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"Artcompe X" Exhibition
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[0]- at The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo
- in the Shinjuku area
- Ends Today
Reception Party: July 19th (Sat) 18:00-20:00
"Cosmology of Painting" Exhibition
[1] [0]- at Tama Art University
- in the Musashino, Tama area
- Ends Today
These three artists deal with physical and philosophical themes in their paintings. Ideas contained in their paintings are limitless as the universe. Gallery Talk by Artists: June 28th (Sat) 14:00 Symposium: (...)
"The Encounter Between the East and West: Collection de l'Art Brut and Japanese Outsider Art" Exhibition
[21] [6]- at Shiodome Museum | Rouault Gallery
- in the Ginza, Shimbashi area
- Ends Today
This exhibition has been made possible by the collaboration between Collection de l'Art Brut in Switzerland and Borderless Art Museum NO-MA in Shiga. Art Brut (Outsider Art) refers to artworks created (...)
Fuko Owada Exhibition
[0] [0]- at O Gallery
- in the Ginza, Shimbashi area
- Ends Today
Makoto Yamamoto Exhibition
[0] [0]- at San-Ai Gallery
- in the Nihonbashi, Kudanshita area
- Ends Today
Mitsuko Ono Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Ginza Art Hall
- in the Ginza, Shimbashi area
- Ends Today
Mizue Maekawa Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Futaba Gallery
- in the Ginza, Shimbashi area
- Ends Today
Ruth Root Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Gallery Min Min
- in the Shibuya area
- Ends Today
[Image: "Untitled" (2007) Enamel on aluminum 121.9 x 177.8cm]
Sanae Otani + Yoichiro Tatsuruhama "Where The Wind Passes"
[1] [1]- at Gallery Yume
- in the Musashino, Tama area
- Ends Today
Hard-edged geometric abstraction (Otani) and organic abstract work rendered in sumi ink (Tatsuruhama).
This Week at Gallery Le Deco
[0] [0]- at Gallery Le Deco
- in the Shibuya area
- Ends Today
5F Entertainment Exhibition "Tent 4" Dates: July 16th (Wed)-July 19th (Sat) Times: July 16th 15:00-19:00, July 17th & 18th 11:00-19:00, July 19th 11:00-15:30 & 16:00-19:00 (Tent 4 ending parade) Fee: (...)
This Week at Gallery Yokohama Civic Art Gallery
[0] [0]- at Yokohama Civic Art Gallery
- in the Yokohama, Kanagawa area
- Ends Today
48th Harbor Artists Exhibition -Gallery 1F & 2F -Oil, watercolor painting, print. -80 works -Opens at 13:00 on the first day. 29th "Photo 2008" -Gallery 3F A, B -Photography -330 works -Opens (...)
Yasushi Fukushima Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Gallery Space Kids
- in the Omotesando area
- Ends Today
"Asobijutsukuru" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Yokosuka Museum of Art
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Closes tomorrow
There are many ways of enjoying museum visits - finding oneself moved by a photo-perfect landscape, laughing at the simplified figures of a portrait painting, wondering if you could pull off one of those (...)
"Flowers and Greenery" Nihonga Exhibition
[2] [0]- at The Sato Museum of Art
- in the Shinjuku area
- Closes tomorrow
This exhibition presents 50 works by 50 representative contemporary nihonga painters, divided into two halves. Artists range from Yuki Ogura, who until his death in 2000 created a prodigious volume of (...)
"Gallery Trax Selection '08" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Gallery Trax
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Closes tomorrow
Opening Party: June 21st (Sat) 17:00-19:00
"Genius of the Taisho Era: Michisei Kono" Exhibition
[11] [4]- at Shibuya Shoto Museum
- in the Shibuya area
- Closes tomorrow
Michisei Kono (1895-1950), the genius of modern painting, is known for his strikingly realistic paintings with his fantastical imagination. Kono was part of Sodosha, a painters group based in Yoyogi. He (...)
"Harley the History" Exhibition
[1] [0]- at Bank Art 1929 Yokohama
- in the Yokohama, Kanagawa area
- Closes tomorrow
1F -"History Road - Tracing Generations of Iron Horses" Looks back on the 105 year-old history of Harley Davidson, with a variety of exhibited works such as Haley bikes, video, advertisements and painting. 3F -"Memorial (...)
"Mt. Fuji - Japanese Symbol in the Modern Times" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Closes tomorrow
Mt. Fuji is a familiar icon, often seen as a subject of worship, which appears in various stories and as a motif in art. How was this collective image of Mt. Fuji developed over time? Since the old times, (...)
