art ...full story

The term was invented in 1872 by a French art critic and collector to reflect the West's infatuation with all things Japanese, which ignited soon after Commodore Matthew C. Perry of the US Navy stationed his warships in Edo (Tokyo) Harbor in 1854 and ...full story

National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo, in partnership with Prado museum, will host the exhibition “Goya : Light and Shade, Masterpieces from the Museo del Prado”, from 22 October to 29 January 2012. The show will display over a hundred of Goya's ...full story

... and art students and professionals — and all those works will be available to purchase at prices ranging from ¥3000 to ¥400000. Meanwhile, the Associate Show features works by late woodblock master Hideo Hagiwara. It continues at the Tokyo ...full story