February 2020 events in Tokyo

The Intercommunication Center has been hosting these annual, almost year-long media art exhibitions since 2006, and they are so on point that they sometimes end up eclipsing the cultural facility’s other concurrent exhibitions. The latest Open Space show, titled 'Alternative Views', takes a look at how our ideas and perceptions of the world are influenced by the alternative world views propagating through media and technology...

This major exhibition highlights past and present advances in science and technology through art. In today’s world, biotechnology is playing an increasingly big role in food, medicine and the environment, and it is not too far-fetched to say that sooner rather than later we'll leave much of our everyday decisions to artificial intelligence...

Admire the shapes and designs of Indian typefaces at Muji’s flagship store in Ginza. The exhibition is curated by ‘Typecraft Initiative’, a self-funded project launched in 2011 by Indian designer Ishan Khosla, who wanted to help promote Indian tribal artists and preserve Indian craftsmanship from disappearing in the waves of rapid modernisation...

The National Art Center, Tokyo will bring European and Hungarian masterpieces amassed by the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest and the Hungarian National Gallery to Tokyo. The exhibition is held to commemorate 150 years of diplomatic relations between Japan and Hungary...

Ayako Suwa is a renowned food artist who uses food and flavours as her signature medium of expression. In this solo – and interactive – exhibition, Suwa aims to explore our individual and collective memory through food. As such, you can expect to taste several ‘delicacies of reminiscence’ prepared by the artist, using specific utensils that also form part of the installations...