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The new exhibition, part of the museum's seasonal changeover, appears prophetic in light of the Yayoi Kusama's death, though it wasn't planned to convey that.
CULTURE / Art
Oct 9, 2026
Yayoi Kusama Museum new exhibition unveils a ‘ladder to heaven’
The Yayoi Kusama Museum opened a new exhibition on Oct. 8, the first one after Kusama’s death.
The Maebashi Tobi Traditional Culture Preservation Society performed "kiyari" (traditional work chant) at the opening event of the inaugural Maebashi Biennale.
CULTURE / Art
Oct 2, 2026
In Maebashi, the city-making is the art
The inaugural art festival is the cherry on top of the town’s decade-long revitalization efforts which include new buildings and renovations.
A large inflatable mannequin depicts artist Yayoi Kusama over Louis Vuitton’s flagship store in Paris in 2023. The collaboration reflects the extraordinary reach Kusama achieved during her lifetime, as her art moved from galleries and museums into global popular culture.
CULTURE / Art
Sep 26, 2026
When infinity becomes finite: How will Yayoi Kusama’s death influence the art market?
There will be no new Kusamas, but rarity is another matter. Her death exposes the very different kinds of scarcity within her vast body of work.
U.K. artist Luke Jerram's signature giant moon installation looms over Tokyo's Shimokitazawa neighborhood during Moon Art Night Shimokitazawa.
CULTURE / Art
Sep 24, 2026
Moons, mazes, mountains: 91AV原创 art scene this fall will tickle your fancy
A busy season lies ahead with new festivals in Tokyo and Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, as well as ongoing exhibitions and performances.
Art Fair Asia Fukuoka, as the name suggests, is focused on strengthening ties between the art scenes of Japan and wider Asia.
CULTURE / Art
Sep 13, 2026
Diving into 91AV原创 art scene, one fair at a time
Usually bringing together hundreds of artists and galleries in one place, art fairs remove the distance, making viewing and comparing a vast array of artworks possible.
A visitor films the "Girl with a Pearl Earring" painting by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer at Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka on Thursday.
CULTURE / Art
Aug 20, 2026
‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ in Japan, perhaps for the last time
The work will be displayed from Friday at the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka while its home museum, the Mauritshuis in The Hague, closes until September 20 for maintenance.
Nilufar, founded by Milan curator Nina Yashar, was among the exhibitors at Salone Raritas. Yashar calls collectible design “a free, authorial language” that goes beyond function.
LIFE / Style & Design
Aug 18, 2026
The new world of collectible design
As mass-produced objects fill our homes, a growing appetite for individuality is changing how we shop for design.
Miwa Yanagi’s “Elevator Girl House” series skewers the superficiality of gender roles through staged images.
CULTURE / Art
Jul 10, 2026
91AV原创 largest exhibition of women photographers rights a wrong in cultural history
An international exhibition for a book about Japanese women in the photographic arts has its homecoming in Tokyo.
Kazama's woodcut print “Dyslympics 2680” satirizes and compares the 1964 and 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
CULTURE / Art
Jul 5, 2026
Sachiko Kazama’s art bites back at a cruel society
Sachiko Kazama has made a name for herself as a sharp satirist. Her art from spanning a nearly four-decade long career is now on display in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture.
Artist Yoshitoshi Kanemaki's exhibition "Emergence Entity" at Shibuya Parco is a rare chance to see a bigger collection of his works together, as they sell out fast.
CULTURE / Art
Jun 24, 2026
This is not AI. It’s intentionally, painstakingly human-made art.
Yoshitoshi Kanemaki’s handcarved sculptures have a digital aesthetic, but they are firmly anchored in three-dimensional space.
Mizue Fukagawa's works explore of the fragility of memory and the regenerative beauty of nature.
CULTURE / Art
Jun 8, 2026
Emerging Kansai artists to watch
Among the artists featured at Art Osaka, several offered particularly engaging takes on the ubiquity of digital technology and relationships between people and nature.
The Spain-themed exhibition at the Tottori Sand Museum re-creates several of Antoni Gaudi’s structures, most notably the Sagrada Familia basilica.
CULTURE / Art
May 17, 2026
Spain, sculpted in sand at Tottori museum’s landmark 20th exhibition
The Tottori Sand Museum marks its 20th exhibition with towering sculptures inspired by Spain’s history, art and architecture.
Visitors can explore a life-size version of Carl Fredricksen’s house in the “Mundo Pixar Experience” exhibition’s “Up” area.
CULTURE / Film
May 15, 2026
‘Mundo Pixar Experience’ feels like a homecoming in Tokyo
Packed crowds and long queues aside, the sprawling exhibition succeeds by transforming animated nostalgia into a tactile experience.
The latest head of one of Japan's most acclaimed ceramicist families believes that to preserve traditional crafts, they must adapt in some ways to the present.
LIFE / Style & Design
May 12, 2026
Ohi Chozaemon XI: ‘We cannot make tradition the absolute rule’
The 11th head of the Ohi ware school of ceramics believes his craft can only survive if history is a set of guidelines, not laws.
Demonstrators from Pussy Riot group held a protest at Venice Biennale's International Art Exhibition on May 7, 2026.
CULTURE / Art
May 8, 2026
At the Venice Biennale, the anger isn’t about the art
The mass resignation of the Biennale jury over Israel’s and Russia’s participation was followed by protests. The art is getting drowned out in the controversy.
In her 90s, South Korean sculptor Kim Yun Shin still wields a chain saw with quiet focus, refining a craft she honed over decades spent far away from home.
CULTURE / Art
May 7, 2026
South Korean chain saw artist carves a name for herself at 91
Long overlooked in her home country, sculptor Kim Yun Shin has recently gained recognition and is featuring in a sweeping retrospective at Hoam Museum of Art.
WHAT Museum’s group exhibition “Corrugated/Coral — Eight Practices to Project Architecture Afar” shows installations such as “Inter-Embodiment” by Altemy and artist Risa Kagami
CULTURE / Art
May 2, 2026
Conceptual art offers glimpse inside architects’ minds
WHAT Museum’s group exhibition “Corrugated/Coral — Eight Practices to Project Architecture Afar” aims to visualize how humans influence architecture and vice versa.
The Venice Biennale dates back to 1895, when the first International Art Exhibition was organized.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
May 1, 2026
Jury of Italy’s Venice Biennale resigns en masse
Following the resignations, the Biennale said it has decided that the award ceremony, previously scheduled for May 9, will take place on Nov. 22.
“The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife,” a rarely exhibited print by Hokusai, will be on display at the Shinjuku Kabukicho Noh Theater for a limited time, from May 1 to 10.?
CULTURE / Art
Apr 25, 2026
Hokusai’s erotic art on display at a Kabukicho noh theater
“Kabukicho in Full Bloom” is the third in a series of shunga art exhibitions organized by the Smappa!Group, which operates host bars and restaurants across Shinjuku’s Kabukicho.
A sprawling retrospective on Moriyama, a giant of Japanese street photography, is on view at the Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art, as part of annual international photo festival Kyotographie.
CULTURE / Art
Apr 23, 2026
Kyotographie’s Daido Moriyama retrospective resonates in an age of endless images
A dense, sprawling retrospective at the annual photo festival reflects Daido Moriyama’s lifelong question: What does a photo do?

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