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"Allsorts from the Itabashi Museum Collection" Exhibition
[4] 
[2]- at Itabashi Art Museum
- in the Shinjuku area
- Closes tomorrow
This exhibition features 70 masterworks of 20th century Japanese art, divided into 3 sections: "Drawing", "Pasting", and "Taking". Most of these works are rarely displayed. In addition, all 34 works (...)
"Passion - Kansai Energy" Exhibition
[8] [3]- at Edo-Tokyo Museum
- in the Kiyosumi, Odaiba area
- Closes tomorrow
Celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Edo-Tokyo Museum, museum and fashion designer and producer Kansai Yamamoto, whose designs are inspired by the history and culture of Japan, collaborated on the production (...)
10th Anniversary Commemorative Exhibition: Franco-Japanese Photographic Encounters "Faces of the City"
[1] [0]- at Gallery 21
- in the Kiyosumi, Odaiba area
- Closes tomorrow
This new century has seen the rapid infiltration of the Internet in all corners of the globe and the resultant virtual criss-crossing field of information racing through its circuits. This has allowed (...)
Jiro Omura "Stimulants from Around the World"
[5] [0]- at Tobacco & Salt Museum
- in the Shibuya area
- Closes tomorrow
Photographer Jiro Omura went around the world taking photographs of the different varieties of coffee, tea, alcohol and tobacco consumed by locals. Over 130 works are on display.
Kosuke Motomura "Broken Kite"
[2] [0]- at Place M
- in the Shinjuku area
- Closes tomorrow
Masaki Zushi "Innocent"
[0] [0]- at Punctum
- in the Nihonbashi, Kudanshita area
- Closes tomorrow
This exhibition showcases monochrome photographs that Zushi has been working on for years. Printing on photographic paper that is either difficult to obtain or no longer available, Zushi produces beautifully (...)
Seikei University Photography Department Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Galerie Trains du Monde
- in the Shinjuku area
- Closes tomorrow
Shota Hirama "Der Dada"
[1] [1]- at Parada - Cafe & Galeria
- in the Musashino, Tama area
- Closes tomorrow
Shota Hirama is a member of "electron continuance sound group ENG" (electronoise group). In this exhibition, Hirama expresses negative conceptions and feelings such as unconscious, unreal, dismissive, (...)
Taro Okamoto "Traditions of Japan"
[6] [2]- at Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki
- in the Musashino, Tama area
- Closes tomorrow
In 1956, Taro Okamoto published a book entitled, "Traditions of Japan." The catalyst that aroused his interest in this primitive history was the exhibition "Jomon Earthenware," held at the Tokyo National (...)
Tatsuya Shimohira "Distant View Part II Licht"
[1] [0]- at Totem Pole Photo Gallery
- in the Shinjuku area
- Closes tomorrow
This Week at Gallery Le Deco
[1] [0]- at Gallery Le Deco
- in the Shibuya area
- Closes tomorrow
1F Nanako Nakahara "Fab Heaven" Dates: June 24th (Tue)-July 6th (Sun) Time: 11:00-19:00 (Closes at 17:00 on the last day) Genre: 2D, 3D HP: Artist Website 2F 3rd Girl's Brain + Takahito Dates: (...)
This Week at Yokohama Civic Gallery, Azamino
[0] [0]- at Yokohama Civic Gallery, Azamino
- in the Yokohama, Kanagawa area
- Closes tomorrow
Kukai Exhibition -Location: Exhibition Room A on 1F -Dates & Times: June 30th (Mon)-July 6th (Sun) 11:00-19:00. Opens at 11:00 on the first day and closes at 19:00 on the last day. Aoba Tokino-kai -Location: (...)
Kanji Mizutani "El Dorado"
[0] [0]- at Galeria Q
- in the Shinjuku area
- Closes in 2 days
Kazuo Taira "Brussels: City At the Crossroads of Europe"
[3] [0]- at Ginza Nikon Salon
- in the Ginza, Shimbashi area
- Closes in 3 days
Taira has spent 10 years living in the Belgian capital of Brussels since 1995, taking photographs of the lives of its people. Belgium has a surface area roughly equal to that of Kyushu and a population (...)
"House-Building by Architects from Shizuoka" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Ayumi Gallery
- in the Shinjuku area
- Closes in 4 days
This is the 3rd exhibition at Ayumi Gallery by a group of architects from Shizuoka. Gathering around Tanabata season (the Star Festival), these architects introduce photos they took in the past year as (...)