"Salone Aoyama Grand Open Aprirsi Exhibition"
[0] [0]- at Gallery Dojunkai
- in the Omotesando area
- Closes tomorrow
Celebrating the grand opening of online gallery and select shop, Salone Aoyama, limited one-week real shop event will be held at Gallery Dojunkai.
"The World of Tomio Yotsuya" Exhibition
[1] [0]- at Hiratsuka Museum of Art
- in the Yokohama, Kanagawa area
- Closes tomorrow
Tomio Yotsuya (1938-1963) was born in Yokohama. He began creating work in 1963, but in 1963, when he was about to have his first solo exhibition, he was killed in a car accident at the young age of 25. (...)
"Treasures of Todaiji Temple" Exhibition
[5] [0]- at Okura Shukokan Museum of Fine Arts
- in the Roppongi area
- Closes tomorrow
2nd Ten Cats Ten Colors Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Gallery Yasashii Yokan
- in the Nakameguro area
- Closes tomorrow
Group cat-themed exhibition.
4, 5 Person XXX Exhibition
[1] [0]- at Galerie Juillet
- in the Musashino, Tama area
- Closes tomorrow
Painting, metalwork, glass... Work in various media by four artists in an exhibition where the X's are for you to fill in yourself!
Geidai Collection Exhibition
[6] [2]- at The University Art Museum - Tokyo University of the Arts
- in the Ueno area
- Closes tomorrow
The Universtiy Art Museum will present the "Geidai Collection" exhibition in order to introduce the art collection of the Tokyo University of the Arts. The collection, whose formation began with the establishment (...)
Hiroshi Okutani Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Closes tomorrow
This is a retrospective exhibition of representative Yo-ga painter Hiroshi Okutani. Okutani was born in Shukumo City in Kochi prefecture in 1934. He studied oil painting at Tokyo National University of (...)
Kotaro Sonoe Exhibition
[1] [1]- at Gallery Room No.1 / Room No.2
- in the Nihonbashi, Kudanshita area
- Closes tomorrow
Nude, tropical plants, and still life paintings by Kotaro Sonoe are on display. Carefully composing shapes, colors, and lines, he explores possibilities of painting. This is his first exhibition. Reception: (...)
Nikiten Ibaraki Division Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Tsukuba Museum of Art, Ibaraki
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Closes tomorrow
This Week at Design Festa Gallery
[2] [0]- at Design Festa Gallery
- in the Omotesando area
- Closes tomorrow
July 13th (Sun)-July 17th (Thu) [W:1-A] Teketekebia "Kijinhenjin Daikyouun" Illustration July 15th (Tue)-July 18th (Fri)[E:201 202] Magnet "2008 A/W" Fashion July 16th (Wed)-July 18th (Fri) [W:2-C] Deekei (...)
Izumi Yagi Exhibition
[2] [0]- at Gendai Heights Gallery Den
- in the Shibuya area
- Closes in 2 days
This Week at Keio Department Store, Shinjuku Gallery
[0] [0]- at Keio Department Store, Shinjuku Gallery
- in the Shinjuku area
- Closes in 3 days
-Nobuo Kurosawa Oil Painting Exhibition Born in Saitama Prefecture in 1930 and graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts in 1953. He is a member of Nittenkaiyu and Hakunichi-kai. Around 30 of winterscape (...)
Kenji Ichikawa Exhibition
[1] [0]- at Gallery K
- in the Roppongi area
- Closes in 4 days
Ichikawa started working with delusionary "sub-erotic" themes and Hokusai-influenced motifs and styles last year, giving them a contemporary treatment. 10 new works of "neo-japonisme" are on display. A (...)
"Students' Works Exhibition"
[0] [0]- at Yamawaki Gallery
- in the Shinjuku area
- Closes in 5 days
Haruka Kudo Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Unseal Contemporary Art
- in the Nihonbashi, Kudanshita area
- Closes in 5 days
[Image: "Mountain at the Center of the Earth's Surface" (2008) oil on canvas, 130 × 160cm]
Masae Ito Exhibition
[3] [1]- at Tokyo Wonder Wall
- in the Shinjuku area
- Closes in 5 days
An artist's talk will be held Wednesday, July 2nd, 17:30-18:30
"AFWP 2008 Preview" Exhibition
[1] [0]- at Gallery Bijutsu Sekai
- in the Ginza, Shimbashi area
- Closes in 6 days
The Art Festival for World Peace is an international event that seeks ways to make contributions to world peace through art. Held once in four years, in Seoul in 2000 and Shanghai in 2004, the festival (...)
