The winning curatorial proposal was chosen from a field of 16 entries by a team of international jurors that included Mami Kataoka, chief curator, Mori Art Museum in Tokyo; Paul Pfeiffer, New York-based multimedia artist; Renaud Proch, executive ...full story
“Japan has her secrets, as you well know,” a Kyoto art dealer named Takahashi tells American Jim Brodie. “Many are open secrets. We Japanese are aware of them, are ashamed of them, and don't speak of them often, if ever. Our embarrassing moments ...full story
Like so many great love stories, I fell in love with street art - in Paris. My love affair with the increasingly popular and hip art form began in the Parisian neighborhood of the Marais to be exact. Just over two years ago. Walking through many of the ...full story
Joji Shimamoto is a graduate of Academy of Art Univ. School of Photography. He planned and held a number of photo exhibits while he was in the USA. After coming back to Japan in 2008, he held a photo exhibit at The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo in ...full story
the park hotel tokyo offers guest stay in a completely one-of-kind suite, transformed from a standard room into a hand-painted art experience. the hotel has invited renowned japanese artists working in a diverse range of disciplines to paint on the ...full story
He has previously enjoyed solo shows at institutions including the Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Castilla y León, León, Spain; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California; and St.full story
A show of brilliant color combinations, unusual shapes and a creative use of materials, “Art as a Haven of Happiness” at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum showcases the work of artists with Down syndrome and other disabilities. Free of any fixed ideas ...full story
The international contemporary art exhibit is being held for the fifth time. Over four hundred works focusing on the theme “oblivion” by seventy-nine artists from around the world are on display. The title of the exhibit is taken from the dystopian ...full story
A casual glance at the above photo of the lobby at Palace Hotel Tokyo shows a number of things: gleaming grey marble, moss-green carpet and bench, painting, flower arrangement, chandeliers. The painting isn't the only piece of art in the photo though ...full story