"Resist" Exhibition
[27] [25]- at Shinjuku Ophthalmologist Gallery
- in the Shinjuku area
- Closes in 4 days
Resist is a photographic workshop whose main lecturer is Masayuki Yoshinaga. Daido Moriyama is an occasional adjunct lecturer. Started in 2006, Resist aims not to polish photographic technique, but rather (...)
Shiro Sano Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Fujifilm Square
- in the Roppongi area
- Closes in 5 days
Shiro Sano, who directed the film which took work by photographer Masaharu Ueda as its motif, is known as a photo lover. This exhibition showcases his own photo work as well as a group of precious photos (...)
Miho Aikawa "The Pearl of Africa: Uganda"
[2] [1]- at Konica Minolta Plaza
- in the Shinjuku area
- Closes in 6 days
Naoki Ishikawa Exhibition
[3] [1]- at Kodak Photo Salon
- in the Nihonbashi, Kudanshita area
- Closes in 6 days
This year marks the 39th anniversary of the Kodansha Publishing Cultural Award, established in 1970. The Kodak Photo Salon exhibition space showcases prize-winning photography works annually across 4 different (...)
Keiko Arata "Iris"
[2] [0]- at Nadar / Shibuya 355
- in the Shibuya area
- Closes in 7 days
Muga Miyahara "Tokonoma" & "Nulla nasce dal nulla"
[7] [2]- at Emon Photo Gallery
- in the Roppongi area
- Closes in 7 days
In March of this year, the Galleria Carla Sozzani (10 Corso Como) in Milan received rave reviews for their exhibition of the latest collection from photographer Muga Miyahara, "Tokonoma", and in response (...)
Shigeki Yoshida "Identical Light"
[3] [1]- at Tokyo Gallery + BTAP
- in the Ginza, Shimbashi area
- Closes in 7 days
Tokyo Gallery + BTAP is pleased to announce "Identical Light", a solo exhibition by Shigeki Yoshida. For this, his first exhibition at Tokyo Gallery + BTAP, Yoshida will be displaying 31 black and white (...)
Takeshi Abe + Takayoshi Motoki "Depth Room"
[2] [0]- at Musée F
- in the Omotesando area
- Closes in 7 days
Third exhibition by Abe and Motoki, both of whom studied at the Tohoku University of Art and Engineering. They make works by casting a watchful eye on everyday, mundane phenomena. Abe's works are made (...)
"Collection Pickup -Curators' Picks-" Exhibition
[3] [0]- at Kawasaki City Museum
- in the Yokohama, Kanagawa area
- Closes in 8 days
Kawasaki City Museum has been a pioneer in researching new genres of art, such as photography, comics, graphics, film and image, while also collecting valuable materials as civic resources. Celebrating (...)
"History in the Making: A Retrospective of the Turner Prize" Exhibition
[244] [51]- at Mori Art Museum
- in the Roppongi area
- Closes in 8 days
The Turner Prize is one of the most important prizes in the art world today. Organized by the Tate galleries and presented annually since 1984, it represents a major steppingstone for young British artists. (...)
"Our Place" Exhibition
[2] [0]- at Panasonic Center Tokyo
- in the Kiyosumi, Odaiba area
- Closes in 8 days
Showcasing works by 16 photographers from all over the world who are participating in "Our Place", a project to record UNESCO World Heritage sites through the medium of photography. -Overview of the (...)
"Parisian Moms' Recipes" Exhibition
[1] [0]- at Galerie Doux Dimanche
- in the Omotesando area
- Closes in 8 days
Prior to the launch of the latest issue of Jeu de Paume's "Recettes des mamans a Paris", this exhibition presents photo panels of moms and kids enjoying cooking together. In addition, Jeu de Paume-selected (...)
Misaki Ito + Mitsuru Tamura Exhibition
[2] [0]- at Up Field Gallery
- in the Nihonbashi, Kudanshita area
- Closes in 8 days
Possibilities of photographic expression by two up-and-coming artists. The process of reassessing what is represented through the obsession with analog photo taking methods and self-questioning. Ito questions (...)
This Week at Design Festa Gallery
[0] [0]- at Design Festa Gallery
- in the Omotesando area
- Starts Today, Closes in 8 days
July 5th (Sat)-July 7th (Mon) [W:2-A] Reddars "Kokoniiru-kuukan" Group: Painting, Art Object, Sound, Film Screening, Multimedia and Performance July 6th (Sun)-July 12th (Sat) [W:1-A] Iwakan "Iwakan" Group: (...)
Tokio Ito Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Unac Tokyo
- in the Roppongi area
- Closes in 11 days
Having gathered fragments of optical sensation in New York since the latter half of the 1980s, Tokio Ito came back to Tokyo and started taking photographs of his neighborhood and other familiar phenomena (...)