"Dear Stieglitz," Exhibition
[4] [0]- at Gallery 360 Degrees
- in the Omotesando area
- Closes in 6 days
"Secret Auction @ Kandada" Event
[15] [3]- at Project Space Kandada
- in the Nihonbashi, Kudanshita area
- Closes in 6 days
Command N celebrates 10 years since its founding this year. Taking inspiration from the activities it has organized so far, this "Secret Auction @ Kandada" event aims to create a prime space and opportunity (...)
"Summer Collection" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Taguchi Fine Art
- in the Nihonbashi, Kudanshita area
- Closes in 6 days
Ai Fujiyoshi "Flower Under Flower"
[3] [1]- at Radi-um
- in the Nihonbashi, Kudanshita area
- Closes in 6 days
"I want to see the borders of invisible things", says Ai Fujiyoshi (b. 1975). She visualizes this obsession in her work. Two years ago, she made her debut with the large-scale work "Swimming Pool" at Roppongi (...)
Aki Inomata + Aki Toiya Exhibition
[4] [0]- at Gallery Teo
- in the Nakameguro area
- Closes in 6 days
This exhibition at Gallery Teo is the first gallery show for two young artists who have just completed their graduate studies. Aki Inomata, who is showing in Room One, was born in 1983. She majored (...)
Chieko Shimojo "Unchanging Chameleon"
[0] [0]- at Art Project Frantic
- in the Nihonbashi, Kudanshita area
- Closes in 6 days
Hiro Kurata "Hiroic"
[1] [1]- at Point
- in the Nakameguro area
- Closes in 6 days
Gallery Point is pleased to announce "Heroic", a solo exhibition featuring new works by Hiro Kurata, showing from July 4th through July 26th. Hiro Kurata is an artist who is based in Brooklyn, New York. (...)
Katsumi Makino + Kenso Takeichi Exhibition
[0] [0]- at T-Box
- in the Ginza, Shimbashi area
- Starts Today, Closes in 6 days
Kazumi Nakamura "Bird of Existence II Part2"
[0] [0]- at Nantenshi Gallery
- in the Nihonbashi, Kudanshita area
- Closes in 6 days
Ken Hamaguchi "Black, Sutra, and the Rest"
[5] [1]- at Takahashi Collection Kagurazaka
- in the Shinjuku area
- Closes in 6 days
Comment by Art Director Yumi Yamaguchi: Ken Hamaguchi's first solo exhibition will be held at Takahashi Collection. This is breaking news because no one knows his name or even what kind of work he does. (...)
Kyoko Murase "Emerald"
[2] [0]- at Taka Ishii Gallery
- in the Kiyosumi, Odaiba area
- Closes in 6 days
Taka Ishii Gallery is pleased to announce our sixth exhibition, and first since 2006, "Emerald" with Dusseldorf-based artist Kyoko Murase. The exhibition will include ten of her new paintings. Through (...)
Mami Nishiyama Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Gallery Natsuka
- in the Ginza, Shimbashi area
- Closes in 6 days
[Image: "Tracing the Path of Light" (2006) cotton cloth, glue, white chalk, oil, watercolor, panel 162 × 130cm]
Nakaban "Green Mountains"
[0] [0]- at Gallery Fukka
- in the Nihonbashi, Kudanshita area
- Closes in 6 days
Shigeaki Koeda "Ten Shi Huu Hitsu"
[3] [0]- at Kamakura Gallery
- in the Yokohama, Kanagawa area
- Closes in 6 days
Opening party: May 24th, 15:00-18:00
Tama "Rosary"
[0] [0]- at Vanilla Gallery
- in the Ginza, Shimbashi area
- Closes in 6 days
Torawo Nakagawa "Call At"
[1] [2]- at Kodama Gallery Tokyo
- in the Roppongi area
- Closes in 6 days
Nakagawa's painting takes its starting point from contextless, apparently incoherent images resembling fragmentary landscapes that contain chains of mountains and thick, luxuriant forests, scenery that (...)
Ylva Ogland "She Who Shows the Way -Falling Asleep"
[7] [0]- at Shugoarts
- in the Kiyosumi, Odaiba area
- Closes in 6 days
Shugoarts is pleased to present the first solo show in Japan for Ylva Ogland, an artist born in Sweden in 1974 who made her stunning debut in the New York art scene just last year. Ogland's paintings (...)
Yukiko Tazaki "Let's Go On Holiday!"
