Category: Arts & History

  • Ancient Mexico: Maya, Aztec, and Teotihuacan

    Ancient Mexico: Maya, Aztec, and Teotihuacan

    Among the thirty-five World Heritage sites in Mexico, the ruins of ancient cities are especially popular. For over 3,000 years, from the 15th century BC until the Spanish conquest in the 16th century AD, unique civilizations adapted to and flourished in Mexico’s diverse environments. This exhibition focuses on three major civilizations — the Maya, Aztec,…

  • LIGHT: Works from the Tate Collection

    LIGHT: Works from the Tate Collection

    Working with a careful selection of artworks from the Tate collection in the UK based on the theme of light, this exhibition traces the original creativity of artists across two centuries, spanning from the end of the eighteenth century to the present day. Included are artists such as Joseph Mallord William Turner, “the painter of…

  • Art Show of Haroshi and James Jean

    Art Show of Haroshi and James Jean

    Haroshi, a Japanese artist, made a work called Trespassers with visual artist James Jean. Prints of the work will be released soon. To celebrate the collaboration, they will hold a one-day art show this weekend on the 16th at Shibuya Parco 2G, including unreleased works by Haroshi and James. Drop by! Date: 16 July (Sun) 2023…

  • The First AKIRA Celluloid Exhibition by Katsuhiro Otomo (大友克洋)

    The First AKIRA Celluloid Exhibition by Katsuhiro Otomo (大友克洋)

    “OTOMO THE COMPLETE WORKS” has been published by Kodansha (講談社) since 2022 as a complete collection covering the entire work of manga artist Katsuhiro Otomo (大友克洋). As a related project, the first-ever exhibition of cel-shaded artwork from his masterpiece AKIRA will be held at Mixalive TOKYO in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, from August 10 (Thu) to August…

  • Precinct – Solo Exhibition by Emerging Tokyo-based Artist You2

    Precinct – Solo Exhibition by Emerging Tokyo-based Artist You2

    You2, an emerging artist based in Tokyo, held his second solo exhibition “Precinct” at the gallery COMPLEXBOOST in Nakameguro, Tokyo. You2 was born in Osaka in 1999 and spent his childhood in Kyushu, but after graduating from high school he returned to Osaka to start his career as an artist. You2 has been dismantling skate…

  • Yayoi Kusama’s Art Exhibition – EVERY DAY I PRAY FOR LOVE

    Yayoi Kusama’s Art Exhibition – EVERY DAY I PRAY FOR LOVE

    In this new exhibition, avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama invites you into her current creative state and her hallucinatory visions through exclusive paintings, drawings, and mesmerizing installations. In one room, a floor to ceiling installation of acrylic paintings beautifully captures the culmination of her experiential oeuvre, while the next literally envelops you in Kusama’s creative mind.…

  • Egon Schiele from the Collection of the Leopold Museum – Young Genius in Vienna 1900

    Egon Schiele from the Collection of the Leopold Museum – Young Genius in Vienna 1900

    Egon Schiele (1890-1918) was one of the outstanding painters of late 19th-century Vienna. In his short life of 28 years, he produced numerous works and forged his own distinctive style. Drawn largely from the collection of Vienna’s Leopold Museum, this exhibition will introduce Schiele’s life, works, and artistic milieu through paintings and sketches from his…

  • Eric Haze’s First Large-scale Solo Exhibition in Japan – INSIDE OUT

    Eric Haze’s First Large-scale Solo Exhibition in Japan – INSIDE OUT

    Eric Haze, an American artist, graphic designer, and art director, will hold his first large-scale solo exhibition INSIDE OUT in Japan, from 9 (Fri) to 25 (Sun) December. The venue is the gallery SAI in the MIYASHITA PARK in Shibuya, Tokyo. This exhibition, featuring all new works, will present two contrasting styles that represent the…

  • Picasso and His Time: Masterpieces from Museum Berggruen / Nationalgalerie Berlin

    Picasso and His Time: Masterpieces from Museum Berggruen / Nationalgalerie Berlin

    📅 2022.10.8 ~ 2023.1.22 📍 The National Museum of Western Art, 7-7 Ueno-koen, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0007, Japan 📝 Regular close on Mondays This exhibition presents a selection of 20th-century art, including works across Picasso’s entire oeuvre, from the Museum Berggruen’s unparalleled collection. Beginning in 1948, the German-born art dealer Heinz Berggruen (1914-2007) began collecting art…