Akihisa Masuda "World Heritage Sites"
[5] [0]- at Gallery A4
- in the Kiyosumi, Odaiba area
- Closes in 12 days
A consideration of the essence of beauty through this showcasing of the architectural works borne out of the Industrial Revolution in England. Masuda traveled throughout the country collecting materials (...)
Group Exhibition
[2] [0]- at TKG Daikanyama
- in the Nakameguro area
- Closes in 13 days
Between June 21st and July 18th, TKG Daikanyama will be showing works by Tam Ochiai, Dennis Holingsworth, Bohnchang Koo, Keisuke Yamamoto, Adam Silverman, Nobuhiro Fukui and Nana Funo. Works include (...)
Kanji Mizutani "Cold Sun"
[4] [0]- at Shinjuku Golden Gai
- in the Shinjuku area
- Closes in 14 days
*This exhibition is taking place at , a bar in Golden Gai.
Kazunari Higuchi "Asian Jam"
[0] [0]- at Gallery Mestalla
- in the Nihonbashi, Kudanshita area
- Closes in 14 days
Kazushige Higuchi traveled throughout Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Philippines, Taiwan, Korea, Bangladesh, India, and Japan, looking for spiritual existences in Asia. The notion of modernity (...)
"Japanese Literature in Film Part 1 - From the NFC Non-film Collection" Exhibition
[8] [0]- at National Film Center
- in the Nihonbashi, Kudanshita area
- Closes in 15 days
Looking at the history of film of any country reveals an important connection between film and literature. In the more than 100 years of Japanese film history, we can see that many film directors and scriptwriters (...)
Eikoh Hosoe Exhibition
[9] [3]- at Epson Imaging Gallery Epsite
- in the Shinjuku area
- Closes in 16 days
Photographer Eikoh Hosoe's life is a reflection of the path taken by postwar Japanese photographic history. Hosoe has consistently made work that channels artistic concepts originating in Europe and America (...)
Kayo Ume "Mr. Granpa"
[28] [4]- at Little More Chika
- in the Omotesando area
- Closes in 16 days
After succeeding in becoming the latest craze, Kayo Ume (aka Ume-chan) is coming back to Little More Chika! Theme of this exhibition is "Mr. Granpa". When Ume started taking photos as a high school student, (...)
Junji Takasago "The Rainbow Planet"
[3] [1]- at Konica Minolta Plaza
- in the Shinjuku area
- Closes in 17 days
"Transaction" Exhibition
[1] [0]- at Gallery Side 2
- in the Roppongi area
- Closes in 20 days
Gallery Side 2 is pleased to present "Transaction," a two-person exhibition by Yumiko Furukawa and Yasuko Watanabe. Yumiko Furukawa creates sculptural works that question the gap in perception between (...)
"Dear Stieglitz," Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Gallery 360 Degrees
- in the Omotesando area
- Closes in 21 days
Shigeaki Koeda "Ten Shi Huu Hitsu"
[3] [0]- at Kamakura Gallery
- in the Yokohama, Kanagawa area
- Closes in 21 days
Opening party: May 24th, 15:00-18:00
Kunihiko Katsumata "Dwelling"
[3] [2]- at Setagaya Culture Life Information Center, Seikatsu-Kobo
- in the Nakameguro area
- Closes in 22 days
"Shaseijutsu" is a series of exhibition featuring works by emerging photographers from Setagaya. The second edition of the series features Kunihiko Katsumata. His work captures changing scenery, reflecting (...)
Takakazu Takuchi "Excessive Feast"
[0] [0]- at Museum Haus Kasuya
- in the Yokohama, Kanagawa area
- Closes in 22 days
This exhibition focuses attention on the question of desire at the root of one's appetite, featuring photographs of soap bubbles against dining tables laden with food, and sculptures made up of piled-up (...)
"Green to Protect, Water to Protect" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Fujifilm Square
- in the Roppongi area
- Closes in 25 days
Greenery and water are essential for life not only for humans, but also various other living beings. These vital resources have however been damaged over time due to the exacerbation of global warming. (...)
Maki Horikita "My Precious Memories"
[0] [0]- at Fujifilm Square
- in the Roppongi area
- Closes in 25 days
The TV celebrity Maki Horikita always carries her camera around and takes photos all the time. "Photographs are precious memories of my life" says Horikita. On view at Photo Cafe on the 1st floor of Fujifilm (...)
"Maddalena Sisto's Land" Exhibition
[16] [1]- at Shiodome Italia Creative Center
- in the Ginza, Shimbashi area
- Closes in 26 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 (...)