[1] [0]- at Kobo Chika
- in the Nakameguro area
- Closes in 6 days
"Curtain -'I' and the Beginning of the World" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Joshibi University of Art and Design - Art Museum
- in the Musashino, Tama area
- Closes in 7 days
Project exhibition by senior students of the Joshibi University of Art and Design Art Department.
"From the Museum Collection: Sakura, Boso Artists" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Sakura City Museum of Art
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Closes in 7 days
The Sakura City Museum of Art has been doing research on artists based in the Sakura and Boso areas. Last year, the museum received a new donation of 18 paintings by Tadanori Shibamiya (1938-2007) . Shibamiya's (...)
"Imaginary Museum of the O Collection - Magical Museum Tour Room 4 Julian Schnabel" Exhibition
[13] [3]- at Tokyo Wonder Site, Hongo
- in the Ueno area
- Closes in 7 days
Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo is pleased to be hosting "Imaginary Museum of the O Collection - Magical Museum Tour Room 4 'Julian Schnabel - Poems by the Clumsy Diver'". This exhibition, the continuation (...)
"Kingyo's Goldfish" Exhibition
[3] [0]- at Gallery Kingyo
- in the Ueno area
- Closes in 7 days
Celebrating the gallery's 8th summer season, works taking goldfish (kingyo) as the theme are on display.
"Matisse et Bonnard" Exhibition
[9] [0]- at Museum of Modern Art, Hayama
- in the Yokohama, Kanagawa area
- Closes in 7 days
Introducing Henri Matisse (1869-1954) and Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947), two master painters of the 20th century, through their friendship which bloomed in their pursuit of sparkling colors and creation under (...)
"Nihonga in Full Bloom" Exhibition
[5] [0]- at Yamatane Museum of Art
- in the Nihonbashi, Kudanshita area
- Closes in 7 days
Love for the beauty of flowers has been always shared by all people. Especially in Japan, where the four seasons are very distinct and thus a variety of flowers blossom at various times of the year, our (...)
"Temptation of Riquid Age Part 3" Exhibition
[1] [0]- at MOTT gallery
- in the Shinjuku area
- Closes in 7 days
2nd Ocean Art Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Art Gallery Yamate
- in the Yokohama, Kanagawa area
- Closes in 7 days
[Image: Motoaki Mori "Perla dell `Adriatico"]
Gekko Numata Exhibition
[0] [0]- at The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo
- in the Shinjuku area
- Closes in 7 days
The artist will be at the venue on Saturdays, Sundays and national holiday (July 21st).
HyonGyon + Yoshinori Takakura Exhibition
[3] [3]- at Tokyo Wonder Site, Hongo
- in the Ueno area
- Closes in 7 days
TWS-Emerging is part of Tokyo Wonder Site's support program for young artists. It hosts yearly solo exhibitions by noteworthy young artists, selected through a screening process of 100 prize-winning artists (...)
Masato Moriwaki "To Live"
[2] [0]- at Nerima Art Museum
- in the Shinjuku area
- Closes in 7 days
Masato Moriwaki was born in 1950. After graduating from Tama Art University he became an apprentice to Gensou Okuda. Currently, he lives in Nerima ward and is a nihonga painter affiliated with the Nitten (...)
Tomoaki Kurokawa "Youth"
[13] [3]- at Nanzuka Underground
- in the Shibuya area
- Closes in 7 days
NANZUKA UNDERGROUND is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition of works by Tomoki Kurokawa (1975-). The exhibition features 10 new works completed in the past 12 months expressly for this exhibition. (...)
Yuko Mori "Poco a Poco"
[4] [2]- at Artdish g
- in the Shinjuku area
- Closes in 7 days
"Emerging Artists Group Exhibition 08"
[0] [0]- at Mirai Gallery
- in the Roppongi area
- Closes in 8 days
Mirai Gallery presents works by four young artists. Visitors to the gallery can enjoy the distinctive styles and techniques they have been developing. Reception: July 9th (Wed) 19:00
Chihiro Naka "Delicious"
[3] [0]- at Art Gaia Museum Tokyo
- in the Nakameguro area
- Closes in 8 days
Celebrating the artist's winning of Art Gaia Nominees Award grand prize, this exhibition introduces her beautiful ink paintings with eatable vegetal motifs. Opening Party: July 11th (Fri) 18:00-20:00 The (...)
Emily Kame Kngwarreye Exhibition
[47] [15]- at The National Art Center, Tokyo
- in the Roppongi area
- Closes in 8 days
Emily Kame Kngwarreye (1910-1996) is one of the representative Australian artists. During her carrer, she produced beautifully innovative works with her unique Aboriginal view of the world. On the other (...)
