Recently, a selection of highlights from SAM's Asian art collection traveled throughout Japan, where they were enthusiastically received from Tokyo to Fukuoka. To celebrate the homecoming of these Asian treasures, SAM is mounting a major exhibition in ...full story

Most commercial art galleries in Tokyo — or anywhere in the world, for that matter — would be happy to get 100 visitors through the door in a day. Artist collective Chim↑Pom's most recent exhibition, "Real Times," which was held over ...full story

This follows a two-day 'Namaste India' festival held in Tokyo recently, offering Japan a slice of the state's art and culture. The 19{+t} {+h} edition of the annual fiesta, believed to be the biggest Indian festival in Japan, concluded on Sunday. ...full story

Noriko Kamikawa, associate director of 21_21 Design Sight, says in Art Space Tokyo that the venue is “neither a design museum nor a design gallery… [We] wanted to create a place where many people could enjoy seeing, feeling, experiencing and learning ...full story

This video includes the founder of Likten magazine and Chim Pom, a six-person public art collective. The interviews maintain a harmonious balance of sensitivity and positivity, focusing on creativity and action as modes of coping. ...full story

Sans — who was earlier the co-founder of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, as well as director of programs at the BALTIC Center for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, England — has focussed on building both the local and international profile of the UCCA ...full story

Next month, Andro will stage another art event connected to disaster, this time in Tokyo when she presents works that she says are a response to Japan's 3-11, the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake. “I wanted to do something that addressed the natural ...full story

Yashima's works are held in Japan primarily at the Iwasaki Chichiro Art Museum, which has two sites — in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, and in Azumino, Nagano Prefecture; and at the Kagoshima City Museum of Art. The artwork in the couple's books is lovely. ...full story

Mami Kataoka, curator of the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, plans to fill the first-floor galleries with objects from the Asian's collection, setting them in tension with contemporary works. In late spring, the Asian Art Museum will present one of the most ...full story

News conferences have been held in New York, London, Paris, Tokyo and Berlin. "Come October, if you're interested in art and in the swirl, I think you will know about it," said Lindsay Pollock, editor of the New York-based magazine Art in America, ...full story