Hiroshi Yoda "Quest"
[5] [0]- at Gallery Bauhaus
- in the Nihonbashi, Kudanshita area
- Closes in 26 days
The 9th exhibition at Gallery Bauhaus is devoted to the work of photographer Hiroshi Yoda, who works mostly in fashion but is active in a variety of fields. After graduating from high school and studying (...)
Naoyoshi Hikosaka Exhibition
[1] [1]- at Museum at Tamada Projects
- in the Ginza, Shimbashi area
- Closes in 27 days
Commemorating the publication of the book "Naoyoshi Hikosaka's Ecriture/Contemporary Artists' Thinking" (Miwa Shoseki, ¥6720), photographic works of Floor Events No. 1 (1970) and No. 3 (1972) will be on (...)
Hiroshi Otomo "Northern Light 2 -Sister"
[0] [0]- at Photographers' Gallery
- in the Shinjuku area
- Closes in 29 days
"Dream Banquet: Historic Menus and Contemporary Artists" Exhibition
[5] [2]- at Shiseido Gallery
- in the Ginza, Shimbashi area
- Closes in 32 days
We are pleased to announce our upcoming exhibition of antique menus from the collection of Hiroomi Tatematsu collection and the "Banquet" exhibition by graf media gm and several contemporary artists. In (...)
"CB Janes" Exhibition
[22] [1]- at CB Collection Roppongi
- in the Roppongi area
- Closes in 35 days
CB Collection Roppongi is delighted to present "CB Janes", a group exhibition of female artists. Artists of different nationalities and ages are represented, including Marilyn Minter, who designed the (...)
"World Press Photography Exhibition 2008"
[21] [2]- at Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
- in the Nakameguro area
- Closes in 36 days
The results of the world press photography contest, which gathers the best work out of all press images taken last year, were announced on February 8th in Amsterdam. This year's contest, the 51st, drew (...)
Roni Horn "This is Me, This is You"
[29] [2]- at Rat Hole Gallery
- in the Omotesando area
- Closes in 36 days
Born in 1955, New York, Roni Horn studied at Rhode Island School of Design and Yale University. Horn began her art practice in 1975, creating minimalist-influenced conceptual sculptures, and in the 90s, (...)
"My Museum" Exhibition
[11] [1]- at Yokohama Museum Of Art
- in the Yokohama, Kanagawa area
- Closes in 43 days
This exhibition invites four guest curators - Kenichiro Araki, Hana, Mitsuyo Kakuta and Nobuyoshi Araki - to select works from the collection of the Yokohama Museum of Art from each of their unique viewpoints, (...)
"Archival Showcase /Modern Subject" Exhibition
[2] [0]- at Gallery White Room Tokyo
- in the Omotesando area
- Closes in 51 days
Ari Marcopoulos "The Chance is Higher"
[9] [1]- at Gallery White Room Tokyo
- in the Omotesando area
- Closes in 51 days
Gallery White Room Tokyo is pleased to announce The Chance is Higher, a solo exhibition of photographer Ari Marcopoulos. The exhibition presents a new series of large-scale photocopied photographs. Marcopoulos (...)
"Ecosophy In Practice I" Exhibition
[4] [0]- at Eye of Gyre
- in the Shibuya area
- Closes in 57 days
In the present climate of globalization, we believe that the role of art must not be simply to pursue standards of economic efficiency and uniformity, but instead to create new aesthetic values. In this (...)
Tsuyoshi Ozawa Exhibition
[4] [1]- at Takahashi Collection Shirokane
- in the Roppongi area
- Closes in 70 days
Reception: June 21st (Sat) 18:00-20:00
"Respontes de Artututu" Exhibition
[9] [2]- at Reversible Destiny Lofts Mitaka
- in the Musashino, Tama area
- Closes in 361 days
Permanent events
Jim O'Connell "Kabukicho"
[0] [7]- at Shinjuku Golden Gai
- in the Shinjuku area
Jim O’Connell documents Tokyo’s red-light district, making connections with Kabukicho’s working men and women, revelers and passers-by. This exhibition comprises of ten photographs shot in 2006. This (...)
Modern Japanese Art from the Museum Collection
[0] [21]- at The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
- in the Nihonbashi, Kudanshita area
Using three floors of the main building, this permanent exhibition presents about 200 to 250 pieces selected from our museum's collection of about 9,200 works, including Japanese- and Western-style paintings, (...)
Upcoming events
"Kameko" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Gallery Size
- in the Nakameguro area
- Tomorrow only!
This is an exhibition by a girls' photo club. The members are amateur photographers aged between 20-40.