Ikkou Taniuchi Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Uplink Gallery
- in the Shibuya area
- Closes in 8 days
Painter Ikko Taniuchi's first solo exhibition in Tokyo. His most recent acrylic, watercolor, crayon paintings and drawings are on display.
Miyuki Kawamuro Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Keiyudoh Gallery
- in the Nakameguro area
- Closes in 8 days
Go Hayakawa Exhibition
[0] [0]- at K's Gallery
- in the Ginza, Shimbashi area
- Closes in 9 days
Group Exhibition
[1] [0]- at Art Trace Gallery
- in the Kiyosumi, Odaiba area
- Closes in 9 days
Opening: July 19th (Sat) 17:00-
"Maddalena Sisto's Land" Exhibition
[16] [1]- at Shiodome Italia Creative Center
- in the Ginza, Shimbashi area
- Closes in 11 days
Maddelena Sisto (born 1951 in Alexandria, passed away 2000 in Milan) was a world-renowned illustrator who worked with magazines like Italian Vogue and Elle Deco, and was also something of a legend in the (...)
3rd Open Call Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Former Marui City Shinjuku
- in the Shinjuku area
- Closes in 11 days
Young artists exhibit work on the theme of infinity.
Aya Saito + Mayuko(s)Mayuko(s)Mayuko(s) Exhibition
[3] [0]- at Foil Gallery
- in the Nihonbashi, Kudanshita area
- Closes in 11 days
Ikuo Tama Exhibition
[0] [0]- at SPC Gallery
- in the Nihonbashi, Kudanshita area
- Closes in 11 days
Mario Tauchi "Psyche-ga-delic 2008"
[1] [0]- at void +
- in the Omotesando area
- Closes in 11 days
void+ is showcasing Mario Tauchi's Psyche-ga-delic 2008 exhibition from July 18th to July 31st. Tauchi has been creating mandala paintings in various media and also collaborating with musicians, visual (...)
Shin Hanada "July, Scattered Sighs"
[0] [0]- at Makii Masaru Fine Art
- in the Nihonbashi, Kudanshita area
- Closes in 11 days
Shohatsu Suga "Recent Works"
[0] [0]- at Shimada Shigeru Gallery
- in the Shibuya area
- Closes in 11 days
Four large-scale acrylic paintings are on display.
"Artists' Crossing II" Exhibition
[2] [0]- at Pepper's Gallery
- in the Ginza, Shimbashi area
- Closes in 13 days
During this month-long summer program, a new generation of artists' works in various media will 'cross' the urban environment and the lives contained within it. -Program 1 "Artists' Crossing Presentation (...)
"Unknown" Gallery Collection Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Gallery Ikeda Bijutsu
- in the Ginza, Shimbashi area
- Closes in 13 days
As the title suggests, this exhibition features not well-known pieces but the collection of "unknown ones worth honorable mention", which ranges from works exhibited when the gallery was at the previous (...)
California Contemporary Art Exhibition
[6] [0]- at Galerie Sho Contemporary Art
- in the Nihonbashi, Kudanshita area
- Closes in 13 days
This exhibition introduces a wide range of Californian art, from artists that the gallery director met while an exchange student there and not yet widely known at the international level, to globally renowned (...)
Kaz Oshiro "Untitled Recordings"
[9] [1]- at Clear Gallery
- in the Shibuya area
- Closes in 13 days
CLEAR GALLERY is proud to announce the solo exhibition of Kaz Oshiro. His newest works will be shown here in Tokyo, Japan. Born in Okinawa Japan, Kaz Oshiro now lives and works in Los Angeles. He (...)
Kumi Machida "Snow Day"
[8] [4]- at Nishimura Gallery
- in the Nihonbashi, Kudanshita area
- Closes in 13 days
Kumi Machida was born in Gunma prefecture in 1970. She graduated from Tama University of Art in 1994, majoring in nihon-ga (Japanese style painting). Since then, she has made work using uniquely Japanese (...)
Takashi Ito Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Akiyama Gallery
- in the Shibuya area
- Closes in 13 days
Toru Kamiya "Closer"
[2] [1]- at SCAI X SCAI
- in the Roppongi area
- Closes in 13 days
Toru Kamiya was born in 1969. After graduating from the oil painting department at the Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music, he studied abroad in Dublin on a scholarship from the Irish government, and (...)
"Chinese Landscape， Flowers and Birds -Masterpiece from Ming and Qing Dynasties" Exhibition
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