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The best of Tokyo culture – art, music, theatre, film, TV and more

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Interview: Makoto Egashira

The singular blanket artist on why Japan’s grandma-grade floral prints are so cute right now

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A brand new digital art space is coming to Ariake this June

Rêve Des Lumières is set to open on June 12 at the expansive Tokyo Dream Park entertainment complex on the waterfront

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20 best art exhibitions in Tokyo right now

What's on right now at Tokyo's most popular art museums and galleries

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Pondering cosmic mysteries high above Tokyo at the ‘Orb’ exhibition

Dive deep into intellectual history with this immersive display inspired by the critically acclaimed manga and anime

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This Tokyo exhibition explores the process of curating art for an entire nation

The University Art Museum in Ueno looks back at 50 years of ‘NHK Sunday Museum’, Japan’s most influential art-focused TV show

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See the world’s most famous work of Japanese erotic art now in Kabukicho

Hokusai’s ‘The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife’ is the highlight of an exhibition showcasing Shunga prints by ukiyo-e masters

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The largest Doraemon exhibition in history just made its Tokyo debut

The immensely popular '100% Doraemon & Friends' has arrived in Japan after touring multiple cities across Asia

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Dive into Sebastian Masuda’s immersive kawaii world at Hyper Museum Hanno

The Harajuku icon’s first major solo exhibition in years turns a Saitama theme park into a psychedelic utopia of cuteness

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Sexy robots and sci-fi utopias: inside Hajime Sorayama’s stunning Tokyo retrospective

An extensive exhibition at Creative Museum Tokyo explores how the cult artist’s chrome-plated visions redefine the boundaries between the body and...

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A landmark exhibition of ukiyo-e prints from the 19th and 20th centuries is on show now in Tokyo

The Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum showcases how modern-era artists like Kiyochika and Hasui transformed Japanese woodblock printing

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Grand Van Gogh Exhibition

Over a single decade at the end of the 19th century, Vincent van Gogh produced an oeuvre of remarkable intensity, transforming personal struggle into a...

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Gaudí: Windows on the Future

Window manufacturer YKK AP teams up with a number of prestigious Spanish institutions to highlight a small but crucial detail of Antoni...

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Eric Carle: Art, Books, and the Caterpillar

Did you even have a childhood if you didn’t turn the hole-punched pages of The Very Hungry Caterpillar? Originally published in 1969, this...

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Picasso, through the Eyes of Paul Smith: Adventure of Playful Spirits

When the boundless imagination of Pablo Picasso meets the vibrant creativity of Sir Paul Smith, fireworks follow. Picasso (1881–1973), one of the most...

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Ron Mueck

Ron Mueck has long been celebrated for redefining figurative sculpture through extraordinary craftsmanship and emotional acuity. After early work in film and...

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Kota Iguchi: Motion Graphics

Dividing his time between Tokyo and New York, Kota Iguchi (b. 1984) has emerged as a leading figure redefining the relationship between graphic design,...

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Hiroshi Sugimoto: Extinction

Hiroshi Sugimoto is one of Japan’s most internationally acclaimed contemporary artists, whose practice spans photography, architecture and stage...

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Ettore Sottsass: Design begins where magic begins

A visionary who worked along the boundaries between art, design and everyday life, Ettore Sottsass (1917–2007) was one of the most influential figures...

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Karl Walser

The Tokyo Station Gallery presents the first major exhibition in Japan to feature the works of Swiss artist Karl Walser (1877–1943), who built a...

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Hanae Mori – Vital Type: The 100th Anniversary of Birth

Marking a century since the birth of one of the most remarkable people Shimane prefecture has ever produced, the National Art Center, Tokyo celebrates...