Ai Murota "Fragments of Memory"
[1] [0]- at Place M
- in the Shinjuku area
- Starts in 2 days
Kozo Ueno "View With Pin Displaced"
[1] [0]- at Place M
- in the Shinjuku area
- Starts in 2 days
This Week at Gallery Yokohama Civic Art Gallery
[0] [0]- at Yokohama Civic Art Gallery
- in the Yokohama, Kanagawa area
- Starts in 2 days
28th Kanagawa Watercolor Exhibition -Gallery 1F, 2F -Watercolor -100 works -Opens at 13:30 on the first day 32nd Kanagawa Independent Art Exhibition -3F A, B -Oil painting, watercolor -130 works -Opens (...)
This Week at Yokohama Civic Gallery, Azamino
[0] [0]- at Yokohama Civic Gallery, Azamino
- in the Yokohama, Kanagawa area
- Starts in 2 days
La Lue Landscape Painting Exhibition -Location: Exhibition Room B on 1F -Dates & Times: July 7th (Mon)-July 13th (Sun) 11:00-18:00. Opens at 13:00 on the first day and closes at 16:00 on the last (...)
"Esprit de Paris" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Gallery 21
- in the Kiyosumi, Odaiba area
- Starts in 3 days
Paris has long attracted and bewitched artists, stimulating them to hone their artistic ambitions and aesthetics. Crystallized in these works are the affections and homages paid to the city by photographers (...)
"Individual Viewpoints" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Tsukuba Museum of Art, Ibaraki
- in the Greater Tokyo area
- Starts in 3 days
Isao Yamada Exhibition
[1] [0]- at Nikon Salon Bis
- in the Shinjuku area
- Starts in 3 days
Iwaishima (in the town of Kaminoseki in Yamaguchi prefecture) is an island located in the Seto Inland Ocean that has preserved an otherworldly quaintness, with its neri-bei (walls made out of piled stones), (...)
Kuniaki Takamatsu "Evidence"
[1] [0]- at Dazzle
- in the Omotesando area
- Starts in 3 days
Mitsuyo Okada "The Place Closest to the Sun"
[1] [0]- at Punctum
- in the Nihonbashi, Kudanshita area
- Starts in 3 days
On view in this first solo exhibition by Mitsuyo Okada are snap shots capturing views on rooftops of department stores and buildings. "Inspiration for this series came to me when I went up to the rooftop (...)
Motoko Kamata Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Toki Art Space
- in the Omotesando area
- Starts in 3 days
Sherman Ong "Hanoi Story"
[1] [0]- at Zeit Foto Salon
- in the Nihonbashi, Kudanshita area
- Starts in 3 days
Artist's comment: The group of works on display were photographed in Hanoi, Vietnam, when I was at the Goethe Institute. It was the time when Vietnam was right in its transitional period, experiencing (...)
Tatsuro Hiruma "Passing By"
[1] [0]- at Totem Pole Photo Gallery
- in the Shinjuku area
- Starts in 3 days
"Harley the History" Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Bank Art 1929 Yokohama
- in the Yokohama, Kanagawa area
- Starts in 4 days
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 (...)
International Christian University Photography Club Lucida Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Gallery Kirari
- in the Shinjuku area
- Starts in 4 days
Exhibition by student photography club.
Junko Ikawa "Atlas"
[0] [0]- at Time & Style "Existence"
- in the Omotesando area
- Starts in 6 days
Group of photographs taken for my previous 2 solo exhibitions "Here, Now, Always" (2004), and "Dark Room" (2005), led me to challenge this new exhibition "Atlas", which is still in progress. "Atlas" is (...)
Tomohide Ikeya "Breath"
[0] [0]- at Epson Imaging Gallery Epsite
- in the Shinjuku area
- Starts in 6 days
Hisao Kato "Heisei Digital Diary"
[0] [0]- at Konica Minolta Plaza
- in the Shinjuku area
- Starts in 7 days
Kikuna Mishima Exhibition
[0] [0]- at Shinjuku Ophthalmologist Gallery
- in the Shinjuku area
- Starts in 7 days
This Week at Design Festa Gallery
[0] [0]- at Design Festa Gallery
- in the Omotesando area
- Starts in 8 days
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 (...)
Kaori Yoshihara Exhibition
[1] [0]- at Place M
- in the Shinjuku area
- Starts in 9 days
Kikue Tahara "Crossing Points"
[0] [0]- at Place M
- in the Shinjuku area
- Starts in 9 days
Naoko Okamoto "Wild Mud"
[0] [0]- at Dazzle
- in the Omotesando area
- Starts in 10 days
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